Asian Enough: Maz Jobrani

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Los Angeles Times

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🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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A conversation with comedian and actor Maz Jobrani about centering his Iranian American identity in his standup, toeing the line with stereotypes onstage, and immigrating to California as a child when his family fled the Iranian Revolution. Guest photo by Storm Santos.

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0:00.0	From the Los Angeles Times, this is Asian enough.
0:06.9	Each week on this podcast, we talk to one guest about the joys, the complications, and
0:12.6	everything else that comes along with being Asian-American.
0:16.2	I'm Gen Yimato.
0:17.8	And I'm Tracey Brown.
0:19.6	This week we're chatting with comedian, actor, and fellow-podcaster, Maz-Jabrani.
0:24.8	Maz first made a big splash for his performances with the Axis of Evil, a group of middle-eastern
0:29.4	comedians that toured internationally and challenged stereotypes in the wake of 9-11.
0:34.0	Now Maz has a cult following across the world.
0:37.4	He's known for his highly interactive crowd work, and his personal anecdotes about growing
0:41.8	up as an Iranian-American immigrant.
0:44.1	I didn't see my parents in the moment I landed, to the moment I graduated.
0:48.3	We got to America, my Iranian dad, ready, go!
0:52.7	You're on your own land of opportunity!
0:58.5	We talked to Maz about the moment he decided never to play a terrorist on screen again.
1:03.0	How he navigates the tricky territory of doing impressions on stage, and settling in
1:07.0	America during the Iranian Revolution.
1:09.3	My family came to America thinking there was going to be an end to that trip, and they
1:16.0	could go back to Iran.
1:17.7	But that end never came, it just kept going.
1:22.0	That's all coming up after this short break.
1:28.5	Welcome back to Asian Enough.
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