” Heckles always vary. I mean, some people are just drunk, and it’s nonsense, or, you know, some people just want to just repeat something I’ve said or add their own two cents about an opinion, but because of the nature of what I do and who I am, like, I also get the racist stuff, which is hard. “
” I’ve been approached after shows from people who said, ‘I don’t agree with anything you said, but I laughed the whole way through.’ That’s still a little strange to me. Like, nothing, really? But at the same time, that’s what happens in a conversation. “
” Both my parents are immigrants. I’ve seen different struggles they’ve had. There’s a reason you don’t see me using accents. I don’t do impressions of my folks. When I’m doing a crappy impression of my folks, and you’re laughing, I’m thinking, ‘When my parents talk to people, when they walk away do people do impressions of them? Do they laugh? “
” I’m not like most comedians. I don’t deal with just heckles – I’m also dealing with threats and anger. Here I am, a brown person on stage being quite blunt. I talk about white privilege, I talk about U.S. imperialistic practices, I talk about colonialism. I’m not saying things that are easy for people to laugh at. “
” You can be funny and say what you mean, these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc. “
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