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Actor and stand-up comedian Vir Das recently poked fun at Indian award shows, remarking that delivering an edgy joke becomes difficult after hosts spend the opening moments listing a long lineup of sponsors. Vir also took a subtle dig at the India’s Got Latent row, wondering why Indian award shows don’t use modern stand-up comedians. His remarks come in the wake of the recent Academy Awards ceremony, which was hosted by Conan O’Brien.
In a post on Instagram, Vir wrote, “While watching a major entertainment awards show. I’m pretty sure a few fellow Indian comedians play a game in our head. We wonder why Indian awards shows don’t use modern stand-up comedians at major awards. Then….we think of some of the jokes we would do, the utter shitstorm that would follow, then we think it’s probably for the best.”
He added, “Also we remember the opening monologue is at the top of the show, which logically requires showing up on time, and staying for the whole show, which again reaffirms….probably for the best also just rhythm wise…it’s hard to do an edgy joke after saying “Manikchand pan pasand fun flips Zorro plus zandu bandu MDH MCD motorola parivar…”
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Last month, Vir Das took to his Instagram Stories to slam the media’s approach toward the India’s Got Latent controversy, calling it “a bunch of irrelevant mainstream media anchors bordering extinction coming together to take down new media that gets million more views.”
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