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Nimesh Patel Lets a Market Phrase Work for Laughs
· New York time
Comedian Nimesh Patel stars in the Netflix comedy special Buy the Dip, CBS News reports. Its title borrows a familiar market phrase for a stand-up show, giving a financial expression a second career in entertainment. The phrase suggests a bargain to traders, while a comedy title has to persuade viewers to spend their time rather than place an order. It is an efficient piece of packaging: three words bring the vocabulary of market timing to a performer whose business also depends on timing. Unlike a market forecast, the title does not have to explain itself in a quarterly report.
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