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Actor Kumail Nanjiani on accepting a non-comedic role

The Business

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Stand Up - I'm Having Trouble With the Scene, Could You Help Me?

A lot of our actors are from Broadway and theater. Murray's from theater, Annalie, Robin, Andrew, they're all from specifically Broadway. And you see how different that dynamic is because with Stand Up, it is a lot of sort of making fun of each other. In doing this show, it just felt so collaborative and completely uncompetitive. It really was so wonderful.

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