Somebody tell me about Suzanne Whang's stand up show!

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The beauty about having a full life is that while you wouldn't trade it in for any other life, you also wouldn't mind having just a wee bit more freedom to do things officially considered "child-free entertainment," if you catch my drift. But, that's another blog post.

However, in the case of what to see this weekend, there was only so much time.

And so even though we caught The Pee-wee Herman Show before it closed, it meant skipping the one stand up act that I wanted to catch ever since reading about her on Prince Gomolvilas's blog, Bamboo Nation. Whang looks like one of the most amazing performer/comics/activists to come down the pike in a long, long time.

So, somebody tell me: Anyone get to Silver Lake to see her? What was the performance like?

Below is a quick clip of part of her stand up act, as her fictional character "Sung-Hee Park."

NOTE: Her show is surprisingly rude and NOT "family entertainment."

It's not something you want to have playing while you are at work, either. (Imagine Andy Kaufman's bizarreness channelled by a cute Asian woman and you get what I'm saying: Could get rude really fast.) Be warned.



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Prince Gomolvilas said…
She's awesome. More to come later.
February 8, 2010 at 7:05 PM
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