E36 | Ali wong - Don wong ( stand-up comedy)

<p><strong>Memorable Jokes:</strong> Gender roles. Sex. Love. More sex. Through a series of act-outs, Wong forces the audience to imagine, then picture sexual acts and gratification — or lack thereof — and how women have to lie or pretend to even come close to succeeding within these gender power dynamics. “The lies will set you free!”</p><p>For those of you who may be more casual comedy fans, this might be the first time you’ve ever heard the term “chuckle f—rs,” or have been forced to consider what it’s like in the DMs of a female comedian. As she’ll tell you, anyone who finds Wong sexually attractive enough to DM “is a raging psychopath — and has extremely good taste.”</p><p>And yet, plenty of time in this hour finds Wong fantasizing about cheating on her husband. Conventional gender dynamics come into play for Wong not only as she describes why she hasn’t and won’t cheat, but also as relates it to the lengths married women will go to follow societal customs, and how much better single people have it by not making lifetime commitments to their husbands and children.</p><p>If you’re looking for some behind-the-scenes dish from <em>Always Be My Maybe</em>, Wong happily supplies some, although her revelations might not unfold the way you think they will<br>For all of her fantasizing of infidelity, though, you know Wong’s special and her life remains destined for  a happy ending. Perhaps because the through-line of her comedy continues to blaze a trail for female empowerment. As she declares at one point in this hour, she’s not looking for equal pay, so much as equal pleasure. I don’t know which wave of feminism Ali Wong is currently surfing, but I am here for it. Whether or not she ever scores that Hello Kitty sponsorship deal.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/join/reesechanson/checkout?ru=undefined" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a></strong></p>