I can't stand Russel Peters. I can't understand why anyone would assume him to be funny. The guy is an outright racist.
he just points the stereotypes, and he is Indian heritage so makes fun of himself to.
What he tells, every person can relate to him.
What makes Russell Peter funny is not those stereotypical jokes of his, but the knowledge he holds regarding different cultures and his observational skills which are very good.
See, he studied at a school called North Peel Secondary school. This school is a Highschool for students who were not academically good, and many people who had learning difficulties or were opting for vocational courses would go to these school. It had a bad reputation and every misfit of the city went there.
I know this because i used to study at another school which was right across this one, wiliams parkway. And many students who were not opting for careers had to move to the school across when reaching grade 9.
So, Russell Peter was being told and groomed at early on that he was dumb and cant do anything. He had to go such schools and stuff. But yet, while this guy knew how to throw jokes, he had great observational skills. And when he throws a joke, he throws by going back in life remember the people of different races he met in Toronto or in different countries and relates to that.
The guy is a masterclass, a genius in my opinion. His story is very inspiring. He is probably the very few celebrities to come out of Brampton and he came from the worst school of the area. He was pushed around alot and made to think that he had no worth due to the school he was put in.
Many people here saying earlier Peters was better, but i think he has improved. He has gained more knowledge of different cultures, has traveled more. If you guys get offended by him picking on crowd, let me tell you people go to attend his show hoping to get picked on. Its hilarious, if people are gonna mind they wont go.
My favorite one was how he told everyone that Saudi's keep a Filipino maid, and to prove to people that he wasn't lieing he points out to the one Saudi dude he was picking on earlier, and the guy is laughing because there was truth in Russel's statement and he holds up two fingers indicating that yeh even he had two Filipino maids.
Very smart guy
