After watching your comedy special the day it came out on Netflix, I became a huge fan for a laundry list of reasons. Just wanted to stop by to say that it made a huge impression on me that you explicitly broke down and critiqued the proliferation of what you called "Yoko Ono Factories" in the United States. Evidently your self-awareness as an Asian female was DEFINITELY noted not just by me but by the showunners in the latest episode of "Tales of Mangri-La", a podcast run by some Asian Americans who bring on guests to talk about the state of Asian America and attempt to get everyone as riled up as possible. I have a couple of questions.
You made a hilarious joke during your special about how gratifying it was to "colonize the colonizer" that my sister and I both thoroughly guffawed it. I know that you mentioned on your interview with Marc Maron as well as some other interviews that you majored in Asian American Studies while at UCLA. How do you think that influences your comedy?
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast? We've had guests including bigWOWO's Byron Wong, actors Michael Tow and Christine Chang, and lawyer David Chan (who was actually part of the inaugural class on Asian American Studies at UCLA back in the 60's). It's via Skype and very flexible. I'd be able to put you in touch with the showrunners super easily.
Thanks for doing this AMA and just being for a woke Asian American comedian! We always need more of those.
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Hi Ali!
After watching your comedy special the day it came out on Netflix, I became a huge fan for a laundry list of reasons. Just wanted to stop by to say that it made a huge impression on me that you explicitly broke down and critiqued the proliferation of what you called "Yoko Ono Factories" in the United States. Evidently your self-awareness as an Asian female was DEFINITELY noted not just by me but by the showunners in the latest episode of "Tales of Mangri-La", a podcast run by some Asian Americans who bring on guests to talk about the state of Asian America and attempt to get everyone as riled up as possible. I have a couple of questions.
You made a hilarious joke during your special about how gratifying it was to "colonize the colonizer" that my sister and I both thoroughly guffawed it. I know that you mentioned on your interview with Marc Maron as well as some other interviews that you majored in Asian American Studies while at UCLA. How do you think that influences your comedy?
Would you like to be a guest on the podcast? We've had guests including bigWOWO's Byron Wong, actors Michael Tow and Christine Chang, and lawyer David Chan (who was actually part of the inaugural class on Asian American Studies at UCLA back in the 60's). It's via Skype and very flexible. I'd be able to put you in touch with the showrunners super easily.
Thanks for doing this AMA and just being for a woke Asian American comedian! We always need more of those.
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