npr:nprfreshair:Ansari And Yang Explore The First-Generation Experience In ‘Master Of None
npr: nprfreshair: Ansari And Yang Explore The First-Generation Experience In ‘Master Of None’ In the new Netflix series Master of None, comic Aziz Ansari plays an Indian-American actor in New York who’s having a hard time finding good roles. It’s a story that Ansari and other actors are familiar with. “As an actor there [are] frustrations when you don’t create your own content,” Ansari tells Fresh Air’s Terry Gross. “I feel like if I didn’t do this show, the kind of stuff I would’ve been offered, if it wasn’t just ethnic stuff, it would’ve been just versions of things I’ve done in the past … where I would just come into a room and yell things that sounded vaguely like ‘treat yo self.’ ” Ansari is known for his stand-up as well as for his roles in the film Funny People and on the TV series Parks and Recreation (from which the tagline “treat yo self” came). He describes Master of None, which he co-created and co-writes with Alan Yang, as a show that has a nuanced approach to ethnicity and race. Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang spoke to Fresh Air about their new series, which will be released on Netflix tomorrow. I can’t wait for this show to premiere! -Vesta -- source link
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