• Ep. 24: Comedian Olivia Xing discusses her Party School special, ESL comics and how to handle bombing on stage

  • Mar 24 2023
  • Length: 51 mins
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Ep. 24: Comedian Olivia Xing discusses her Party School special, ESL comics and how to handle bombing on stage

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  • Olivia Xing is an actress, standup comedian, artist and student based in LA, and she recently did a one-hour comedy special called Party School where she told jokes about China, the US, politics in both countries, and the immigrant experience.

    00:00 Teaser
    00:44 Intro
    02:48 How Olivia got started with her Party School comedy special
    08:19 Chinese debate show 奇葩说
    12:12 How Chinese comics and rappers deal with censorship
    16:26 Olivia's biggest takeaways from her comedy special
    18:38 Richard's favorite jokes from Olivia's comedy special
    23:29 ESL comics: English-as-a-Second-Language comics
    25:13 Minority comics shouldn't pander to stereotypes just to get laughs
    30:02 Fellow professional comics she admires
    32:36 Cultural outlets for the Chinese diaspora
    35:25 Why there are so few male ESL comics
    37:33 Recommendations of ESL comics to follow
    42:45 How Olivia deals with bombing on stage
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