Update: Nimesh Patel on stand-up, Palestine and politics: ‘The way that religion’s been weaponized is ugly
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The available account reports that the comedian went from being discovered by Chris Rock to making Saturday Night Live history. The report also notes that Now his new Netflix special, Buy the Dip, tackles timely topics with optimism There is a single minute in Buy the Dip, Nimesh Patel’s new Netflix comedy special, in which the comedian nimbly and hilariously goes from describing his wife in labour with their first child to complaining about a Rolex sporting doctor wearing “insurance payments on his wrist” to Luigi Mangione . “He killed one guy, allegedly,” Patel quips, arguing that the terrorism-related charge Mangione got stuck with (which a judge dismissed ) was offensive to real terrorists. The hilarious bit is impressive for how much Patel packs into a single minute and how much it all speaks to the comedian’s own experience, expertise and worldview.
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