My dream came true on Valentine’s Day.
I went to see a live performance of my favourite comedian, Russell Peters.
Russell’s energy is amazing.
When I heard that he would be performing at the o2 Arena, I couldn’t picture him reaching out to 18,000 people and engaging them in his fuzzy embrace the way he does on tape with a much smaller audience.
But he did. There is something about him that makes you feel included in everything he says. Forget presentation skills training! You want to learn how to reach out to an audience and bond with them? Go and listen to Russell Peters.
Russell is the most downloaded comedian ever. He owes his success to the power of the internet.
And it’s that power I felt the moment I entered the o2 Arena. I couldn’t believe that all those people were there just because they had seen one of his routines that began circulating on the web 5 or 6 years ago. It was so overwhelming….
I was also overwhelmed by the fact that, for some strange reason, I felt close to the other people there… Do we all identify with Russell’s jokes because we live abroad and at some point someone made fun of us? Is Russell’s humour a way to exorcise these experiences?
Who knows?!? I certainly love his routines. I know so many by heart. On Saturday, I even got the T-shirt that says $ 34.50 in Chinese-like characters. And I am going to wear it to the gym (yes…I will blog about the reactions…).
We went backstage and met Russell (in the photo with me and my husband Doug).
And look at us! Don’t we look related? As he says, it’s because his parents come from the Italian part of India…. Calcutta!!
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