Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive

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Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive
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Directed by
  • Dylan Southern
  • Will Lovelace
Written by Aziz Ansari
Produced byJay Chapman
StarringAziz Ansari
Cinematography Martin Ahlgren
Edited by
  • Brenda Carlson
  • Aziz Ansari
Production
companies
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
  • November 1, 2013 (2013-11-01)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive is a 2013 American stand-up comedy concert film written by and starring Aziz Ansari and directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, with cinematography by Martin Ahlgren. Shot at the Merriam Theater in Philadelphia during Ansari's Buried Alive Tour on April 13, 2013, it was released on November 1 of that year and became Netflix's first exclusive comedy special.

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Synopsis

Topics include Ansari's views on the institution of marriage, parenting, and love. The set has the theme of a wedding, with Ansari wearing a formal suit with a white boutonnière. When discussing Buried Alive in comparison to his first two specials, Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening (2010) and Dangerously Delicious (2012), Ansari said:

This special is much, much different than my previous two. As I hit 30, my material got very personal as I grappled with the gravity of the adult world—love, marriage, babies, and more. Do I really have to deal with all that now? Are my ding dong friends really getting married and having their own children? I couldn't imagine having a kid right now. After I type this sentence, I'm gonna drink an apple juice and watch Jurassic Park —if that's a guy that's supposed to be ready to be a father, I'm very concerned. That's what Buried Alive is about. [1]

Production

The film was taped during Ansari's Buried Alive Tour across 75 cities around the world, where he performed at sold-out venues including New York's Carnegie Hall, London's Hammersmith Apollo, and Sydney's Opera House. [1] The footage in the Netflix release was filmed during his performance at Philadelphia's Merriam Theater on April 13, 2013. [2]

Release

Buried Alive was Ansari's first Netflix special and debuted on November 1, 2013. It was released across all Netflix markets simultaneously. [1] At the time of its release, it was Netflix's first exclusive comedy special. [3]

Reception

Buried Alive was well received by critics. Erik Adams of The A.V. Club gave it an A− and called it "a spectacularly entertaining hour-plus of stand-up, but it’s also an intriguing bit of cultural anthropology. Throughout the special, Ansari asks questions—as a character within his routines and to the members of his audience—and what he turns up is just as frequently funny as it is heartfelt and penetrating." [4] Rolling Stone noted that it showed a more mature side of Ansari, but his material was still appealing to his younger fan base. "It feels more like social commentary rather than commentary on what it's like to be social. But old Aziz fans shouldn't fret – he still manages to slip in jokes about his younger self being molested and the notion of Xzibit raising a busload of babies." [5]

Patrick Smith of The Daily Telegraph , who reviewed Ansari's sold-out tour stop at London's Apollo Hammersmith theatre, took notice of the comedian's outfit, writing, "Ansari's 70-minute set was none the less much like his attire: smart, sharp and slickly carried off... Buried Alive bristled with topicality and wit." [6]

At the 2014 American Comedy Awards, Buried Alive was nominated for Comedy Special of the Year, but lost to Louis C.K.'s Oh My God . [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Netflix Premieres AZIZ ANSARI: BURIED ALIVE, Today". Broadwayworld.com. November 1, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Cipriani, Casey (October 30, 2013). "Watch: Aziz Ansari Explains His Favorite Racial Stereotype in a New Clip from Netflix Special 'Buried Alive'". IndieWire . Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Stelter, Brian (August 29, 2013). "The Comedy Lineup Expands on Netflix". The New York Times . Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ Adams, Erik (November 1, 2013). "Aziz Ansari becomes the Malcolm Gladwell of stand-up comedy. (And that's a good thing.)". The A.V. Club . Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ Ayers, Mike (October 31, 2013). "Aziz Ansari Gets 'Buried Alive' on Netflix". Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ Smith, Patrick (June 16, 2013). "Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive, Hammersmith Apollo, review". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ McCarthy, Sean L. (May 8, 2014). "Winners of the 2014 American Comedy Awards". The Comic's Comic. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
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