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

Chinatown 2.0

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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1. Chinatown 2.0 - Olivia Xing (00:00:00)

2. INTRO (00:00:44)

3. BODY (00:01:21)

4. Olivia's Party School show (00:02:48)

5. How Chinese comics and rappers deal with censorship (00:12:12)

6. Why there are so few men in the ESL comics category (00:35:25)

7. Other English-as-a-Second-Language comics (ESL comics) (00:37:33)

8. How Olivia deals with bombing on stage (00:42:45)