Being Funny in Bangkok: Three Local Comedians Weigh In [S5.E6]

Greg interviews three local comedians, Justin
St-Denis, Chris Raufheisen, and Tana Sukke, about
life as a stand-up in Bangkok. After a few quick bios Greg dives
right in with his brief experience as a standup in Canada and
then later in Bangkok, which kicks off a discussion about the
recent history of western-style stand-up comedy in
Bangkok. 


Tana discusses the difficulty of doing comedy in a foreign
language, as well as the difference between English comedy and
Thai comedy. Greg and the gang try to figure out the seeming Thai
preference for silly gags and sound effects and discuss famous
Thai comedian Note Udom and his Netflix special. According to
Tana, Note is unique in that he's truly doing stand-up as opposed
to playing a character on stage. 


Greg then takes questions from the patrons, and the first
question involves the effect of 'pc' or 'woke' culture on comedy
in Bangkok. Luckily, the local comics agree that the Thai scene
has largely been immune to the sometimes judgmental audiences in
the West, partly due to tourists' expectations that Bangkok is a
somewhat raucous and racy place to begin with. But audiences
filled with Thai people tend to carry on the 'mai pen rai'
attitude that Thais are famous for, rarely taking offense and
rolling with most jokes. Yeah Thai culture!


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