PIO comedian to host SNL |
PIO Comedian Aziz Ansari, son of immigrants from Chennai, will become the first person of Indian-origin to host the acclaimed ``Saturday Night Live`` on January. The gig comes on top of a rocking year for Ansari; he won his first Emmy (outstanding writing for a comedy series) after earning a total of four nominations for his Netflix series ``Master of None.``SNL ( Saturday Night Live ) has been panned in the past for lack of racial diversity, its hosts typically being white entertainers. Ansari`s break comes not so much on account of any affirmative action as his growing popularity and rising profile in the high-wire comedy world. Born in Columbia, South Carolina to immigrant parents from Tamil Nadu, Ansari was studying at New York University Stern School of Business when he fell into comedic ways, performing in Big Apple clubs and weekly shows. He won the Jury Award for ``Best Standup`` at HBO`s 2006 US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, after which there was no looking back for him.
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