Hasan Minhaj: Off with His Head

Well it took me a minute to adjust my perspective, to open my mind as it were. I really enjoyed his performance, it was provocative to be sure. I am a firm believer that race and cultures will always find a way to be at odds from a narrow perspective. We're born and raised in an environment to protect ourselves from hate and harm from outsiders.

When someone so gracefully shines a bright light on all the idiosyncrasies without malice, it makes for great entertainment. A bit uncomfortable and threatening at first, a real skill in comedic delivery keep up the good work. You've got a new fan in me.

Absolutely Disappointing. Reading the title and description, I was expecting him to deliver some kind of apology for the lies in his first Netflix special. If you don't remember, those lies were not jokes. The people he lied about had to face a lot of hate and bullying. Hasan shows no remorse for those lies, while he is sorry for expecting Ellen to pronounce his name correctly.

The quality of his comedy has clearly gone down. I chuckled only twice during the entire special. Not worth watching. I could clearly tell that many of the "laughs" in the show were fake. He somehow managed to offend every ethnicity.

Hassan represents the experience of the Indian people in the West to a T.

Funny, fresh and consistent, is what you get with Hassan. I normally do not write reviews, but I felt obliged to do so in this case, because of the few 1 star reviews.

The only explanation I have for them is that perhaps some of the audiences could not completely relate with Hassan's experiences. I on the other hand found myself laughing and nodding along. It is probably not as hard hitting as some of his earlier material, but it is still in typical Hassan Minhaj style special.

So give it a chance and keep an open mind.

I have no idea why he got so many negative reviews that's why I felt compelled to write one review on IMDb to even out the playing field .I thought he was brilliant, intelligent, insightful, honest and most of all hysterical. And yes he is loud and throws around a stool, it's called dramatic effect. Extremely relevant and very relatable the issues he brings up, being a father, being a son and being an American. Thank you Hasan for once again pointing out what is obviously wrong witch your comical yet quick witted, sharp brilliance. I gave it a ten because I found absolutely no fault with the standup.

Funny and insightful. Connected with me as an Indian who is somewhat familiar with US, history and it's cultural idiosyncrasies in this period. I laughed a lot and got a bit emotional.

To be completely honest was also a bit annoyed by the extremely loud and manic performance. I know most of the emotional core of this performance relies on convincing us of his manic problems, but it just too damn loud. Else it would've been 9/10 for me.

PS: Compelled to write the review by the surprise of such lowly rated reviews (1/2/.... I mean everyone in the audience seemed to genuinely have a great time. I understand that it does not bear the genius of rich wordplay or the brilliantly observant (but safe) situational comedy of Seinfeld or LD. Nor does it exhibit the sheer brilliance in jokes, craft and effortlessness of Louis C. K. or the Chris Rock of old but it's good and well worth the watch.