Comedians are the last truth tellers: Russell Peters

Russell Peters describes comedians across the world in today's times as the "truth tellers", the last unbiased lot who call a spade a spade through their craft.

Someone once described the truth as a poetry to Russell, he recalls, before adding, "And everyone hates poetry."
"People take offence online but have you ever physically met one of these offended people? I'm almost convinced they don't really exist. Until I physically meet any of these people I'm not going to believe they're real. My goal is to make you laugh so if you take offence chances are you're the problem and not me."
"Basically it'll be me talking to the audience and trying to figure it out. Once I get a direction that I like or something new hits me, that's where it gets exciting: 'Oh I can't believe I thought of that, let's go down that road.' It's a fun but scary process at the same time."
The comedian says the last thing he would want from the audience is to walk out of his show and wonder, "What the hell was that?"
"It's something we definitely don't want happening. Some comics don't give a damn if you walk away but they have a certain level of privilege that I don't have. A lot of comedians understand or feel their position in the business is precarious. That's what keeps me alive."