Comedian Ali Wong's new Netflix show “Beef” is nothing to laugh at.
hometown comedy hero Ali Wong isn’t very funny. Known for a brand of comedy equal parts crude and confessional, she sheds the need to score a laugh in favor of monstrously vindictive behavior. She’s not afraid to show her teeth in her stand-up specials, but never before has she performed with such bite.
Born in Pacific Heights, Wong’s SF upbringing included a stint as class president at San Francisco University High School before she decamped for UCLA. She started her comedy career at local venues like the now-shutteredand eventually made her way to New York City, where she honed her stand-up chops with a tireless stamina.
“I just wanted to tell jokes for a living. I probably could have been happy being a comic and doing clubs forever,” she told
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