Hasan Minhaj
14 statements across 3 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 15, 2021 by Shaan Puri · said 71 times in 15 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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brought up most by Shaan Puri (41), Sam Parr (23), Noah Kagan (1)
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2024 32 mentions in 3 episodes 11 per episode
2023 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2022 9 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2021 27 mentions in 5 episodes 5 per episode
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Everything said about Hasan Minhaj, oldest first
Dec 15, 2021 neutral
Puri: Hasan Minhaj succeeds through intense craftsmanship rather than natural humor
“You seem to me like somebody who isn't the naturalist, naturally isn't the funniest guy. Like, some comedians, you just see it, you're like, dude, they could just be doing this at their dinner room, dinner table, and they're just probably slaying whatever room…”
Dec 15, 2021 negative
Minhaj: Social platforms commodify and incentivize shitposting and absolutist negativity
“Shitposting is now incentivized. So actually being a negative Nancy and being an absolutist in your position
Is now commodified and incentivized so that you can't even recognize, yo, you won, I lost, good, good game.”
Dec 15, 2021 negative
Minhaj: Anonymous online trolls can impose real economic sanctions on public figures
“For the first time in history,
There are people that stand on stage that stand on the stage of business or life or comedy or art, and they use their actual government name and then pseudonymous trolls who don't use their government name can launch digital dron…”
Dec 15, 2021 positive
Dec 15, 2021
Puri: Digital accountability requires a consistent identity, not a real legal name
“It doesn't matter if that name was Mr. Gubapel or it was Hasan. It doesn't really matter what's a real name. It's wherever you're, whatever you're gonna make accountable, you're gonna say, hey, if you like me, if you trust me, put my reputation on this name. A…”
Dec 15, 2021 positive
Dec 15, 2021 positive
Puri: Entertainers should optimize their careers like Silicon Valley product funnels
“Just like any product in Silicon Valley, you create a funnel. Top of funnel is new fans, new eyeballs. How are you gonna go get them? You need a strategy. Middle of the funnel. How are you gonna get them to get their first taste of you, their first real experi…”
Dec 15, 2021 positive
Hasan Minhaj owns his comedy tour show, stage sets, and equipment outright
“So the show you saw, I own it outright. I, I'm not just in the comedy business. I'm in the trucking business. Like I own and operate that 18 wheel truck. Those lights, those, like the, there's the holodeck that I'm standing on that glows. Like I own it.”
Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021
Minhaj: Anyone criticizing a creative idea must pitch an alternative joke
“You can only tear something down, and this also works with movie writing and script writing. If you tear something down, you gotta pitch an alt. Don't just shit on the idea. Pitch an alt. And what's the alt joke? What's the alt take? Otherwise, sit down. Like,…”
Dec 15, 2021
Minhaj: Adulthood is largely about identifying where your natural aptitude lies
“Your parents will put you in soccer, or basketball, or swimming, and you're like, ah, there's always that kid from just the first drill picks it up fast, and so much of adult life is figuring out what's my thing that I pick up fast like that, and that was that…”
Dec 15, 2021
Minhaj: Performers should control room tempo rather than matching high crowd energy
“When I'm opening in front of my crowd, they're like really hot, and one of the things I try to remember is, don't yell, don't scream. Try to actually bring them to you. Like set the tempo of the game. Don't get like too excited or too hot. Like you can whip th…”
May 24, 2024
Shaan Puri: Audience Connection Comes From Vulnerability and Low Status
“He goes, comedy is a low status game. So he goes, you know, you're going to be up on stage and you're nervous, so your natural tendency is going to be to puff your chest out to kind of project this false bravado. But he's like actually what you want to do is b…”