Name: Vir Das: Abroad Understanding
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2017-04-25
Duration: 1 h 5 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Vir Das

It was with a great joy I turned on Vir Das' stand-up show. Knowing him from Bollywood comedies with great timing. 

But as much as I wanted to like his show, it was just not that funny, unfortunately. At times cringe worthy with original ideas just not working (with one scene which he probably thought would be his "somebody's gonna get a hurt real bad"). Sometimes his original ideas were just flat. I did not laugh out (even loud) even once. At best a smile. 

After watching stand-up shows with Russell Peters, Kevin Hart, Louis CK etc this one just seemed like on amateur level. 

And his Indian accent was unfortunately NOT something I got used to. And I know it's a part of the joke or the whole set up, but it just did not work for me. 

I know this was his first try, and I must give him kudos for the effort. But when you get a Netflix special, it's expected that you deliver. 

I give the four stars for the effort and he made me smile (at best) a couple of times. But I expect more from a stand-up comedian.

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