Russell Peters Defends Comedic Stereotypes

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🗓️ 11 February 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Russell Peters is a global comedy sensation who sells out arenas in London, New York and Mumbai, where he taped his most recent stand-up special ‘Deported,’ streaming now on Amazon. In this episode, Peters talks about how YouTube helped make him a comedy star, why mainstream fame has alluded him in America, his beef with Trevor Noah, his love for Roseanne Barr, why he does NOT have a problem with Apu from ‘The Simpsons’ and a lot more. Stream ‘Russell Peters: Deported’ on Amazon Prime Video. Follow @therealrussellp and @mattwilstein on Twitter and @russellpeters and @lastlaughpod on Instagram. Highlights from this episode and others at The Daily Beast. Go to ratethispodcast.com/laugh to leave us a rating and review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you realize my son is Mexican and Indian?
0:03.7	He's going to be able to engineer the wall.
0:20.9	And hop it. It's going to steal your laptop and fix it. It's going to be an amazing thing to see. Comedian Russell Peters is not afraid to exploit stereotypes for comedy, even, or maybe especially,
0:27.8	when he's joking about his own family. It's the last laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast.
0:34.1	There's a decent chance that if you are listening to this podcast in the United States,
0:37.8	you've never heard of my guest today.
0:40.4	Though he may still not be a household name in America,
0:43.6	Russell Peters is a global comedy sensation,
0:47.1	among the highest grossing comedians in the world,
0:49.9	selling out stadiums in New York, London, and Mumbai,
0:53.1	where he shot his most recent stand-up special deported for Amazon Prime Video.
0:58.5	Russell's willingness to go after stereotypes of all kinds
1:01.6	has made him a target of sorts for some in the comedy community,
1:05.4	and we get into all of that on today's episode.
1:08.5	We also talk about his longtime feud with Trevor Noah and why he does
1:12.8	not have a problem with a poo from The Simpsons, and a lot more. If you're a fan of this podcast,
1:20.0	please do us a favor by leaving a five-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. You can also go
1:25.3	to rate this podcast.com slash laugh to rate this podcast wherever you listen.
1:31.3	Now, here's me and Russell Peters.
1:36.4	So yeah, what's going on? You're touring? Are you, uh...
1:40.6	I'm on the road working on a new act right now. Yeah. So you just put out
1:44.9	your special. So that's, uh, yeah. Special came out to a week and a half ago. Yeah. And, uh, yeah,
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