Jenny Yang (comedian)

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Jenny Yang is an American comic and writer in Los Angeles. Yang is the co-founder and co-producer of Dis/orient/ed Comedy, a nationally touring comedy showcase of Asian-American women, as well as the co-host of ISAtv's Angry Asian America along with Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man.[1]

Early life and education[]

Yang was born in Taiwan and raised in the South Bay of Los Angeles.[1] Yang "graduated top of her class" in political science at Swarthmore College, and was a PPIA Fellow for a Master's in urban planning at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)."[2]

Career[]

Yang is regularly featured on BuzzFeed Videos on Asian American issues.[3][4] Yang was featured in the 2013 Showtime documentary Why We Laugh: Funny Women.[5][6]

Dis/orient/ed Comedy was created by Yang, Atsuko Okatsuka, and Yola Lu, which debuted in 2012 at the historic David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Wei, Clarissa. "Politically Charged Comedian Jenny Yang Doesn't Care If She Comes Off as Respectable". Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  2. ^ Bio
  3. ^ "When You Realize He Has Yellow Fever".
  4. ^ "Ask an Asian".
  5. ^ Why We Laugh: Funny Women, 2013-03-21, retrieved 2015-09-13
  6. ^ "Joan Rivers, I Kiss Your Ring: My Fancy Showtime "Funny Women" Documentary Experience [jennyyang.tv blog]". Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  7. ^ "About". Disoriented Comedy. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2015-09-13.

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