Zakir Khan’s rise is not just of a comedian who cracked the elite systems abroad, it is the triumph of India’s ordinary dream.
Tag: stand up comedy
Also: a look inside the slippery world of stand-up comedy in China and Ukraine’s clandestine online school network.
In China, stand-up comics must submit their sets to a state censor. Plus, there are self-appointed wannabe censors online (like on all social media!). How do would-be professional standup comedians handle this blatantly gray zone?