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Introduction and Birth
Ansari was born on February 23, 1983, in a small town in South Carolina and studied marketing in New York, but shortly into college, he realized that he wanted to be a stand-up comedian and began doing shows at bars around the school (The Biography.com). This shows that Ansari is not your stereotypical comedian and that he did want to be in marketing before stand-up comedy became his life. Ansari has always been a humurous person and it can be inferred that he went to marketing school to fulfill -
Introduction and Birth Cont.
a dream of his parents and not his own, otherwise he may have been more likely to end up in a drama school. -
Parks and Recreation
During a hiatus from Parks and Recreating Ansari met with a reporter to discuss what he liked about stand-up comedy and what he thought of Parks and Recreation. He said that he preferred producing comedy quickly and would rather do shows like Parks and Recreation than movies ("Talking to Aziz"). This shows that Ansari is more worried about keeping people entertained over longer periods of time with more new comedy rather than being in big name movies. It can also be inferred that Ansari isn't -
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worried about making money like some celebrities are and would rather be a good person. -
Modern Romance
In June of 2015, Ansari released his first and only book to date, and on the first page, he talks about how he has turned down many offers for writing a book because he didn't believe it would be the best medium for him (Ansari). This shows that Ansari would rather be in the areas he is comfortable with before he branches out to new mediums. It also shows that Ansari has taken a great interest in the great spectacle that is modern dating. From this, it can be inferred that Ansari is willing to -
Modern Romance
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Book Release
Ansari's book that was released in June of 2015 brought shock to the comedian world. People grabbed it, expecting 300 pages of humor and got a lot fewer jokes than expected and more pictures of the monster trucks and lasers than they thought possible (Sheehan). This shows that while yes, Ansari is a comedian, he is able to sit down and write a book about a topic that he deems important. But, because he is a comedian the lasers were necessary along with a lot of photoshop. It can be inferred that -
Book Release Cont.
Ansari has been and will always be a jokester who struggles to take tasks seriously. Writing a book is a very serious task for many people, but it is easy to see that Ansari was able to make the most of it. -
Ansari Rides Lawrence's Back into SNL After Party
In October of 2015, Ansari was seen riding Jennifer Lawrence's back into an SNL after party. It shows that he is very comfortable with who he is as a person and that he's not very concerned with the possible dangers of his action(Hendricks). The potential for Lawrence to fall was great, especially knowing her history of falling at award shows. The pair did get lucky and she remained upright through the spectacle. From this event it can be inferred that Ansari is not worried about the possible -
Ansari Rides Lawrence's Back into SNL After Party
dangers of his outcomes. Along with that, one can see that he really just wants to make people laugh and be happy at the memories he's created. -
SNL Monologue
On January 21, 2017, Ansari performed a monologue on SNL where he focused on the key issue in the nation, the inauguration. In his speech, he made the discussed the importance of an entire gender getting together and protesting Trump and how we can't hate everyone who voted for him ("Aziz Ansari"). This is important because, after the inauguration, the nation had split itself into two sides that hated each other. During the speech, he did make jokes at the Trump supporters which offended many -
SNL Monologue Cont.
It can be inferred from making these comments that he only cares about certain groups of people and when it comes to the time he has no issue throwing other groups into darkness.
