NAZEEM HUSSAIN RATING: 3.5/5
ACMI Beyond Until   April 17
Why has the audience, predominantly white, come to Nazeem Hussain's comedy show? 
Is it to laugh at ourselves? To be mocked for being white? Perhaps.
Certainly some of the best bits of Hussain's show hold a mirror up to white Australia: our culture, our cuisine, our petty small-mindedness.
Is it for some commentary on multiculturalism?   Maybe.
The stories of Hussain's family, his father and perennially disappointed mother, his young bride, are amusing and touching and even provide a little window, for this audience, into another culture.
The strongest material comes when Hussain spots Sri Lankan members of the audience and jokes with them about their own cultural touchstones.
The rest of the audience is outside the joke, but that's the funny bit.
Hussain's comedy is at its best when he is satirising his audience, or offering some insight or a new viewpoint.