Comicstaan

As much I'd wanted for not to happen (like every other Amazon's reality show) Comicstaan sucks. It just proves the point that too many cooks spoils the food.

For those of you who have no idea Comicstaan is, Comicstaan was Amazon's take on reality-comedy where prominent stand up comedians like Biswa, Kenny and Tanmay would be the judges to hunt for the next best stand up comedian.

You would expect it to better than any other reality-comedy you have seen but it's not. The hosts seem hogging up the timeline and overall the show feels overwhelming in a terrible way. Comedian are being serious and it feels more like a recitation competition.

That being said, it's not the worst show on Amazon right now. Some of the people who perform are really awesome and you would genuinely enjoy them.

My point is that I could have loved the show more if it included less the cliché-d reality drama (I understand segregation from drama is not possible but serious drama + comedy isn't something viewers enjoy).

I am never hyped about any reality show. But I was genuinely interested in Comicsthaan. I was waiting for Friday. The unique thing about this show... You learn a lot. No emotional Drama. You learn a lot on when to joke. I thouroughly loved it. Those who didn't follow season 1... Bad luck.

No sad participant backstory.. No judge vs judge fights.. No soap opera-ish drama.. No unnecessary suspense.. No tears.. No nonsense.

This is what this show is all about: A group of well known comedians come together to select and mentor 10 fresh comic faces over a course of several weeks. Each week one of the judges picks up a genre and guides the participants to perform on the stage. You can see their imperfections, hiccups, sometimes even their nervousness.. but they persist and every now and then (in fact quite frequently), a gem of a performance comes out. By the time you get to the end of the show, you realize that your perception of stand-up has changed!

God knows what is there to hate in this?!

This is a simple, fun show for simple audience wanting a little entertainment and a little insight into 'joke making'.

If you like youtube humour, you'll dig the show. Otherwise what can I say for Kapil Sharma fans.

**One thing when you see comicstaan, the judges are so benelovent and judge from the heart. Nurture like a mother would. Constructive criticism is the only one to be taken seriously, everything else is ranting. Terrific. All of em, maybe cuz they all know the struggle and fought to make a industry for themselves, and handed by rich parents in industry (Kapoor, Johar).

If a talent hunt reality show can find some actual talent which feels like a breath of fresh air, I believe It has done justice.

Some amazing performances. Even people you don't normally like will have atleast one extremely likable performance. So glad that each episode was themed.

Don't watch the show if you want to watch someething really funny - go watch some online viral video for that. Watch it if you like to see how people who are given a chance to prove their worth within a spirit of competition can do when challenged.

Well done Amazon - next season execution should be better now that you know what went wrong.