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Here’s my advice to my brown friends: The next time you’re on an airplane in the U.S., just speak your mother tongue. That way, no one knows what you’re saying. Life goes on.

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Maz Jobrani

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Any standup that you see who you go, ‘Oh, wow, that guy’s, you know, that guy’s making it.’ Inevitably, they’ve been doing it 10, 12 years – 10, 15 years. Because it takes time.

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Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able to take the reality and exaggerate it.

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May 14, 2024

Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able to take the reality and exaggerate it.

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May 14, 2024

Any standup that you see who you go, ‘Oh, wow, that guy’s, you know, that guy’s making it.’ Inevitably, they’ve been doing it 10, 12 years – 10, 15 years. Because it takes time.

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