WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The vast number of sheep in New Zealand relative to the country’s scant human population has long been the subject of jokes aimed at New Zealanders abroad.

"To be honest, I didn't hear that," Jokic said on the free-throw merchant chants. "But that's kinda funny." Sure, Jokic. The three-time MVP winner certainly heard the synchronized chant.

The title of playwright David McLeod’s self-secure and roof-raisingly funny new work, Elevate: Manaaji’idiwin, prepares the audience for a comedy defined by an inherited colonial divide.