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Aziz Ansari's new standup act decries extreme wokeness, but still doesn't address his sexual misconduct scandal
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"The bemused but progressive spirit that once informed Ansari’s commentary on current events seems to have crusted into suspicion about wokeness and its excesses," Eren Orbey says of Ansari's new act, which he calls “Working Out New Material." "Without ever mentioning the #MeToo movement—or his own experience as one of its most disputed casualties—Ansari decries the destructive performativity of Internet activism and the fickle, ever-changing standards of political correctness."
TOPICS: Aziz Ansari, Standup Comedy
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