Aziz Ansari: Right Now
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 9, 2019
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 9 out of 29

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  1. edb111358
    Aug 16, 2019
    1
    Who cares what Aziz, or any other so called comedian, thinks about politics, politicians and the like. Stick to life events and if you can't find humor there, get a different job.
  2. TheKDog
    Jul 12, 2019
    9
    You see that Aziz has grown up. He's handled the sexual misconduct event wonderfully well in this surprisingly profound Netflix special. He makes you think long and hard about a lot of things, all the while keeping you in splits. Now if only he can come out with Season 3 of Master of None!
  3. LongLiveUs
    Jul 16, 2019
    10
    He’s different this time, but he’s still funny. It’s kind of weird to watch him have to change his personality. He makes it work though
  4. OlivierPiel
    Jul 13, 2019
    3
    "Wokeness"...even Mr Ansari cannot topple the new taboos of the new moralistic religion. Barely a scratch.
    Two things should make Americans scream but wokeness is more important than education or knowledge:
    1- That a son of Indian immigrants appropriates Crazy Rich Asians, even though this show only considers Chinese to be Asians and is set in Singapore where close to 15% of the    "Wokeness"...even Mr Ansari cannot topple the new taboos of the new moralistic religion. Barely a scratch.
    Two things should make Americans scream but wokeness is more important than education or knowledge:
    1- That a son of Indian immigrants appropriates Crazy Rich Asians, even though this show only considers Chinese to be Asians and is set in Singapore where close to 15% of the population is from the Indian subcontinent, yet shows them only as servants and waiters!!!
    2- That an Indian can say n**** without being vilified because his skin is darker than Stephen Curry ( whereas skin colour is a huge social marker in India).
    Can a Chinese (the most racist culture in the world and where modern slavery is still alive -Filipino and Indonesian maids treated like dogs) say n**** as Jimmy O Yang pretends?

    These two cases are part of the absurdity of wokeness that should be addressed and attacked by these funny men !
    But they are just cowards, looking for a Netflix paycheck...    … Expand
  5. brockcheese
    Jul 16, 2019
    7
    This strange comedy special seems in many ways more like an apology and ruminations on how society affects art and visa versa.
  6. ajone
    Aug 10, 2019
    10
    I don't know what the neg reviews are coming from. Maybe #metoo fanatics who want Aziz in jail without trial? It was really funny and aside from 3 or 4 other comics (chapelle etc) the best stand up in the biz. What more do you want?
  7. Cmenzo
    Jul 16, 2019
    10
    Loved it. Great mix of humility, vulnerability, and humour. Respect for Aziz taking comeback risk.

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#73 Best TV Season of 2019
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Critic Reviews

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jan 3, 2020
    60
    As a grab-bag of chuckles and amateur philosophy, Right Now is completely serviceable. Anyone hoping for something deeper and darker risks being underwhelmed.
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  2. Vanity Fair
    Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Aug 6, 2019
    85
    The first 20-ish minutes are the most honest work Ansari has done, a litany of observations about the status quo that reveals a hunger and frustration that was buried under his happy-go-lucky persona. ... There’s a bit of flab, especially in the back half. ... But whatever soul-searching or image management that Ansari has gone through since the babe.net story has made him a better performer—one who is more able to dwell in gray areas of comedy.
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  3. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Megan Garber
    Jul 11, 2019
    50
    The question becomes how you treat the discomfort—as something to be celebrated, or as something to be denigrated. Ansari’s answer, over a show that has some great jokes and some distinctly less-great ones, is another kind of ellipsis: Can we just talk about something else? ... Another way that Right Now is of its moment: It is a work of winkily manufactured authenticity.
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