Alfredo Flores, award-winning D.C.-based freelance event photographer

Aziz Ansari @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

by Alfredo Flores

Brightest Young Things

September 26, 2009
8:00 pm	to	11:00 pm

Comedian Aziz Ansari is a scene stealer, such as when he played a racist fruit vendor who refuses to sell apples to kiwis in “Flight of the Conchords.” But it’s his hilarious role as hyperactive, sex-obsessed stand-up comedian Raaaaaaaandy (that’s no typo, he spells it with 8 A’s) that truly stood out in a movie full of outstanding stand up comedians, this summer’s “Funny People.” Raaaaaaaandy starts a Darfur charity just to hook up with a girl, has his DJ repeat the punch lines while remixing the comic’s name and throwing in sirens that you’d hear in reggeaton concerts, and dispenses cash via “money cannons.” It’s akin to the obnoxious ‘Def Jam’ hip-hop style comedian Reggie Warrington that D.C.-native Dave Chappelle played in “The Nutty Professor,” only amped to the umpteenth degree. Ansari’s first Comedy Central “Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening” debuts this fall. 8 p.m. showtime. $22.50, $25 at door. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue: 600 I Street NW, D.C. 202-408-3100