Mindy Kaling
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She's getting her own show. Took her a quick minute and she has blown the fuck up.
I know weve talked about her before.
b/w Brown is the new Black?
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Aziz, Russel Peters, Sugar-sammy n'em
these cats paid dues but now other east indians have just made 10 minutes skit about their home country culture into a 2hour show and the local community group and association just fill up the venues
I love Mindy's brashness, and not just in the sense of edgy comedy, but in wanting to throw her skills out there, like the quote on the NY Mag cover. There was an NYTimes article that depicted her running "The Office," writing room, and her strength and vision in that setting was impressive- she was definitely in control of the room, as it was portrayed.
Yup - his Randy character is unbearable.
Between Kutcher's brownface BS and this kind of stuff - all signs point to yes?
Kal Penn?
Indeed--she's a fantastic writer. She does well onscreen on The Office as well, though her character kept getting pushed to the periphery (mostly because she was crazy busy writing and doing other off-camera stuff).
b/w
Russell Peters is just Indian Def Comedy Jam. I know he's paid his dues and whatnot, but dude is "White people have names like Lenny, whereas Black people have names like Carl" transplanted to India.
I have a lot of love for Peters - he's from my city, I did his PR when he was just starting out and we've argued about RZA...but Enki's post is so on-point.
Peters' routine was fresh, nuanced and had a nice personal touch when he started out; he talked mostly about his own family and experiences.
Now, everyone is game and not in a very unique way. I watch him and all I can think is he's only getting away with this shit because he's brown. It gives people with less skills and more meanness in their hearts a pass to talk stereotypes when the brown dude is laying the groundwork for them. It's one thing to pick fun about the dumb and crazy shit we all have in common, as opposed to going on and on and on about the differences.
He's talented, I wish he would expand his horizons though.
Side note - We watched his most recent DVD at a work function (I don't know WTF the person was thinking) - it was easily the most awkward, inappropriate and awful work experience I've had. More than the time I saw my (former) boss naked and I am not even making that up.
Russell Peters show in London was bad..he became stale quick
i told this to friends/ fans that his one-trick pony act is getting old and they quoted hilarious older skits as well as don't hate the player etc
i like that type of humour but it should be based on perceptions that are viewed by all but interperted differently rather than ''you how an indian mother is...'' the philipino bandwaggoning dude doing this is awful and unfunny...peters struck gold and many fools came rushing in
about the bindi it's appaling..(jessica simpson really)
but the outer original jewelry thing is getting out of hand
i caught this bachelor pad contestant yesterday
What do you do for work?!
must hold back.......
Speaking as a Brown person, no. Maybe from the perspective of Hollywood types looking for a new type of "cool". But I doubt it would stick for long. We're faaaaar too awkwardly hilarious a group of people to maintain that sort of cache.
I think Mindy Kaling was funny (if a bit bland) on The Office, but she didn't really come off very well on Maron earlier this year. She seemed a bit intimidated, but it was more than just that...: Kaling on Maron
(Do I come off as a self-hating brown person?)