107. "Wow. That's weak." In response to In response to 106 Wed Feb-14-24 01:53 PM by Brew
That article was more or less a nothingburger IMO. And Minhaj's own responses to the "controversy" pretty well sums up my thoughts about it, although I don't necessarily disagree that he may have taken a couple of the instances a very, very minor step too far:
"In a statement to Variety made right after the story’s publication, Minhaj said, 'All my standup stories are based on events that happened to me … I use the tools of standup comedy — hyperbole, changing names and locations and compressing timelines to tell entertaining stories. That’s inherent to the art form. You wouldn’t go to a Haunted House and say ‘Why are these people lying to me?’ — The point is the ride. Standup is the same.'"
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