Vir Das: Fool Volume

Loved his previous specials but in this one he's trying to sound too intellectual. Nothing wrong in it, but at core, a comedy special is about laughs, not only your flair. Positives: excellent production value, worthy of it being called a Netflix special, Good stories, great command over the language, brilliant orator. These things have hidden the fact that the quality jokes are missing. Laughter should be at core , rest should be additions, not the other way. Felt like a sanjay leela bhansali movie, but unfortunately with a missing script. Giving 4 stars for the effort, light shifting timings, edits, brilliant cuts, tracking away the other 6 for the arrogance of taking the punch lines for granted. Am a huge stand up fan, but this one's a tad disappointing.

Definitely one of the best things I've watched in the past few months. You might think he's funny, you might also think that he's not. But this is something that will definitely stay with you for a long time. The nuanced jokes, carefully woven political commentary, and the entire set was just phenomenal. Had been waiting for this to come out for weeks and watched it the moment it came out. One of my favourite things about Vir's comedy has always been how all of the things he says come back at the end of the show and end up becoming a beautiful culmination of little inside jokes between him and the audience. Will forever be a fan of him. Wonderfully executed.

I thought it was soooo smart to connect the beginning to the end and to stitch the whole thing together soooo beautifully.

Speaks bluntly about almost every topic that people are sometimes even scared to think about.

Most people will be hesitant to even touch upon some of the topics even though they are relevant and prevalent.

It's refreshing to see/hear him talk without fear about touchy/taboo topics and how he manages to turn them into a really funny joke when you least expect it.

Absolutely loved the seriousness and the funniness...thought it was done beautifully across possibly the three biggest cities in the world.

Even after doing it in English he is so relatable with all of us all at once isnt he speak behalf of all us and raise the voice everytime and makes us compelled to think that what is happening here well I was there to witness the magic there was a everything the laugh volumee I mean everything I really want to see him doing the same at ahemdabad stadium the biggest stadium of the world i would say seeing him doing that would feel so so peronsal and achieving heartedly congratulations to all the crew and the people who were involved in it you did it guys and you did it so hard and greatestttttt.

I have no idea how much he was paid for this special by Netflix, but it was not enough. Piecing together three shows, from three very different places, and it was brilliant. I even got choked up a bit at the end. Anyone can make art, but not everyone can make fine art. This was fine art. This was my first exposure to his work.