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Master of None starring Aziz Ansari - Netflix Series - S1 out now; S2 coming in 2017

RedAssedApe

Banned
Are you sure about this? I feel like i saw his dad in many episodes..

Also I thought people said they were his real parents, not brother and sister

pretty sure they are his parents. he did mention on his twitter q&a that his brother has a writing credit for the show. maybe thats what people are confusing
 

Ashhong

Member
Just started, surprised to see the comments about episode 2. Pretty much everyone I know that are kids of first gen all agree it's spot on, and while cringeworthy, is exactly what I expected and that's what makes it funny and relatable.

I don't think it was spot on at all. My parents would have slapped me upside the head and yelled at me if I refused to help them. Pretty sure all of my Asian friends would say the same thing. Other then that it was pretty true though

they are his real parents. giga was fucking with me.

Fucking giga.
 
I don't think it was spot on at all. My parents would have slapped me upside the head and yelled at me if I refused to help them. Pretty sure all of my Asian friends would say the same thing. Other then that it was pretty true though



Fucking giga.
Really? Ironically, both of them are portrayed the same age as I am right now, and I have serious doubts that a 60+ year old parent will slap upside the head of their 30 year old son. Yell? Probably. The disgruntled flashback of them knowing what they've been through and reflecting how different it is for their kids, much more conceivable.
 

Mikeside

Member
Hello Ladies is funnier, has better developed themes, more fully realized characters, and more intelligent humor and plotting. Like I said, Master of None is an enjoyable show but Hello Ladies already did everything MoN does and better too.

I thought Hello Ladies was a lot more by-the-numbers obvious comedy, personally. A lot of chuckes, but rarely a proper belly laugh in my time watching it.

This show, however, I've been in stitches a few times at some of the less inyourface jokes & I'm finding it a lot more charming too, though I'd put Happy Endings, Community, Kimmy Schmidt & Parks above it on charm-factor.
 
Just started, surprised to see the comments about episode 2. Pretty much everyone I know that are kids of first gen all agree it's spot on, and while cringeworthy, is exactly what I expected and that's what makes it funny and relatable.

yeah most of my close friends are either 1st gen or immigrants themselves and Im an immigrant and it just felt fucking spot on. All my friends I talked to about it agreed. That ep had me dying
 

double jump

you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
Not a Aziz fan but the show is legit. Show made me realize I need to add a down lesbian to my squad. Great production values as well.
 
The unfaithful episode was alright. I thought Dev in his underpants with that little potbelly was hilarious.

Aziz' outfits are on point though. Has dope taste in jackets.
 

Archurro

Member
One of my favorite shows this year. Easily my second favorite show on Netflix (first being Bojack Horseman).

Parents, Indians on TV and Ladies and Gentlemen being my favorites.
 
Just finished it. Really enjoyed this show. It felt in touch with culture of our time and of course also had some hilarious moments. Would absolutely watch more of this if they ever continued it!
 

Akahige

Member
Episode 5 was great,
the King Kong Banana Split gag was hilarious
, the show seems to have one hilarious joke per episode to me til this one,it turned out to be one of the funnier one's with Colin Salmon adding an odd but funny story line.

Episode 6 was good, basically a 30 minute Richard Linklater film by way Aziz Ansari, funny and cute but not overbearingly so.

Episode 7 was good as well, I'm liking how self contained the episodes can be, they focus mostly on one subject and it works well like in this episode.

I'm not really getting the 'Louie' vibes that some of you are going on about, the feel is so different
 
Episode 6 was good, basically a 30 minute Richard Linklater film

HA, that is a great way to frame it, and no doubt one of the reasons I loved it so very much.

Really dig that it wasn't trying to be cynical. Modern culture really pushes a lot of "trying to out-blasé each other", whereas this was very happy to regularly celebrate the good moments in life.
 
man this show is by far the best thing aziz ansari's ever been involved in imo. i'm pleasantly surprised seeing as how I found parks and rec merely decent at it's peak and his standups kind of corny.
 
