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Next up is Youngmi Mayer.
No one has been formally diagnosed with depression, but going home felt like entering into a dark-cloud realm.
I think that made me resilient in a way and prepared me for doing stand-up as an adult.
the same outfit everyday: hot-pink tennis skirt, mesh crop top, pink bra.
Also to have tits as naturally big as Patti Harrisons.
i might be wrong???
but i think?????
your rent????
is due???
Tell us everything about your worst show ever.
(This can involve venue, audience, other acts on the lineup, anything!
)Once I did a show at a Jewish retirement home in upstate New York.
I had to get a ride with the other comedians on the lineup.
and did a double thumbs-down.
I dont really remember anything after that.
I think I just slowly walked offstage.
Like, what could I even do to recover from a double-thumbs-down BOOO!?
In the beginning I would set aside writing jokes time.
I just cannot write comedy or jokes in that way.
The only way I can write jokes is onstage.
I think joke-telling has to be sort of spontaneous for me.
I am so fucking broke, OMG.
Like, we are all broke?
So I learned that the ultimate sacrifice in comedy is to cut yourself down for the benefit of others.
I know this sounds sort of depressing and negative, but its also weirdly the road to self-love.
From that place, the place of truly knowing and forgiving yourself, you are indestructible.
But thats strictly for me.
This leads a lot of comedians to start getting weirdly rigid and reductive.
Thats when the whole hill I will die on shit gets annoying.
Its a separate language, and being good at it doesnt translate to the stage and vice versa.
All comedians need to learn both languages.
Its not going to harm your onstage presence just because you also learn how to do online videos.
But I think, honestly, both are important and shouldnt be thought of as either-or.
