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

2023/3/24
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Olivia Xing在访谈中分享了她创作和演出脱口秀特辑《Party School》的经历，以及她对中美文化差异、政治和移民生活的独特见解。她谈到了在中国进行喜剧创作和表演的挑战，包括审查制度和自我审查，以及如何在英语和法语两种语言环境下进行喜剧创作。她还分享了她对其他英语为第二语言的喜剧演员的看法，以及她对中美两国观众的观察。她认为，她的喜剧能够引起两国观众的共鸣，是因为她以局外人的视角看待中美两国，并触及到一些敏感的社会和政治议题。 Richard Yan在访谈中引导Olivia Xing分享她的喜剧创作理念和经验，并就一些具体的笑话和表演技巧进行探讨。他还就中国脱口秀节目的发展现状、审查制度以及中国移民在美国的文化融合等问题与Olivia Xing进行了深入的交流。他表达了对Olivia Xing喜剧作品的欣赏，并对Olivia Xing的职业发展和未来规划表示期待。 Richard Yan就Olivia Xing的脱口秀特辑《Party School》以及她对中美文化、政治和移民生活的看法进行了深入的访谈。他引导Olivia Xing分享了她创作和演出喜剧的经历，以及她对中国喜剧和说唱音乐发展现状的观察。他还就Olivia Xing如何应对舞台上的冷场以及她对其他英语为第二语言的喜剧演员的看法进行了探讨。他表达了对Olivia Xing喜剧作品的欣赏，并对Olivia Xing的职业发展和未来规划表示期待。

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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