Atsuko Okatsuka: #DropChallenge to HBO

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🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka can’t seem to stop blowing up on the internet. Sometimes, it’s by accident, like when she joked through an earthquake on stage, and other times more deliberately, like the Beyoncé-inspired #dropchallenge she started on TikTok with her grandmother earlier this year. Now, those fleeting moments of online attention have culminated in her explosive new HBO stand-up special ‘The Intruder.’ In this episode, Okatsuka opens up about her often difficult journey from Taiwan to Japan to Los Angeles all before the age of 10, how she has managed to turn those challenges into her own unique brand of joy-filled comedy and how her grandma really feels about her own viral fame.

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0:00.0	My guest on this week's show might not have any hobbies or interests, but she is one of the
0:06.4	most deeply original and hilarious stand-up comedians on the scene right now. So that has to
0:12.1	count for something, right? We all needed someone to tell us that at the beginning of the
0:15.7	pandemic. You know, all of us were waking up, inspired by someone else's Instagram, just like,
0:19.5	oh my God, I think I'm a hiker now. No, you're not, bitch.
0:22.4	No, you're not. Oh, my God, I think I
0:24.7	sold puzzles now. No, you don't. No, you don't.
0:27.3	It's still in the box. I've seen you.
0:31.1	And you might be like, well, Outsco,
0:32.8	what are your interests? You know, what are your interests if it's not farming, you know?
0:42.2	And it's like, I don't think I particularly have any.
0:49.4	But hey, you know what? That's also a personality too. Yeah, and that should be empowering. Yes,
0:54.1	my fellow basic person. Yes. Yes. Yes. I feel like, I also don't have hobbies or interest. That's okay. That's okay. Look at me. Look at me. Yes. Yes. If you're like, I also don't have hobbies or interest.
0:55.4	That's okay.
0:57.4	That's okay.
0:58.0	Look at me.
0:58.7	Look at me.
1:01.3	You are still a whole person.
1:02.0	You are.
1:03.4	I'm proud of you.
1:03.8	Yes.
1:05.5	I'm proud of you. Give it up for my fellow basic pitch.
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