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what does it mean to be a comedian?

  • Written by Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, Tutor in English & Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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“Don’t worry, I’m not here to buy your properties,” He Huang deadpans at the start of her Melbourne International Comedy Festival opening night set. Huang tells a series of jokes carefully calibrated for white Australian audiences: all Asians look the same to her; all the signs in Melbourne’s CBD are...

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