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Culture May 8, 2019

Ramy Youssef hopes to 'complicate the conversation' with Hulu comedy

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The first season of "Ramy," created by and starring comedian Ramy Youssef, debuted on Hulu less than a month ago and it's already been picked up for a second season.

With the quick success of the show -- no doubt fueled by a whole lot of binge-watching -- it's no wonder Youssef says he's lost all concept of time.

"I mean, I've been working on this for almost three years, and then someone will tweet at you and go, 'Yeah, I watched it all on Saturday,'" he tells ABC News. "And you're like, 'OK, cool, so you watched it in a day.' And then they go, 'When's season two?'"

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Youssef says he's grateful audiences have had an immediate connection with the show, which follows his character, Ramy Hassan, as a millennial Muslim American trying to balance what he wants out of life with his faith and family expectations.

.@RAMY SEASON 2 IS COMING pic.twitter.com/YSpRUL3nkE

— hulu (@hulu) May 1, 2019

Part of the comedian's appeal is the realistic representation of Muslim Americans experiencing life moments and problems everyone can relate to -- something not often portrayed on TV.

"It's very exciting to make something that is specific and that still has this universal feel," Youssef says.

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my show RAMY is now streaming on @hulu and this is how I feel pic.twitter.com/q0ciR9jdZN

— ramy youssef (@ramy) April 19, 2019

He adds, "The real goal is to just complicate the conversation. I think when you look at this type of family and when you think about this faith, this culture, people come in with these really set ideas and I think what's exciting about a dark comedy is you can just mess up the context."

Season two of "Ramy" begins production soon and season one is streaming now on Hulu.