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Well Actually, You’re Not Funny
Relying on privilege for comedy never worked.
A few years back in the before-times my partner and I visited New York City. We both had friends there and neither of us had ever been so taking advantage of a business trip my partner extended his stay and I flew out to meet him.
We did all the touristy things and the first day my high school friend stopped by our hotel so he and I could grab New York bagels together before he headed off to work. It was awesome. On our tourist bucket-list my partner and I really wanted to go to a comedy club and experience that in a New York setting first hand.
The two of us are aficionados of Late Night comedy particularly the Daily Show and the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. When we found out that Ronnie Cheung was making an appearance at a comedy club at a time we could make, wild horses couldn’t have kept us away. Once again, for the most part it was awesome.
Ronnie Cheung being the headliner was also the last act and he had a bit about duck sauce that, delivered by any other person would have just been a bit strange, but coming from him was truly hilarious. And of the several comedians that appeared including the host who joked about how he tried to get swoll and utterly failed all but one were incredibly funny and entertaining.
