With his first book, Modern Romance, Ansari – strategically or not – collaborated with NYU sociology professor Eric Klinenberg (who also wrote Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone) instead of writing the kind of comic memoir that has become a career requirement of the ascendant funny person. In a recent Netflix special filmed at Madison Square Garden, Ansari worked bits about immigration, the meat industry and misogyny into his set he's one of a few high-profile male celebrities who are explicitly feminist. For a guy who got famous doing stand-up about hanging out with Kanye West, his pop-culture micro-obsessions and his cousin Harris's thing for Cinnabon – and for playing a Brooks Brothers almost-bro on NBC's Parks and Recreation (you know, "Treat Yo' Self") – comedian and actor Aziz Ansari has also established himself as having more observational craft and moral depth than what even the sharpest, funniest riff about rappers or food or partying might indicate.
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