Till a couple of months back I had no idea who Russell Peters was! I had seen him in an advertisement on Facebook on more than one occasions and on each of them, I couldn't help but wonder who the clown was showing his index finger and giving the weirdest expression you could ever imagine. I googled him out of curiosity and read some stuff about him on Wikipedia. But never really thought about going any further in the research.And then I heard his name again from two of my friends who have this freaky habit of mouthing dialogues from movies (not always keeping in tune with the situation :-P). So anyways, they would utter some dialogues every now and then and laugh out loud. I heard 2-3 such dialogues quite often but since I had no idea what they were, there wouldn't be any reaction from me. After some time I got sorta tired of sitting without an expression on my face while the two laughed their hearts out. So I finally asked them from where were they reciting these. And so, I was introduced to the Stand-Up Comedian Russell Peters. And one thing I can say after having watched only 4 of his shows is that; may god bless those two friends of mine for having that habit of dialogue-repeating (even though at times I just wish to beat them up for that very habit! :-P)
As I mentioned earlier, I have seen four of Russell Peters' shows and have already become an admirer. One important reason could be that I watched him just when I really needed to laugh. And boy, did I laugh!!!Now some of the things I really like about him:
1. I love the way he mocks any accent. Amazing Talent!
2. He really has a global reach. Since he cracks jokes about all the races (evenly, as he says! :-P), it attracts people from all races!
3. The Dude has an amazing presence of mind. Imagine cracking an actually-funny joke about a woman heading towards the restroom in the middle of the show!
4. I especially love his jokes about Indians and Asians. They are always so funny without being offensive!
5. Oh... how can I forget to mention his world-famous "Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad" joke. Simply hilarious!
6. And last but not the least, now I can finally sit and laugh with my friends about Russell Peters' jokes rather than sitting with a plain face! :-P
2 comments:
Russell Peters is truly awesome. You have nicely highlighted his qualities as a performer in this post. Yeah, even I like the way he extempores the jokes by picking up a target in the audience.
i am a BIGGGGGGG fan !!
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