The wording of the title is correct – it would be entirely nonstandard to describe him as a "Chinese comedian". But also he strikes me as distinctly Canadian in

The wording of the title is correct – it would be entirely nonstandard to describe him as a "Chinese comedian". But also he strikes me as distinctly Canadian in ways that go beyond having been born here (I'm Canadian). The point that he makes about adaptability to other cultures is salient. And the Darshan character's eager-beaver obligingness is a comedic exaggeration of Canadian "niceness". It's interesting that none of the people who express annoyance about Darshan in this thread show any recognition of the distinction between the performer and his character – something Rowswell wrote about at length. Perhaps he is intrinsically annoying and his critics are on to something inauthentic in his act, but to a blank slate observer such as myself it seems as likely that his offense is to have over-accommodated the Chinese perspective instead of sticking with certain Western prejudices. In any case he is an extraordinarily fascinating case study in the grey area between two cultures.