Uzbek

by Talgat Batalov and Yekaterina Bondarenko, translated by John Freedman

A portrait of a pale, serious-looking young man with short brown hair and wearing a gray suit holding on to a pole.

Playwright Talgat Batalov

Directed by Sami Ismat

Featuring Priyank Thakkar

With voiceover by Dekyi Ronge

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

In Talgot Batalov’s Uzbek, the tales of Central Asian immigrants become fodder for a stand-up comedy routine. The ironies, dangers, paradoxes, and absurdities of moving from one culture to another are satirized in this intrepid tribute to human resilience. Uzbek avoids cliches and partisanship, insisting instead that everything cuts two ways.

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