Aziz Ansari Returns with Socialist Comedy 'Good Fortune'

Aziz Ansari returns with socialist comedy 'Good Fortune'

The economic maladies portrayed in Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune have degrees of legitimacy and resonance, but they are rooted in a profoundly misguided worldview. This is Ansari’s first major work since his 2018 #MeToo cancellation — sparked by a tabloid exposé of a bad date — and he returns with a script and directorial debut that combines the stubbornly obtuse economics of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath with the blithe tone of a buddy come…

Aziz Ansari’s film-directing debut, ‘Good Fortune,’ is a barrel of hollow laughs

Arj is a documentary film editor who just can’t catch a break. Struggling to keep up with Los Angeles rent while between gigs, he lives out of his car and works temporary jobs on Taskrabbit-like apps. When a client’s child asks if he ever aspired to do more than someone else’s laundry, Arj snaps. He tells the kid that HIS dreams of becoming an archaeologist are futile because life is unfair and “the American Dream is dead.” The client leaves Arj…