Vir Das: Landing

Vir Das is the most impactful comedian of our generation. The way he uses comedy to make us laugh and instigate the thought around how we can be a better human being is just wonderful. I have watched all his specials and this one feels personal. It's well thought through with stories that will for sure steer up some of your personal experiences that you might have had in your life as an Indian middle class kid. There were times when I was laughing with tears in my eyes feeling happy and sad at the same time. In short I hope he continues to do such specials and helps us become better human being.

Vir Das' latest special revolves around his observations about certain things in American cultures, his experiences over what started out as a tumultuous 2022, and his general opinion on patriotism vs nationalism.

While he does try to be a bit flippant about the things he underwent over 2022, you can see that he is upset about a lot of things. And, this hurt at times hinders what is actually a very good stand up special from becoming great.

However, this is only seen about three quarters into the special. For the most part, Vir is his usual funny, irreverent, and, at times, philosophical self.

Despite a slight slowing down in middle, I'd still recommend this special.

I had the misfortune of seeing this title land on my netflix homepage.

Thought of giving it a try and it was easily the worst comedy show I have ever seen, no exceptions. Not only were the jokes unfunny and stale, but he/she/her/they seemed completely disinterested in performing comedy and barely even tried. Most of the jokes are cheap tik-tok copies.

Agreed that it is not a live show but to engage more in rhetorical politics than to be genuinely funny is even worse for a scripted comedy.

The only highlight of the evening was when I decided to quit nearly three quarters in and spared myself any more of this politician's painfully unentertaining set.

Save your time and avoid this terrible politician at all costs.

Never heard of the guy but was influenced to watch due to the high ratings, which are deserved IMHO! Most of his act revolves around his observations of the American culture where he was raised, but felt like an outsider. Likewise, he felt estranged from Indian culture because he was too Westernized. Lots of material for immigrant-type humor, which I love, as a 2nd-generation native.

Apparently he's had some recent controversy, which he refers to also, including death-threats and being accused of being a traitor. He plays upon this several times.

There is some sexual banter and cursing, though he doesn't stress or depend on it for shock value.

I look forward to watching his other special.

It is neither the "OMG! SOFUNNY! 10/10" and nor "Not funny at all. Stop wasting time on him. 1/10" that you see online. You can tell that both types of reviews come from the groups that are either fans of him, or hate the guy.

This special isn't for everybody and as it turns out, it isn't for me either but it's....say a 6/10 in my books? This special is a mix of the regular stereotypical sex/race jokes (with different punchlines) and witty "intellectual" humor. Should a special be only one or the other? Sure. Can it be a mix? Sure.

If you've watch a variety of standup, you would probably understand that jokes about race/sex are very common and get a quick laugh out of the audience. You decide if it's smart for a comedian to include the above, or if it's taking the easy way out. - in this special, I didn't like any of this. The intellectual part of the humor, I liked the storytelling part of it, but for me, it was chuckle worthy at best. You can tell that it's almost one type of a special, but then it changes quickly, and there's this constant back and forth, until maybe the last part.

Some of the punchlines in this special, however, will make you go "LOL, he did NOT just say that. Haha" I'd have loved more of this, but knowing what's happened with his previous works, I can understand. Some of the storytelling does make you wonder the state of creative freedom. Easy to be the audience, but tough to be in the guy's shoes and actually come up with something given everything surrounding him. Props for that.