Indian Invasion Comedy - Civilizing the West was a stand-up comedy television special filmed on September 8, 2007, featuring several Indian-American comedians. The title is a reference to the sometimes xenophobic term "Asian invasion."
Cast Vidur Kapur Featured on the FOX TV show On The Lot, and MTV LOGO's Outlaugh Festival on Wisecrack, Kapur has toured internationally with his stand up comedy show about his life as a gay Indian immigrant. He was recently selected as a NY finalist for NBC's Stand Up for Diversity, and he is currently the headliner at the world famous Gotham Comedy Club in New York. Kapur has been featured on NBC's Last Comic Standing, MTV World, LOGOTV, PBS, AVS TV, BBC Asia, and several film documentaries.
Vijai Nathan Nathan has been featured on 20/20, PBS, The Oxygen Network, and BBC. She also tours nationally with her one-woman show, “Good Girls Don’t, But Indian Girls Do”.
Mark Saldana Praised by the Los Angeles Times as "the best Asian comic in the country," Mark performed at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. Saldana has been featured on NBC's Last Comic Standing, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel, the Latino Laff Festival, and has had his comedy writing published in Harper's Weekly.
Rajiv Satyal
Dalia Dahlia performs comdey in Vancouver and Los Angeles clubs. She appeared at Yuk Yuks in Vancouver, and has also appeared on TBS's Minding The Store, Bravo's My Life on the D List, and SprintTV.
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