Aziz Ansari: Right Now

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Aziz Ansari: Right Now
File:Aziz Ansari Right Now poster.jpg
Directed by Spike Jonze
Produced by Jason Baum
Spike Jonze
Written by Aziz Ansari
Starring Aziz Ansari
Cinematography Autumn Durald
Edited by Jeff Buchanan
Production
company
3 Arts Entertainment
Pulse Films
Oh Brudder Productions
Distributed by Netflix
Release dates
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  • July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)
Running time
 65 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Aziz Ansari: Right Now (stylized as Aziz Ansari: RIGHT NOW) is an American stand-up comedy special by Aziz Ansari. The special is directed by Spike Jonze and premiered on July 9, 2019 on Netflix.[1][2][3] In it, Ansari talks about the sexual misconduct controversy he was involved in the previous year, his relationship with his grandmother and parents, white people who want to appear anti-racist, how the threshold of acceptable behaviour has changed over the past decade, and the sexual misconduct of R. Kelly and Michael Jackson.[4] The special received positive critical reception.

Background

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A clip from Aziz Ansari: RIGHT NOW.

Ansari's previous special, titled Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden, premiered on Netflix on March 6, 2015.[5] In January 2018, a Babe.net article was published in which an anonymous woman using the pseudonym "Grace" accused Ansari of sexual misconduct on a date they went on in September 2017.[6][7] After Ansari published a response to Grace, he reduced his public profile.[5][4] In late 2018, he began performing a stand-up tour entitled "Working Out New Material".[4]

Production

The special was filmed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on May 16, 17 and 18 in 2019. The special was directed by Spike Jonze and was mostly filmed on Kodak 16 mm film with Jonze operating an up-close camera on stage.

Executive producers for the special are Aziz Ansari, Aniz Ansari (Aziz's brother), Amanda Adelson, Thomas Benksi, Marisa Clifford, and Isabel Davis. Production companies involved with this special are 3 Arts Entertainment, Pulse Films, and Oh Brudder Productions.

Release

On July 1, 2019, Ansari announced a new special on Twitter,[5] and a clip from the special was released on July 8, 2019.[8]

Aziz Ansari: Right Now was released by Netflix on July 9, 2019.[5]

Reception

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Awards and nominations

Award nominations for Aziz Ansari: Right Now
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2020 Grammy Award[13] Best Comedy Album Aziz Ansari, Right Now Nominated

References

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