{"id":6313,"date":"2010-09-10T22:04:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-11T03:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=6313"},"modified":"2010-09-13T19:56:17","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T00:56:17","slug":"bhai_bhai_bhai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/10\/bhai_bhai_bhai\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhai, Bhai, Bhai"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally got to see Hari Kondabolu<\/a> perform a couple of weeks ago when Laughter Against the Machine<\/a> brought him through Oakland. It was my first time watching him live, and I couldn’t help but notice how even though our table of brown folks was laughing hysterically, there were definitely a few jokes on our racist society where the white folks in the room were squirming uncomfortably. He took it there, and then some.<\/p>\n\n

Since I can’t take you there, I’m going to take you here.<\/p>\n\n

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In this clip, Hari and his brother Ashok i.e. Dapwell (“Dap” of Das Racist<\/a>) do a read outloud of the infamous Joel Stein article “My Own Private India” (can we call it “Stein-gate”?). We had quite an active week when that article came out (Anna’s response here<\/a>) and though Kalpen Modi’s article in the Huffington Post<\/a> my favorite response, The Kondabolu’s response comes in a close second. The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Project, which is basically what you get when these two hit the stage together, perform in NYC about once a month.<\/p>\n\n

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We’ve been doing our show for a little over a year now. It’s a loosely structured talk show. I need structure, but Ashok doesn’t like that so much, so we have set pieces with jokes I’ve written but enough room for him to go off on tangents. Watching Ashok roam is the spectacle. Whether it’s funny or not, it’s always interesting….People seem to love the dynamic between two brothers arguing and discussing pretty much anything in the World. The show is very natural to us and it really ends up being a conversation we could have anywhere. [mtviggy<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

If your in NYC, check their next set of antics on September 15th at 7:30 pm at The Tank (354 West 45th Street). I’m sure you’ll laugh. 99%. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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