Boo, Russell!

Stand up comedians have balls. To stand up before people who expect you to make them laugh, and deliver, that’s scary. Which is why stand-ups with a script devoid of sex and typecasts have me laughing long after the show is over. Russell Peters used to be that kind of comedian. On his recent Asian tour though, he suddenly decided he was Indian and gave a stunningly unintelligent and clichéd routine. In India they have a language called Telugu, it sounds like a phone company?! A Maharashtrian surname that goes Dikshit! Russell, that’s not funny. And you’re not Indian.