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Hari Karthikeya Kondabolu (Telugu: హరి కొండబోలు; born 1982) is an American stand-up comic, actor, filmmaker, and podcast host. He is best known for his comedy on subjects such as race, identity, and inequity and the LGBT community. He has appeared on television on many occasions, and was a writer for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.

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People always talk about the content, in terms of the politics of it or whatever social issues are in it, and it's like, "Yeah, but I'm also a good comic. " You could at least talk about the form of it, and I feel like that's always the thing that's missed.

Comic, Issues, Missed, People

I have had vegan Thanksgiving of tofurkey and soy gravy. And it's not to say that Thanksgiving will ever justify the genocide of the Native Americans. But vegan Thanksgiving - that's just spitting on the graves, isn't it?

Funny Thanksgiving, Justify, Native American, Say, Soy, Thanksgiving

I always have a bit of a look, a bit of a frown.

Bits, Frown, Look, Looks

I don't drink before shows.

Drink, Shows

When I used to wash my hair with a two-for-one shampoo and conditioner, I would wash it twice, which is completely unnecessary, because that's the point - it's one bottle. Because I used to have the shampoo, that's one, conditioner, one. I did the same thing, even though it was two-in-one. I was corrected in my mid-20s by my girlfriend at the time, who laughed at me and said how stupid that was.

Completely, Girlfriend, Hair, Shampoo, Stupid, Time

I am able to apply certain things to my craft that maybe other comedians don't, because I'm a devotee.

Able, Certain, Comedian, Crafts, Devotee, Things

There are a lot of times where people think I'm in things that I'm not in, because they think I'm Kumail Nanjiani.

Kumail, People, Things, Thinking, Times

I don't look like a lot of fun. I just don't.

Fun, Like, Look, Looks

I wrote a lot of poetry in the last two years of high school, all about the same girl I was in love with. That was pretty awful. Did you know that in poetry, every line does not need to rhyme?

Girl, Know, Same, School, Years

There are some dogs that are gigantic that look like they shouldn't be in existence.

Dog, Dogs, Existence, Gigantic, Look, Looks

It would be cool for someone to ask me about some of the structural choices I make with my albums.

Albums, Ask, Choices, Make, Structural, Would Be

I'm always kind of in my head thinking.

Head, Kind, Thinking

My brother had a mustache, and when my brother had a mustache, it was cool. When I had a mustache, everyone just assumed I'm an immigrant and I don't speak English, which is fascinating. It was a fascinating thing to discover how I looked versus my brother with a mustache.

Brother, English, Everyone, Mustache, Speak English, Versus

Horse is fine. I'll ride a horse.

Fine, Horse, Ride

Who controls the images? Ultimately, we don't control the images. This is the minimum we're allowed to ask for: we don't get to control most of the media. We fight to have some say in the ways we're represented. At the bare minimum, don't insult us in person. That's all we ask! Let us at least be able to function freely in the world.

Controls, Fight, Fighting, Insult, World

For years now, people have mentioned my mustache and get disappointed that when they see me live I don't have a mustache.

Disappointed, Live, Mustache, People, Years

I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make you laugh, and you're confused about the mixed feelings. That's challenging, and I think that's what makes for some of the best art.

Art, Challenging, Confused, Laughter, Make

If I was just allowed to talk and handle the whole thing by myself without the audience interrupting with laughter, the show would be much more interesting. Think about all the time we waste by waiting for them to finish their noise, you know?

Allowed, Audience, Interesting, Laughter, Talk, Thinking

We've never had a female President in this country, which I find stunning

Country, Female, President, Stunning

I've always looked older.

Looked, Older

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