When NOW checked in with Canuck comic Russell Peters – whose edgy stand-up jabbed at race, class and culture – he was set to launch his first TV show on the Comedy Network.
With wit and intelligence, he talked about the challenge of creating comedy that commented on racism without itself being racist. Since then he’s blown up into one of the continent’s most popular comedians, becoming the first comic to sell out the Air Canada Centre.
You can see his holiday TV special Saturday (December 10), 10 pm, on the Comedy Network. (Page 40 of the issue.)
