Vir Das: Landing

Vir Das is the most impactful comedian of our generation. The way he uses comedy to make us laugh and instigate the thought around how we can be a better human being is just wonderful. I have watched all his specials and this one feels personal. It's well thought through with stories that will for sure steer up some of your personal experiences that you might have had in your life as an Indian middle class kid. There were times when I was laughing with tears in my eyes feeling happy and sad at the same time. In short I hope he continues to do such specials and helps us become better human being.

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.

If you have enough unproductive time to waste, better watch your room's ceiling than this .

Imagine : You come from office, tired, you open Netflix to watch something good and Vir Das is on suggestion, you click on it, but after 15 mins you start missing your office and start questioning your Netflix choices. It literally takes the soul out of you.

Vir Das he insaano ko dass riya hai, Bagal mey baitha saanp hass riya hai

If he is trying to save his career atleast he should have created a controversy. There is far better content on YouTube. People who find him funny "I'm Sorry for your Lonely Life"

Thank Me Later.

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.

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 :)