Just finished Ep 8 ("Old People"/Grandma Carol). This show is amazing. Not hilarious all the time, but it has moments, and the emotions are super real

One of my favorites of the year by far
 
man this show is by far the best thing aziz ansari's ever been involved in imo. i'm pleasantly surprised seeing as how I found parks and rec merely decent at it's peak and his standups kind of corny.
yeah i feel the same way

parks and rec was always a solid 7/10 for me

his stand up was so and so but master of none is pretty top tier
 

kingslunk

Member
The three buddies episode was absolute gold. Three Indian guys in the episode playing non stereotypical roles bitching about getting a TV show that has no more than one Indian.
 

Sami+

Member
Episode 5 was great,
the King Kong Banana Split gag was hilarious
, the show seems to have one hilarious joke per episode to me til this one,it turned out to be one of the funnier one's with Colin Salmon adding an odd but funny story line.

Episode 6 was good, basically a 30 minute Richard Linklater film by way Aziz Ansari, funny and cute but not overbearingly so.

Episode 7 was good as well, I'm liking how self contained the episodes can be, they focus mostly on one subject and it works well like in this episode.

I'm not really getting the 'Louie' vibes that some of you are going on about, the feel is so different

I get more 500 Days of Summer vibes than Louie from this tbh
 
Just started, surprised to see the comments about episode 2. Pretty much everyone I know that are kids of first gen all agree it's spot on, and while cringeworthy, is exactly what I expected and that's what makes it funny and relatable.
Yeah, all my friends have agreed with it too.

I don't think it was spot on at all. My parents would have slapped me upside the head and yelled at me if I refused to help them. Pretty sure all of my Asian friends would say the same thing. Other then that it was pretty true though
My parents may have done that when I was a teenager but in my twenties, they'd just yell or just look at me with disappointment.

Just got to episode 9. That was a lovely bottle episode. A lot of this show hits close to home.
 

maruchan

Member
I just watched all the eps in two days.. lol.. what a great show..

Aziz's dad is awesome, everything they say about him is true he needs to be in a new show..
 

double jump

you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
the last 5 minutes of the last ep was both subtly hilarious and genius.
 
Does anyone else find it funny that Aziz's character is an Indian commercial actor

but has like the flyest clothes and a sweet ass apartment in New York?
 

Linius

Member
Just dropping by to say this show is awesome. Binged it on a day or two, no regrets. Anasari made himself the perfect show. A way more balanced character than Tom Haverford for sure, I want more of this.

Does anyone else find it funny that Aziz's character is an Indian commercial actor

but has like the flyest clothes and a sweet ass apartment in New York?

Not sure how much money there's in that business, but he does seem to do pretty high profile commercials.
 

Firestorm

Member
As a second generation Tamil guy in my late 20s, I loved this show. I'm so happy Netflix exists to give stuff like this a platform.
 
Does anyone else find it funny that Aziz's character is an Indian commercial actor

but has like the flyest clothes and a sweet ass apartment in New York?

That's the only thing that threw me off. Money is not a factor to his character and if it isn't, why not think that the world is your oyster?

I guess that engenders my main problem with the show which is that everything flows too neatly. There's no real consequence for a show that portrays a lot of the choices the characters make as risky. It's a nice fantasy, but real life is much messier.

That being said, I don't really think those issues bring the show down. It was true about a lot of things and on a broad enough level to make sense to everyone in the target audience. The show knew what it wanted to be and pulled it off with a ton of charm and style. The soundtrack is probably the best I've heard from a TV show. It's definitely my favorite sitcom of the fall.

And I know it might be a stretch, but I'm hoping
Denise's critique of the film in EP10
was a reference to bell hooks and the critical gaze. The show seemed to be aware of race relations in film/tv so I'm pretty sure it is.
 

Linius

Member
By the way, every time H Jon Benjamin pops up in some show as himself it's so hard to not visualize Archer when he's speaking.
 
Does anyone else find it funny that Aziz's character is an Indian commercial actor

but has like the flyest clothes and a sweet ass apartment in New York?

Yeah I found that odd as well.

But that typically goes with shows in New York... It's like everyone can afford everything in such an expensive city.

I also thought a lot of the characters were overtly confident about them selves... But I guess that's kind of what our generation is known for.
 

Akahige

Member
Finished the series a little while ago, liked it a lot, most of my issues lie with some of the performances but I got used to them by the end.
 
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