Ramy Youssef: More Feelings

Matt Roush says...

Ramy Youssef is having a moment. He’s hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time next weekend, coming off a trip to the Oscars in support of his co-starring role in the award-winning Poor Things. And he returns to his native New Jersey for a terrific stand-up comedy special, his second for HBO, filmed in Jersey City’s White Eagle Hall. He addresses a diverse audience with droll yet barbed observations about keeping his cool as a Muslim American during a divisive election year. Riffs include getting backlash while doing appearances for charity (including a concert with Taylor Swift in the audience), and he’s especially enthralling as he delivers a long and rewarding anecdote about plagiarizing a book report on Gandhi.

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