Why Is There A Fear Of Funny On Streaming? With Comedian Vir Das

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The Streaming Show

Suchin Mehrotra

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Why are most Hindi streaming shows about crime and violence? What exactly are a showrunner and a writers' room? Are Mirzapur, The Family Man, Sacred Games and Scam 1992 the new blockbusters? How do streaming shows even make money? Through a series of conversations with actors, artists, filmmakers, producers and platform heads, Suchin Mehrotra, one of the few film journalists and critics solely dedicated to covering the world of streaming, sets out to answer these questions to help navigate and provide a narrative to the beast of streaming.

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Why Is There A Fear Of Funny On Streaming? With Comedian Vir Das

The Streaming Show

58 minutes 22 seconds

2 years ago

Why Is There A Fear Of Funny On Streaming? With Comedian Vir Das

This season of The Streaming Show podcast was only ever supposed to be ten episodes. But in a happy turn of events, this 11th episode materialized in which I spoke to one of my favorite artists Vir Das - about a topic I feel very strongly about - the lack of comedies on streaming and why there seems to be a fear of funny among platforms. Shows like Amazon's glorious Pushpavalli and Humble Politician Nograj on Voot remain the rare exceptions.

Vir spoke to me about the severe lack of laughs, the multiple shows he’s currently show running,

the need for more platform executives who understand comedy, what went wrong with his Netflix series Hasmukh and what streaming has done for stand-up and vice versa.