Stand-Up Shorts On Amazon Prime Video Review: Aadar Malik Stands Out In An Uneven Collection Of Stand-Up Comedians

Back to basics. After the failed experiments trying to see if stand-up comics can crack under Big Boss-like pressure in the embarrassingly unfunny LOL – Hasse Toh Phasse on Amazon Prime Video, which I reckon pushed back the PR-cred of the comedians involved by a good few years, or the attempt to refashion comedy as competition in the banal Comedy Premium League on Netflix, we are back to stand-up comedians doing what stand-up comedians do best — stand-up comedy. I have to note here that this also makes it easier to write about because, you finally get to think of comedy as structure — a set up, a distraction, a pay-off — without the glitz and glamour that streaming platforms think every art form needs. Sure, a good production design hurt no one, but there is something called excessive indulgence, but no one seems to be listening, throwing money instead at deadweight ideas.  

Stand-up Shorts has four 20-minute stand-up sets performed by Shreeja Chaturvedi, Shankar Chugani, Ramya Ramapriya, and Aadar Malik. Except Malik, the other comedians established themselves during Amazon Prime Video’s Comicstaan, neither of whom won, but made their mark, of sorts. Malik, the most established of the lot, is understandably given the last slot. 

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