"Somebody Gonna Get A Hurt Real Bad"

RUSSELL Peters is going to be in this part of the world some time soon. Yes, the bloody Canadian comedian who picks on his audience for a laugh. Tickets for his show were snapped up within three hours when it was up for sale last week here in Kuala Lumpur. I hear Dubai still holds the record for having sold all tickets within eight minutes or so ? It's crazy how people would pay so much and risk themselves being made fun of by this man on World Wide Web. 


Just the other day, I got a call from a dear friend. I mean, I love this woman to bits, don't get me wrong. 
"Jaya, do you know of anyone who'd want to sell their Russell Peters tickets ? I'm willing to pay any amount. Money is no issue," she said. 
Coming from her, it's quite acceptable (because she was enquiring about something to a friend) although it seems pretty much like the case of random idiots who call the media office to complain about a small fire in their backyard when they'd be better off calling the fire department instead. They're even rude about it like...
"Have you called the fire department, sir?"
"No, it's your job to call". 
Really. How IS that ?


So Russell tickets are sold out. I mean, they're completely wiped out and I know of many Malaysians who are actually crossing over to Singapore to catch him in that tiny city-state as the man is making his presence there too. Despite everything, I must admit that Russell does make me laugh out loud although his jokes can be repetitive sometimes and they make me want to kick him hard in the balls at other times. Some jokes have that kind of aggressive-with-laughter effect on me (hmm...in a nice way, methinks) and Russell's satirical genre which focuses mostly on racism, multi-culturism, stereotypes and some bit of sex is just crazy for lack of a better word at this hour of the night. 

I'd be sorry if I don't catch him here at my shore, so thanks to a real sweetheart who'd like to remain anonymous (because this person really deserves a mention here), I've got two tickets myself! I don't know where Mich and I would be seated in that show, but considering that we are such a striking couple, we could very well be the bull's eye in the Russell target. I'd assure you one thing though. If he ever picks on us, I'm going to cry out loud or rather wail and create some drama just for the heck of it. I did learn method acting after all. It'll be really interesting to see how Russell reacts to something like that :)