<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/46228967.cms" /> At a time when sense of humour in India is a debatable, questionable and arguable topic, comic legend <keyword id="5630" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jerry-Seinfeld">Jerry Seinfeld</keyword> decides to visit India. He will be performing in, Mumbai on March 14 and 15 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Worli. This is a double treat for his <keyword id="207039" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="legendary-comedian">legendary comedian</keyword>’s fans since this is the first time ever he would be performing in India, and the whole of Asia, so to say.<br />
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The tickets are priced merely at Rs 7,500 per head. And no, we aren’t kidding, okay!<br />
<br /> People who grew up watching Jerry <keyword id="5631" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Seinfeld">Seinfeld</keyword> have been watching re-runs since the longest time now. Because, the world famous comedian stopped his series nearly 17 years ago. So, in just about a year, a kid who would be born when he stopped airing his episodes, will get to vote if elections are held anytime next year. It has really been THAT long since he regaled people. His legion, however, hasn’t forgotten him yet.<br />
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The Emmy and Golden Globe winning comedian was super good at playing a semi-fictional version of self in one of the most popular sitcoms ever in the history of television. In Mumbai, he will be offering a double treat to his fans, by staging two shows!<br />
<br /> But really, Seinfeld would have been in India much earlier if the original storyline which was based on <keyword id="84280" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Harold-Pinter">Harold Pinter</keyword>’s play of the same name ‘The Betrayal’. There were scenes which were to be shot in India, but were deleted for some reason.<br />
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Now, all this is not really important when we think of the time when Seinfeld has decided to perform in India. Who will the joke be on? The recent AIB Roast has proved even humour can be double sided, and there’s not much left to laugh in the country. Actors don’t agree with the tone and tenor, and then there are stand up comedians who would insist their script is sacred over people’s ability to laugh or to get offended, whichever happens first.<br />
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The Brooklyn-born co-creator of Seinfeld series insists India has always fascinated him. The culture amazes him. And he says he is very excited to be here, and ‘make fun in person’. Till this point, all is well with the plot. But then, things begin to get a little knotty here for two reasons. One, like we already mentioned, the issue of ‘sense of humour’ of people in general especially post the AIB Roast phase. Now, added complication comes through in another form. Post-Barack Obama visit, India has not been too very excited to roll out a red carpet to people who come here on invitation/or on their own and then go back to make some really ‘hurtful’ observations about the country. If monolithic observations are all that you can make, India is the best country to avoid since it isn’t an easy nut to crack on one visit. So, you see, the plot is getting all complicated with a diplomatic issue taking the centre stage. Nah, we were simply kidding, of course!<br />
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But, really at a time when humour has turned into a premium, one anticipation would be about how the people would respond since Seinfeld is bound to crack some clever one liners involving politicians and their ways. Hopefully, his script writer has done enough homework on India’s cultural challenges and hasn’t written anything that would sound insensitive or invoke angry reactions from people.<br />
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Because, given the city of Mumbai, which has high resilience towards life the city is also known for violent reactions to something that doesn’t go down too well with the given temperament of the people and the city. And then, there is also a hope that city will laugh with Seinfeld too!<br />
In a way, it would also be a relief that apart from diplomatic visits and disappointments, Seinfeld is in India to regale people. May be, just maybe, he will learn to appreciate a thing or two about Indian way of life without getting too shallow about it. Because when you look at the west, a joke is good way of bonding; but a ridicule can snap bridges forever.<br />
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Seinfeld in India: Well-timed or ill-timed?

