Russell Peters: Deported (2020) Poster

(2020 TV Special)

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6/10
Forgettable
shama_musani24 January 2020
I remember Russell Peters' comedy specials back in the day were loud out loud funny. There was a time where I watched clips from his outsourced special over and over. Unfortunately, he has slightly lost his touch. Some of the jokes are funny in this special but nothing worth watching more than once. If you have nothing to watch one evening and want to feel nostalgic, watch this special, if you miss it, no big deal.
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6/10
Kill the laugh track
cpuffalump29 January 2020
This special has one of the most obnoxious laugh tracks I've ever heard. Russell Peters does have some good content but it's tough to get through due to the ridiculous laugh track overpowering his voice.
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7/10
Excellent...but not his best performance.
vauxhall-3533915 April 2020
As simple as that(title), definitely worth the watch, a couple of "was that supposed to be funny" jokes and punchlines but overall I felt this was humorous enough to watch to the end. Hope he ups the ante on the next one.
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2/10
It's really sad to see the decline
joel_maths29 January 2020
When he makes a GEICO joke in front of an Indian audience, you know he didn't prepare for this at all. I barely made it halfway through the show. It's sad to see him being a pale shadow of his former glorious self. Race-based humor needs to evolve with the times, and sadly Russell hasn't evolved at all.
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9/10
He's back !!!!
heyitsmeraj18 January 2020
I was a big fan of Russell from his initial Comedy club days. He was getting better over the years and suddenly all his skits were either boring or non laughable. Now here he's back with the original content and it shows in his skit. All original and new content and seriously funny lol. Kudos to him and I can say for sure that hes back.
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3/10
Local comedy club open mic night level
contact-28213 February 2020
Only got through 1/2 of it barely... reviewing what I saw. No ethnic jokes - the only reason I'd watch RP. Where did the accents go? All the situational humor is clearly made into blown out of proportion unbelievable drama. Talking for 15 minutes about hiding his from a doctor, really, what are you, 14? Regurgitating the same fat jokes we've heard from every other comedian and swinging microphone joke that's as old as comedy itself, for another 15? Reminiscing on an adult conversations of when he was 7, verbatim? Really, that good of a memory? That kind of "humor" I get from my humorless co-workers any day of the week, I expect more from a world class comedian. The material in this one is your local Comedy Club open mic level. Shame.
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10/10
Hillarious as hell!
sanjeetpadhy23 January 2020
My guts hurt in the middle I was laughing so loud. It is a great entertainer to see old people become uncomfortable and the crowd work is awesome too. He is surely back with a bang.
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3/10
RUSSELL TAKE IT AND GO...TAKE IT AND GO AWAY FROM STAND UP COMEDY
smpenterpriseskgl18 January 2020
I use to love this man for pure authenticity in his sketch from very early when i downloaded his Canadian TV show which went viral then back to back hits of outsourced & Red, White and Brown (Best show ever!) then average shows of The Green Card Tour & Notorious then mediocre shows of Almost Famous & this Deported. Every Radio Podcast interviews he talks about he is being paided less amy schumer and all other new comer comedians but how about quality down in your show russell. it is just sad !!!
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1/10
Cringeworthy
TheLovelyBoner20 January 2020
This show was appalling. You can tell the audience came for Indian jokes and got sandbagged with terrible humor for the show. The audience was barely laughing and the show is disturbing to listen to with an audience of all confused Indians wondering when the Indian jokes are coming overlaid over a laugh track of white audience. The jokes weren't funny and the audience interactions were borderline humorless insults. You could tell nobody was having fun. Russell needs to come up with some more Indian jokes or hang it up as a comedian. His try at non auto ethnic humor is terrible. Oh and he quit cruising for 30 seconds his constant barrage of F words does nothing to add to the humor and only seems to contribute to the cringe factor every time there is an utterance.
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10/10
Hilarious
Koolvin1 February 2020
I'm not sure some of the freshies would have got all the jokes and they may need some help on a few gags! Must watch
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1/10
Horrible
yashjoshi-7479719 August 2020
One of the most boring comedy acts. Russel does not have even I of Indian in him and should stop pretending to be one.
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10/10
He is so talented. I enjoyed it thoroughly
munkiejunkie22 February 2020
Speechless... I have to write more just cause speechless is not enough according to IMDB then calling it too short
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3/10
Out of content, out of touch
kulwant-4101631 January 2020
I have been a huge Russell fan for years, this special was a complete waste... would love to have that hour of my life back but here we are writing on a review board to send this guy a flaming middle finger... the jokes were tiresome, couldn't necessarily connect. Come on Russell it's time to put the mic down. Nearly fell asleep watching the special.
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2/10
Trying hard to stay relevant?
danial-moghaddam20 April 2020
RP was one of my favorite comedians up until this horrible stand up. Jeeez, how many times I picked my phone because I felt so bored of him dragging some dad's jokes. Honestly I think he has become like amateur stand up comedian how just started yesterday.
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1/10
Not what I expected
vidyamubrl16 June 2021
RP is one of the first comics I watched, so when I came across his special on prime was expecting something really entertaining. Instead I had to watch him pull out as many stereotypes that non resident Indians / foreigners have about us and try to make a joke out of it.
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1/10
"Someone is going to get real hurt" over this review...
Tomayto_Tomahto30 January 2020
Russell, wtf was that !? My wife laughs at almost everything and she barely did.

