Ronny Chieng: ‘Cancel Me!’

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Since breaking through as a correspondent on ‘The Daily Show’ in 2015, Ronny Chieng has continued to prove himself to be one of the funniest stand-up comics in the game. Now, he is back with a second hour-long special on Netflix called ‘Speakeasy’ that takes on everything from anti-science podcasters to the myth of “cancel culture.” In this episode, Chieng talks about pushing the envelope without fear of the consequences, breaks down how Trevor Noah changed his life, takes down his favorite “piece of shit” Fox News host Jesse Watters and a lot more.

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0:00.0	My guest this week is hands down one of the best stand-up comedians working right now.
0:06.3	And whatever you do, do not tell him otherwise.
0:10.2	Who the fuck reviews comedy?
0:13.3	So what the fuck do you know about it?
0:16.3	Never been on stage in your life?
0:18.1	Try to tell me how to do my job?
0:20.3	That's like me going to a maternity ward in a hospital and trying to tell me how to do my job? That's like me going to
0:21.2	a maternity ward in a hospital and giving women tips on how to give birth. Yeah, what kind of
0:26.6	fucking asshole would go into a maternity ward? Just look for women in labor. Just go, hey, you're
0:34.1	really should be pushing harder during childbirth. You don't look like you're pushing hard enough.
0:39.3	When childbirth.
0:41.1	I think you're relying too much in your ethnic background.
0:44.9	During childbirth.
0:47.0	Oh, the C-section?
0:48.2	That's a real lazy form of childbirth.
0:51.7	Two stars.
1:02.0	This is the last laugh.
1:06.7	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and that was Ronnie Chang with some harsh words for comedy critics in his latest Netflix special, Speak Easy.
1:11.7	Ronnie's confidence is well-deserved.
1:14.3	The Malaysian-born Singapore-raised comedian broke into the American comedy scene in 2015
1:19.8	when Trevor Noah hand-picked him to be a correspondent on The Daily Show.
1:24.7	Since then, he had a phenomenal debut with his 2019 Netflix special Asian
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