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<p>In an outpouring on Thursday, leading thinkers, writers, and fans reacted to an essay published in The New York Times by neurologist and bestselling author Oliver Sacks.</p><p>Sacks, 81, whose lifelong work has explored the essence of what it means to be alive, wrote an op-ed titled "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html">My Own Life</a>," in which he revealed that he's dying of liver cancer:</p><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. 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<p><div class="image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5228d70369bedd1d028b4570-948-480/vin-diesel-riddick.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="vin diesel riddick" width="800" /><p class="source on-image"><a href="http://www.riddickmovie.com/">Universal</a></p></div></div>After nearly a decade, <keyword id="6369689" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vin-Diesel">Vin Diesel</keyword> returns as cult favorite <keyword id="1634783" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Riddick">Riddick</keyword>, a convict with the ability to see in the dark, in this weekend's follow-up to the 2004 film "Chronicles of Riddick."</p>
<p>The third film in the series from director David Twohy ("<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878638/" target="_blank">The Fugitive</a>"), the film follows the gist of the two films that precede it with Riddick deserted on a hostile planet left to fend for himself.</p>
<p>The first two films were never major box-office hits. Instead, over the years, the series gained a cult following. ("<a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pitchblack.htm" target="_blank">Pitch Black</a>" earned $53 million worldwide while the costly $105 million sequel "<a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chroniclesofriddick.htm" target="_blank">The Chronicles of Riddick</a>" grossed $115 million in theaters.) </p>
<p class="p2">"The reality is that I always envisioned the 'Riddick'<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow," Diesel told <a href="http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2013/09/03/vin-diesel-discusses-riddick-sci-fi-fandom-and-the-future-of-film/" target="_blank">Spinoff Online</a>. "And yet, I do feel like I answered that growing request from the fans that said, 'Please make another </span>Riddick<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">.'"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">After many were unfazed by the 2004 sequel "<a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chronicles_of_riddick/" target="_blank">Chronicles of Riddick</a>," the new film returns to its roots channeling the first film in the series "Pitch Black."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">The film is currently <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/riddick/" target="_blank">sitting at 59%</a> on film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. </span></p>
<p class="p1">No matter how the film is being reviewed, it's the perfect time to release the film - Diesel's riding the media wave after <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fast-and-furious-6-has-127-million-weekend-2013-5" target="_blank">this summer's hugely successful "Fast &amp; Furious 6"</a> and the actor <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/vin-diesel-hints-at-marvel-movie-on-facebook-2013-6" target="_blank">hinted at an appearance in a future Marvel movie</a>. </p>
<p class="p1">It's clear the film is appealing to Diesel's wide fan base. According to a Fandango survey of more than 1,000 "Riddick" ticket-buyers, 89% are fans of the actor while 67% have seen all of his "Fast &amp; Furious" films in theaters.</p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Here's what you should know before seeing it:</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>The beginning is great.</strong><strong style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5228d7036bb3f73a1a8b457b-948-480/riddick%20and%20dog.jpg" border="0" alt="riddick and dog" width="800" /><p class="source on-image"><a href="http://www.riddickmovie.com/">Universal</a></p></div></div></strong><a href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=138091"><strong>Empire Magazine</strong></a><strong style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">:</strong></p>
<p class="p2" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"Largely wordless, the segment reminds us that Diesel still has charisma enough to hold our attention when he's the only human element on screen for 25 minutes, fending off scorpion beasts and taming feral CG wolf-bastards."</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://www.timeout.com/us/film/riddick-movie-review" target="_blank">Time Out NY</a>:</strong></p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">"First things first, though-namely a terrific, mostly dialogue-free 20-minute opening during which Riddick acclimates to his new surroundings." </p>
<p class="p2"><strong><a href="http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-riddick-1200597570/" target="_blank">Variety</a>: </strong></p>
<p class="p4" style="padding-left: 30px;">"If nothing in 'Riddick' ever quite tops that opening act, when it seems as though the entire movie might be a solo Diesel performance piece, even at its most conventional this is a solid, unpretentious B-movie entertainment of the sort John Carpenter was regularly turning out in the 1980s and '90s."</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>The dialogue isn't fantastic. Note: This happened with another big blockbuster this year (<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fast-and-furious-6-reviews-what-the-critics-are-saying-2013-5" target="_blank">"Fast 6"</a>). It's not the end of the world. You're not heading out to see "Riddick" for dialogue.</strong><span class="s1"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/2013/09/04/review-sturdy-diesel-lousy-dialogue-riddick/UTvS5dYGHUL31sQJEsnwwI/story.html">Associated Press (AP)</a>: <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>''</span>Sloppy'' is a kind word, actually, for the ridiculously clumsy dialogue in ''Riddick.''</p>
