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In case you missed it, the New Yorker revealed that Hasan Minhaj, creator of the Netflix-series “The Patriot Act” and former correspondent/possible new host of “The Daily Show”, has exaggerated and fabricated stories in his standup comedy.

I, like other commentators, first heard this and thought: so what? Comedians make shit up all the time. Everyone knows comedy premises are often exaggerations and even straight-up fabrications. Consider this Dimitri Martin bit about his friend Billy:

The last time we were together, we were doing a roofing job on the top of a 40 story building. And while we were up there, Billy started getting depressed and he started talking crazy. And he went up onto the ledge and said he was gonna jump. It was too late. I couldn’t stop him. He jumped off the building.

Right after he jumped, I looked down and noticed that Trampoline Emporium was having a sidewalk sale that day. He landed on one of the trampolines and bounced back up. And

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Hasan Minhaj Breaks Down Threat to Affirmative Action in ‘Patriot Act’ Premiere

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Hasan Minhaj broke down the threat to affirmative action and questioned fellow Asian-Americans’ part in suing Harvard University over its admissions policy in the debut of his topical new Netflix show,Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj, which focuses on culture, politics and the news.

In the premiere episode, which debuted Sunday, the comedian brought up a lawsuit by a group of Asian-Americans suing Harvard, accusing the university of unfairly giving preference to other minorities in their admissions process.

“Now Asians — and I am lumping all of us together right now — I find it hilarious that this is the hill we’re willing to die on,” says Minhaj, whose sparse set finds him standing in front of what he calls “iPads — it looks like Michael Bay directed a PowerPoint presentation,” sans desk or guests.

Of the lawsuit, Minhaj say

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Hasan Minhaj

American comedian and actor (born 1985)

Hasan Minhaj (HUSS-ən MIN-hahzh, -⁠hahj;^[a] born September 23, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host. Much of his comedy involves Indian culture and the modern American political landscape through the use of satire, observational comedy and dark comedy. His Netflix series Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj won an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and two Webby Awards. In 2019, he was listed in Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

After working as a stand-up comedian and appearing in minor television roles, Minhaj came to prominence for his work on The daglig Show as its senior correspondent from 2014 to 2018. He was the featured speaker at the 2017 vit House Correspondents’ Dinner.^[2] His first stand-up comedy special, Homecoming King, released on Netflix in May 2017, received positiv reviews from critics^[3] and w