Monday, December 3, 2018

The Subversive Immigrant-Focused Sphere Of Hasan Minhaj’s New Netflix Talk Show, Patriot Act

With 32 episodes ordered for the talk show, and a reach meant to extend to 200 countries, Patriot Act is momentous for U.S. talk shows – and for Netflix. “Minhaj often uses phrases such as ‘our own community,’ or refers to the audience as ‘we,’ in his segments, as if everyone in the crowd shared a brown, Muslim psyche, like himself. A glance at the studio audience on any given Wednesday — the show airs every Sunday — indicates he’s not totally off.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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