On the Australian leg of his tour, Ansari shows vulnerability in addressing allegations made against him. But there is unease and defensiveness too
Before attending Aziz Ansari’s show in Melbourne this week, I had read that his latest standup tour, Road to Nowhere, reflected on the sexual misconduct allegation that was made against him last year.
Ansari has denied all wrongdoing, but sitting in the imposing Palais Theatre, I hoped that he would lead the way for other men who had been confronted by the cultural shift that the #MeToo movement demanded. I wanted him to talk about the difficulty of navigating sexual situations; to illuminate the scenarios and often insidious behaviour that can hurt women, as he has so deftly done in his previous standup sets, his 2015 book Modern Romance and his brilliant Netflix series Master of None.
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