A man of many talents.

Last nite was da bomb. Caught the stand-up comedy of Afdlin Shauki at the Actors Studio Bangsar with Azree, Suhana and a couple of her friends. It was fucking hilarious I kid u not. I laughed my ass off through out the whole show so hard i think i peed a lil. The jokes were spot on. It wasnt only his jokes but the way he said it. The way he manipulates and creates clever euphemisms and how he integrated them with our culture and style awed me in 10 different ways.

He brought up some great and interesting issues. Like the Mawi frenzy, Siti Nurhaliza and Datuk K (Datuk K?..hmmmmm...), about his size, the Lord of the Rings audition he went to, how he's lucky to be married to his wife (it was fucking sweet), the Malaysian film industry and "The guide to creating a malay movie", the 'Janji Melayu' culture that we should promote to the world as our identity and many other current issues. He also coalesced his jokes with an acoustic performance which he altered the lyrics to some of Malaysia's classic hit songs accompanied by his guitarist Pacai. And the formula worked. It really complemented his jokes. For the closing, he asked the audience to suggest any topic, and make an improv of the topics suggested into a song. That was astonishing.

What astounded me the most is the fact that he did a straight 2 and half hour show with no intermission or even a sip of water in between. Fantastic innit? He is definitely the ultimate stand-up comic in Malaysia. Cant wait for his performance for the Baik Punya Cilok showcase in Planet Hollywood next sunday and the upcoming Actorlympics ( sort of like Whose Line Issit Anyway? feat. Malaysia's finest stand-up comics) in December. I highly recommend u go watch it.