<p class="p3"><strong>But, you're here for the gore anyway, right? Right ... </strong></p>
<p class="p3"><strong><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/riddick/review/617571" target="_blank">The Hollywood Reporter (THR)</a>:</strong></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Plenty of bone crunching and blood gushing, along with some selective nudity, have boosted the movie's rating up to an "R," but lacking the distinctive visual style, robust production design and planet-hopping pace of its predecessor."</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>... and crude jokes.</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2013-09-05/film-tv/riddick-movie-review/" target="_blank">L.A. Weekly</a>:</strong></p>
<p class="p2" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"Instead, we must pan for scraps of pleasure … while trying not to get so riled up by all the rape jokes that we spin around and stab our seatmate ... Nothing says Strong Female Character like a savage babe who spends most of the film getting sexually harassed."</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5228d7d9eab8ea89788b456f-639-479/riddick-vin-diesel-1.jpg" border="0" alt="riddick vin diesel" width="480" style="float: right;" /><p class="source"><a href="http://www.riddickmovie.com/">Universal</a></p></div></div>Don't expect anything mind-blowing. THR's Justin Lowe says the film <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/riddick/review/617571" target="_blank">doesn't take a lot of risks</a>.</strong></p>
<p class="p5" style="padding-left: 30px;">"The latest installment feels tentative even at a flabby 120 minutes, more like a placeholder that barely advances the considerable Riddick mythology. Playing it safe with a script that offers Riddick up as a lone avenging hero, Twohy passes on the opportunity to effectively shade the character's distinctive dimensionality."</p>
<p class="p5"><strong><a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/04/riddick-review" target="_blank">IGN</a>: </strong></p>
<p class="p5" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>"It's not to say there isn't entertainment value to be had in this - there are a few cool kills throughout - it's just that we've seen this all before."</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Critics can't decide whether they enjoy the CGI planet Riddick inhabits or hate it.</strong></p>
<p class="p2"><strong><a href="http://www.timeout.com/us/film/riddick-movie-review">Time Out</a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Watching this see-in-the-dark muscleman brooding against gorgeous otherworldly vistas, all while crafting pointy homemade weapons and befriending a scene-stealing CGI canine (no joke), is a sci-fi aficionado's delight."<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p3"><strong><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/riddick/review/617571">THR</a>: <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="p5" style="padding-left: 30px;"> "While 'Chronicles' was a full-blown space opera, the current iteration is beset by unremarkable CGI effects and tethered to limited locations."</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Overall, it's fun, campy, and everything that will keep the cult-following of the original film happy, should leave happy.</strong><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/2013/09/04/review-sturdy-diesel-lousy-dialogue-riddick/UTvS5dYGHUL31sQJEsnwwI/story.html" target="_blank">AP</a>:</strong></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;">"The bald and beefy Diesel, whose sturdy commercial appeal is proven again and again with the huge success of the ''Fast &amp; Furious'' franchise, is always fun to watch." <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p8"><strong><a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/04/riddick-review">IGN</a>:</strong></p>
<p class="p8" style="padding-left: 30px;">"It's precisely the movie I thought it would be: an overly macho Vin Diesel killing monsters and scumbags. Predictable and pedestrian, sure, but are you not getting exactly what you pay for? This is a Riddick movie not a Harold Pinter drama."</p>
<p class="p5"><strong><a href="http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-riddick-1200597570/">Variety</a>:  </strong></p>
<p class="p7" style="padding-left: 30px;">"And where 'Chronicles' overdosed on cartoonish CGI, 'Riddick' returns to the 'Pitch Black' formula of mixing animated elements with practical effects and puppetry, creating a tactile otherworldly environment that ranges from the sets to the props to the creatures (designed by the great Patrick Tatopoulos) themselves."</p>
<p class="p7"><strong>Overall Consensus: </strong>If you're a fan of the series, and Vin Diesel, see it. </p>
<p class="p7">The film clearly knows its audience. We're not worried about its box-office performance this weekend. The film is the fan favorite for the weekend on Fandango - not that that's a great feat. There honestly isn't much else out, unless a <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/salinger/" target="_blank">poorly reviewed documentary on J.D. Salinger</a> ("Catcher in the Rye" author) sounds appealing. </p>
<p class="p7">Check out a trailer for the film:</p>
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