Vir Das: Landing

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.

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.

Great writing and story telling. Comedy was a stretch in between filled with irrelevant stories. What I liked was the intent, delivery and logic behind. Really well done but Vir has done better stage performances than this one. Not sure if Netflix rushed him into writing something up quickly to cash up on his recent controversy. If given enough time, this could have been a masterpiece. There was a bit less content and more fillers than what Vir usually has on his writing. Overall a great story telling and energy. I really want to see Vir live some day. Big fan of his work and I am a patriotic, Indian NRI :)

Seriously his ways are too good to expose the world hypocrisy specially of our own, in his satiric ways If you are someone who's not a chaatu n can digest the truth go for it.

Best Best Best Seriously his ways are too good to expose the world hypocrisy specially of our own, in his satiric ways If you are someone who's not a chaatu n can digest the truth go for it.

Seriously his ways are too good to expose the world hypocrisy specially of our own, in his satiric ways If you are someone who's not a chaatu n can digest the truth go for it.

Seriously his ways are too good to expose the world hypocrisy specially of our own, in his satiric ways If you are someone who's not a chaatu n can digest the truth go for it.

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.