Press Room
FROM THE SEATTLE
“A young man reaching for the hand-scalding torch of confrontational comics like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor.”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2003802720_comic24.html
“Eviscerated Western hypocrisy with a verbal razor that had overtones of Lenny Bruce.”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
localnews/2003242639_bumbershoot04.html
FROM THE STRANGER:
“A national comedy treasure”
http://slog.thestranger.com/
FROM INDIA CURRENTS:
“Kondabolu addresses the political issues that outrage him, and as an artist, he thinks deeply about the messages he is presenting and the ways in which he is presenting them.”
http://www.indiacurrents.com/
FROM THE SEATTLE WEEKLY:
“While most of his material deals directly with race and politics in blunt fashion, he manages not to beat you over the head with it, but rather gives you something to think about on your drive home.”
http://blogs.seattleweekly.
FROM EAST BAY EXPRESS:
“He based most of his routine on colonialism. Not just the old-fashioned kind … but also the contemporary kind — that thing we call "cultural appropriation…Most importantly, Kondabolu is not above heckling his audience. ‘You've been lukewarm so far, audience,’ he announced midway through a New Year's set. Audience members chuckled politely in agreement.”
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/
FROM SOME RANDOM GIRL’S BLOG THAT STUMBLED UPON WHEN I GOOGLED MYSELF:
“saw a really great comedian last night--laughed my ass off. Hari
Kondabolu meets all of my "great comedian" criteria; that is, he: 1.
addressed issues of oppression at least twice, 3. made no racist, sexist,
homophobic, or classist jokes, and 2. made me laugh out loud. guys like him
almost make me regret i'm a lesbian... almost.
my favorite part (as close an approximation as i can recall): "given the
choice between white guilt and oppression, i'd take white guilt every time!"
http://thef-word.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_thef-word_archive.html