The last 4 years have been the best for comics, almost everyone is one now and yet...

Depressing and disgusting is what you left me and possibly anyone who watched it. The Indians are always nice people and possibly tried to make you feel better on stage but you know it !!!

Only thing a bit funny came at the expense of the dude dressed in White. Make sure you take the family out for dinner at least !!!
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4/10
Lost his touch with creativity
polashdebamazon22 January 2020
Below mediocre jokes, plastering repeated vulgar words is not comedy Russell.
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1/10
Lame with no LOL Moment
sajidkhan-3002227 December 2020
This was so disappointing. The guy just goes on for 1 hour without giving you one good laughable joke....Not worth to even watch 5 minutes of this junk performance. This is supposed to be COMEDY ...so where are the jokes you joker?
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2/10
Racial Humor not funny
sreedharung17 February 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Russel used to be good. Some jokes were good but this one is more racial humor than anything else. The place where he says Lingam means a body part is wrong. Lingam is lord shiva's another form. Just lost respect for him....
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1/10
Absolutely disgusting! Horrific !
bellascollectionx30 January 2023
Absolutely horrible , whoever thinks this guy is a funny comedian does not know what comedy is. The whole show was about his penis and his ass and what the doctor said. On top of it Russel makes a silly comment about whoever doesn't swear is not normal , " if you don't swear your not normal you probably touch kids" absolutely disgusting making a sick joke about kids. Where is the comedy where is the fun in this? If taking the piss out of Indian accent and talking about penis and ass is comedy then I don't know what comedy is. Absolutely awful disgusting show. Very racist guy towards his own people.
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4/10
Endoscopy (en-doh-isko-pee) without propofol!!
shivanshu-goswami5 April 2021
Russell did not have his wit, not spark in his eyes.

He tried too hard to make jokes but came out sounding angry and grasping at straws.

We had almost as much fun as having an endoscopy without propofol. At the end we felt like breaking his nose again.
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1/10
Yechh! what a boring individual, unfunny, couldnt care less.
richblues14 November 2023
I recently had the misfortune of attending a Russell Peter comedy show that left me questioning the very fabric of humor itself. The so-called "comedian" gracing the stage seemed to have mistaken cringe-worthy for comedic, leaving the audience in a state of collective despair.

From the very moment this comedic nightmare began, it was evident that Peters lacked any semblance of comedic timing. The delivery was so offbeat that I found myself wondering if the jokes were being randomly generated by a malfunctioning AI. If that were the case, I'd suggest an immediate upgrade.

The material, or lack thereof, was a haphazard collection of stale clichés and recycled jokes that even a dad at an open mic night wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. It was as if the comedian had raided a bargain bin of rejected one-liners from the '90s and decided to inflict them upon an unsuspecting audience.

But perhaps the most cringe-inducing aspect of the evening was the blatant lack of self-awareness. The comedian seemed blissfully ignorant of the awkward silence that permeated the room after each failed attempt at humor. It was as if they were performing in a parallel universe where laughter was an alien concept.

The painful experience was exacerbated by the incessant reliance on juvenile and tasteless humor and f-bombs. It's disheartening to witness a supposed comedian resort to cheap laughs that appeal to the lowest common denominator rather than showcasing any semblance of wit or intelligence.

If you enjoy subjecting yourself to an hour of excruciatingly awkward moments, recycled jokes, and a complete absence of comedic talent, then by all means attend this comedy catastrophe. For the rest of us who value our time and sanity, it's best to steer clear of this comedic train wreck and explore more fulfilling forms of entertainment Booooooo!
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3/10
Sound problems
jayroscoe18 January 2020
I love Russel but this was almost unwatchable due to the laughter being much louder than Russell's voice- we could barely hear it .
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1/10
I don't know what's funny about it.
equilibriumsy29 December 2021
Omg this show is terrible it is not worth a star.

So silly and the jokes are all about disgusting topics. His old shows were a lot better, but it seems he's out of jokes now.
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