Comments on: Kondabolu on the Comic Quota

By: Rahul Rvd

Rahul Rvd — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:32:05 +0000

The à¤…à¤ªà¤¨ was supposed to be an à¤†à¤ªà¤•à¥€ as well. Coffee…

By: Rahul Rvd

Rahul Rvd — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:31:07 +0000

Thanks for replying man, IMHO you are correct in stating it so.

By: champa

champa — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:09:58 +0000

i have seen kondabolu and he is good. but his comedy differs from ansari in important ways. first ansari is way funnier. but aside from that he is not the angry-funny persona shtick that kondabolu takes on, which is quite effective in its own way. kondabolu is also basing his humour on his ethnic identity, so what’s wrong if people ask him the kind of questions they ask? ansari on the other hand, his humour is more general which is why he is also more appealing. in other word he is not always south asian, but kondabolu is. and who cares ansari is from tamil nadu and he is from andhra. it seems to matter only to him, and a great deal. which is kind of odd, and not very funny.

By: bad

bad — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:28:20 +0000

Ok so I read the whole interview. I couldn’t understand from the vid clip why Kondabolu was doing dark humor. I didn’t find it funny and didn’t get why the audience was laughing at the bits where he whipped his bro in the eye and then his ma whipped him. hahahaha . snort Or was the audience playing along because they were bemused with the subject matter? But then he states in the interview: “I’m not like most comedians. I don’t deal with just heckles, I’m also dealing with threats and anger.” The guy is educated as hell. So I guess he knows what he’s doing or is glad if someone, anyone just picks up on him as a sort of guide.

By: atomicfunk07

atomicfunk07 — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:00:19 +0000

rahul - elaboration: I thought it was unreasonable for Kondabolu to expect American audiences to differentiate between his humor and Ansari's based on the fact that Kondabolu is a (presumably) Hindu Telugu guy and Ansari is a Muslim Tamil guy. To most people in America, and probably to many Indian people who are not from either area, these two comedians are relatively indistinguishable.

My point is that if Kondabolu wants to help people see him as more than "some dude who's not the guy on P&R," he needs to elucidate differences that are more immediately obvious to an audience unfamiliar with both cultural heritages. Kondabolu's explanation would have made sense to my parents, who grew up in India, but not to people of any other background. But let's fact it, Kondabolu is not making it in the comedy world on the strength of my parents' peer group's support. So he would be better served by presenting his persona in a less obscurely unique way.

aap ke liye kafi legit observation tha?

Also, if you don't get my humor, I'm not worried. I'm keeping my day job; you won't see me in any comedy clubs.

By: Rahul Rvd

Rahul Rvd — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:11:30 +0000

Atomicfunk , I think you should elaborate because your hit & run comment wasn’t witty enough to be any sort of legitimate observation.

And as someone who has lived in both Madras and Hyderabad (and traveled enough of the interior) I don’t know if I should mock your arrogance or if I go “be you a trolll?” ; anytime you use a slur, think “I am but what are you” …now please go whitewash/darkwash yourself

By: Juggy

Juggy — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:01:23 +0000

So bizarre reading these shit comments since Hari predicted this would happen in the last interview with SM about his special (which I cannot see in the UK). “Iâ€™m anticipating that some people will like it, some people wonâ€™t and that Iâ€™ll definitely be seeing some mean spirited messages on a variety of social media and probably in the comments section of this very blog post. Am I right, brothers and sisters?” You are all idiots.

By: atomicfunk07

atomicfunk07 — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:52:14 +0000

hahah “difference in cultures” between andhra pradesh and tamil nadu. difference in culinary chili use, maybe. not like these à®µà¯†à®³à¯à®³à¯ˆs can tell anyway. also, hari kondabolu (not gonna lie, i just lol’d as I typed that) is not as funny as i expected after all that hype. he’s sort of like someone poured molasses into a pair of jeans and taught it to talk.

By: Eurasian Sensation

Eurasian Sensation — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:53:28 +0000

Yes, because no one wants to be recognised for anything other than their ethnicity, right? I mean, imagine wanting to be judged on one's own merits; everyone knows that's only for white people.

Kondabolu is pretty funny. He gives me chuckles rather than guffaws, but that's alright.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:50:19 +0000

's OK. Not bad, not awesome. I get a watered down Russell Peters vibe off of him. Aziz is hilarious, though. I love that guy.

(And may we please get some more Ashok Konabolu? He's babe & a half.)