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Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj - Season 1
This weekly show offers an attractive and fun talent that can showcase a wide range of diverse shows. Hassan Minhaj begins to show his diverse talents in the field of sound, story skills, and a look at positive work, external life and exciting reality around the world. The show begins with a strong explanation by Hassan Minhaj about a lawsuit brought by Asian American students against Harvard University and how this lawsuit can kill positive action there.
9 August 1985, Portland, Maine, USA
June1971, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
23 October 1958, Detroit, Michigan, USA
25 December 1971, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 30, 2018
It's clear that the quality that sets Minhaj apart isn't just the show's format, but Minhaj himself.October 29, 2018
It boasts a polish and consistency that forever eluded The Break with Michelle Wolf, Netflix's other (now-canceled) attempt at rallying the #TheResistance.November 01, 2018
He's a B- Eviscerator but potentially an A+ Self-Mocker. And bridging daunting divides like that is his specialty.October 30, 2018
Netflix banked on Minhaj in a most public manner-but with each installment of Patriot Act, that bet looks more and more like a sure thing.October 31, 2018
The host makes no missteps while executing the debut episode, although the subject matter may not compel a substantial audience.October 30, 2018
What Patriot Act is doing very well in these early episodes is balancing the desire to tell cathartic jokes with the need to think, in a way that incorporates ideas about ethics and morality.November 07, 2018
The episodes are very funny, but the jokes are fully integrated into the topics, not just sprinkled on top like a spoonful of sugar.October 30, 2018
[It] doesn't run away from political comedy convention while also aiming for something just different enough to make it stand apart.November 05, 2018
Addresses issues like anti-black sentiments in Asian immigrant communities... and he does it all without making any of his discussion topics seem like the domain of an "other."November 06, 2018
Comedian shares his satirical take on current events.