Re: How is Pakistani humour different from American humour?
even pakistanis need to know what Pakistan humor really is, because works of shafiq ur rehman can be made into fantastic Tv movies or series, but they dont. so when it comes to literature, we have some great comedy..but the sad thing is that the names that you noted are all from a different era. I agree that the works are timeless, but I dont think anyone has come close to that level in Pakistan in some time.
US humor has many varieties, from stand up comedians as different from each other as steven wright, eddie murphy, lewis black, george carlin etc, to shows as varied as seinfeld, 30 rock, , shows like conan…movie
the issue with Pakistani comedy at least what I have seen is that it seems to be very borat-esque, or something similar to yelling and speaking in annoyingly made up voices like i see on univision.
There are some shows that I enjoyed watching like main air tim which was somewhat based on perfect strangers but i just got tired of desi Tv and shut it all off.
Movies…man, the chichorapana that passes for comedy in all desi movies is just annoying.