On this week's episode of the GoodOnePodcast, ronnychieng discusses American wastefulness and his Netflix special
Ronny Chieng. Photo-Illustration: Vulture and Getty Images Malaysian-born and U.S. and Singapore-raised comedian Ronny Chieng is not an angry guy, but he plays one on TV. On The Daily Show, he rails against Fortnite, Fox anchors, and most recently, racist media coverage of the coronavirus. Onstage, after years making his name in Australia and the international circuit, Ronny perfected his boiling-over-rage persona.
So people can waste stuff, because they don’t care. It’s like, I can throw away a thousand napkins because there’s a thousand more right there. And I just find it crazy! I didn’t know how the joke was going to go, obviously, but people got behind it. So I feel like even Americans felt it was crazy. It wasn’t just me being a weirdo. It felt like it was one of those jokes where you show people the matrix — of like, Oh yeah.
On the Difference Between American and Australian Stand-Up In America, the goal is to get on TV with a [ten-minute set]. That’s why everyone here is super punchy and funny. In Australia, we don’t have TV. [Laughs.] So no one’s goal is to do that. There’s no showcase for TV in Australia. It’s very tempting to say we go less punchy, but I think in Australia we have a ten-minute set, but we also learn to tell longer stories. It’s a storytelling culture.
On Pressure to “Represent” I just want to be a funny comedian. I don’t want to be a funny Asian comedian. But sometimes you have to represent. And so sometimes as an Asian person, “representing” means punching everybody. Maybe it’s because everyone’s been punching down at you for a while now. So now it’s time to punch; we don’t know whether you’re above or below me, I’m just swinging now. So some of the jokes end up in that category of like, Am I punching down or up? I don’t know.
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