Inside-Out

Vir's take on the tragic comedy that 2020 was, is worth your time, energy and involvement.

I watched this not knowing the comedian, so i can not measure this as a part of his whole catalogue of standup routines, but i was willing to give it a chance and rate it on it's own merrits.

The positives: Vir seems like likable guy. Surely someone i would love to hang out with. If he dropped all of what he was saying in this special during a guys night out, it would surely be a delighted.

The negatives: With that said, his "material" is something that is very ok to drop in a private round, but not not even remotely close to something you go public with.

I also understand that this is cut together from different settings, so i don't expect a rounded set and transitions and callbacks and everything, but it is a though pill to swallow that these are supposed to be the best bits.

This surely is quite nice to have running in the background, when cleaning your appartment, but it is not enough for an active watch.

Also i had to drop it from a 3/10 to a 2/10 i read that he was charging people for this "show". Yes, the money went to charity, but you can not possibly charge people money for this. Make it a free show with a donate button. Even throughout the pandemic there were comedy streams/releases that were actual stand up.

Overall, likable guy, couple of chuckles, but c'mon, dude.

Watch this if you don't wish to laugh for around 50 mins, it's basically some people talking about stupid things and Vir being over dramatic about a couple of months of lockdown. It was fine initially but as the special progresses the melodrama and being dramatic about the lockdown keeps on increasing and gets nauseating.

I bet this special (lol) wouldn't have gotten a million views had it been released on youtube. Just because we Indians don't have a decent english komedy scene, doesn't mean we have to regard this mediocre chap as legendary.

3 stars for the girl on the bottom left on screen.