Comedians are the last truth tellers: Russell Peters

Russell Peters describes comedians across world in today's times as "truth-tellers", last unbiased lot who call a spe a spe through ir craft. Someone once described truth as a poetry to Russell, he recalls, before ding, "And everyone hates poetry." "We are last of truth-tellers. We live in a time where you're t sure which version of news you're getting. It's all skewed towards someone's favour. Comedians are unbiased ones who are able to tell you what's really going on. We tell it to you in uncertain terms," Russell told PTI.

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Russell Peters on jokes

Speaking truth through jokes can often offend people but Indo-Canian comedian believes re is thing that can't be sorted out if people have a dialogue. "People take offence online but have you ever physically met one of se offended people? I'm almost convinced y don't really exist. Until I physically meet any of se people I'm t going to believe y're real. My goal is to make you laugh so if you take offence chances are you're problem and t me." Russell is currently in country as part of his 'Deported World Tour' where is performing at Zee Live's Supermoon. Russell started his career nearly 30 years ago and says he just can't "physically sit down" to write his material and hasn't done that ever.

"Like right w with Deported World Tour, it's alrey set. I kw beginning middle and end. From vember, I'll have thing, I'll walk on st with a blank slate and I've six shows that weekend with zero material. "Basically it'll be me talking to audience and trying to figure it out. Once I get a direction that I like or something new hits me, that's where it gets exciting: 'Oh I can't believe I thought of that, let's go down that ro.' It's a fun but scary process at same time."

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Russell on stand-up comedy

comedian says last thing he would want from audience is to walk out of his show and wonder, "What hell was that?" "It's something we definitely don't want happening. Some comics don't give a damn if you walk away but y have a certain level of privilege that I don't have. A lot of comedians understand or feel ir position in business is precarious. That's what keeps me alive." Though 49-year-old has been in comedy scene for most of his life, Russell says it is vital for stand up comics to keep mselves updated.

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" way to be relevant is to just keep doing it. You could stagnate yourself, I could've done it to myself many years ago by doing same kind of comedy over and over but eventually, it would've tired people. I would get bored doing it. I don't want to hear me doing same joke. "Comedy is like a fights sport. If you're weak, you're going to get taken out. You have to have a fighting spirit," he ds.

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