Aziz Ansariplumbs the neurotic depths of dating, life and show business while also managing to get beaten up by a small child in the rambunctious trailer for his new Netflix series, Master of None.
Ansari created the show with Parks and Recreation producer Alan Yang, but wrote and directed the first 10 episode himself. He also stars as Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York, whose professional pitfalls and wisecracks feel like an extension of Ansaris stand-up routines. He awkwardly offers to pay for Plan B by saying, My treat; nervouslyshushesthe bright-eyed ignorance of a young girl; and grows terrifiedwhen his flame Rachel (Nol Wells) makes him confront the horrorswomen face on Instagram.
Later, Dev bemoans howthe mostinteresting roles for Indiansgo to white actors.When his friend, played by Ravi Patel, remarks that one such performer inThe SocialNetworkwas 1/16th Indian, Dev exclaims,Who cares? If you go back far enough were all 1/16th something. Im probably 1/16th black, you think theyre gonna let me play Blade?!
Along with Wells and Patel, the show co-stars H. Jon Benjamin, Eric Wareheim and Lena Waithe, as well as Ansaris parents Fatima and Shoukath, who portray Devs mother and father. The latter makes a quick appearance in the trailer, delivering a silly line about why he turned down the one woman he met before marrying his wife: She was a little bit too tall. As soon as she stood up I was like, Ooh no!'
Master of None premieres November 6th on Netflix.