Aziz Ansari's 'Master of None' on Netflix

"it turns out that Rose Byrne has somehow managed to become 40 in the last 25 years" . she did that by aging one year since she was 15.

That still leaves 24 unaccounted for. Something fishy definitely going on there.

A year every year, I meant.

Back to Ansari's special: it's excellent. is this the same stuff he took on the road last year? presumably. weirdly I saw no reports of the show he did here in SF, and a lot of people were aghast he was going out on the road though it obviously sold well; and a lot of heat generated that he was going half-MAGA and railing on the woke. which, of course, he is; but also, he's kinda right. I feel for that guy who answered all his questions about the swastika pizza.

the woke can def benefit from having a sense of humor about themselves

aziz ansari was kind of "the woke" until that article

yes he addresses all of this in his set.

aziz ansari scared straight

CK’s standup and talk show interviews kind of had a flawed sinning preacher sensibility when he got “real” and also like a preacher he had a cult who believed in his truth and the truth aspect coupled with his self-acknowledged fallibility (a fallibility he was very meta and aware of) sold it more, though primarily I guess his schtick worked bc he was often extremely funny.

right and one thing I noticed was that he was starting to get less funny, both Louie & his standup sets began to feel like those NBA seasons where Shaq would skip training camp and play himself into shape over the season. like...his last Netflix special had this 10-minute routine about Magic Mike that had no actual jokes in it. that last season of Louie wasn't funny at all. it was almost as if that was the whole point. like Prince in the 90's where he was like, "oh I'll do an instrumental sax album" or whatever

Aziz did a special that was just him repeating an R Kelly show he went to

for the last segment iirc

NYT review of special said he did not address the scandal at all on last year's tour

Ansari totally talks about the R. Kelly thing from his past special in this one. It's pretty funny.

I forgot how bad that last Louis CK special was too. I don't remember laughing once.

NYT in inaccurate reporting shockah

No, I remember hearing about shows he did here over the past year, where he apparently did not address it at all (certainly not in depth)

he clearly addressed it on the tour because he does so in the film that was shot while on tour

or is the argument here that the special was somehow not part of the tour? I am confused

I wouldn't really say he addresses it "in depth" here either, but he does address it and use it as a jumping-off point to a broader conversation that is very well thought out and delivered

I meant that maybe that stuff was only part of the special (not the tour), but idk, I think the date he played here was one of his very first shows back (and it was on a Sunday night, no publicity, announced day-of via the club's mailing list).

Critic said he saw him on tour last year; he did not address it. So this material had been created later.

show filmed is probably from a later part of the tour then

Comedians usually film specials once the material is developed, not often while they are still writing it. If the NYT critic didn’t go to, say, three shows at different stages of the tour, it’s idiotic to assume they know what they’re talking about if they claim to have knowledge of “the tour.”

ok so we've established that at some point earlier in the tour he did not include that particular section. got it. can we move on lol

the special was filmed at the BAM this year in May.

I can share my password to google.

tour started in February 2019

The part about the alternate universe where Osama Bin Laden made an incredible jazz album pre 9/11 was great.

this is from 2/12/19 - NYT:

Aziz Ansari has spent much of his recent stand-up comedy tour only peripherally referencing the accusation of sexual misconduct early last year that took him out of the public eye.

That changed on Monday night, when he took the stage in New York City at the Village Underground, an offshoot of the Comedy Cellar. It was one of a string of small “pop-up shows” where Ansari has been testing out material for an upcoming tour that will take him around the United States and Europe this spring.

According to Vulture’s Jesse David Fox, who was in the audience for the set, Ansari said he had delayed discussing the accusation because “it’s a terrifying thing to talk about” and he wanted to take time to process what he wanted to say. He added, according to Fox: “There were times I felt really upset and humiliated and embarrassed, and ultimately I just felt terrible this person felt this way.”

Ansari continued: “But you know, after a year, how I feel about it is, I hope it was a step forward. It made me think about a lot, and I hope I’ve become a better person.”

so Jason Zinoman's review today was not inaccurate

idgaf cuz i saw AA's shit early on and it wasnt funny (like 99.5% of standups)

NYT's most recent review subhead: When our critic saw his show in December, the comic didn’t bring up the scandal. In his Netflix special, he rectifies that mistake with his finest work yet.

basically the NYT is trying to make it look like he didn't address it fast enough...? I guess?

(like 99.5% of standups)

generous of you to set aside 0.5% for yourself

I laughed out loud at it but that asking your mom if she fucked a black guy joke...that joke likely will expire very soon.

(I absolutely was not a funny standup, except for fleeting moments)

what was your best joke/bit?

i've had it erased from my mind Eternal Sunshine-style

Wait, Morbs had a spell as a stand-up comedian?

approx '88-91. I passed the audition and performed for awhile at the Original Improv, whose owner was in the process of running into the ground.

Brett Butler, later of the sitcom "Grace Under Fire" and one of the very best comics I ever saw, was very nice to me.

*running the club into the ground

can we have a morbz late-80s NYC standup scene reminiscence thread

also remember Louis had just premiered a new feature film at the time he finally got briefly shamed off the stage, about how hot teenage girls want to fuck old bald auteurs and we shouldn't suppress that healthy growth and curiosity by spreading bad gossip about the old bald auteurs being creeps, but it's much better if the old bald auteurs want to fuck women half their age instead of 1/3

thought the "1/3" was a twitter thread parody joke at first

In an alternate world, Morbs took over as season 3 host of Remote Control.

new aziz special is transformative pic.twitter.com/nfOOa1fLKF

— melissa lozada-oliva (@ellomelissa) July 12, 2019

some of the most interesting threads are the ones you stumble upon

lol at that twitter vid. tried the new special (as much for spike as anything) and made it in ten minutes or so. he is not good.

yeah, finding the praise here fairly baffling

think I made it 15

I made it all the way through halfway paying attention... the last bit (dying grandma is so thankful, as we should all be blah blah blah) was enraging.

Enraging? Ok

Facebook motivational memes are not good comedy.

I wouldnt know