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PREVIEW – Taking the Political Correctness out of stand up comedy

Appropriately Inappropriate at Edinburgh Fringe 2018
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By AARON McGILLIVRAY

WHAT DOES a Vietnamese-Australian comedian have in common with a Scottish audience?

How about A) a healthy disrespect for authority, B) love of a bargain, C) a fondness for lager, D) a wariness of American tourists (especially ones bringing agent orange), or E) All of the above?

If you answered ā€˜Eā€™ you may well want to get yourself along to to Thao Thanh Caoā€™s show at Edinburgh Fringe in 2018.

Thao’s propositions is that inappropriate answers come up all too often from simple questions, like when is the best time to enjoy a packet of crisps? Or whatā€™s the most entertaining way to avoid family functions?

Thao originally wanted to be an actress but was disheartened because she didn’t see many Asians on TV – unless it was on Border Security or Bondi Rescue. So she gave up her dream and decided to give stand-up comedy a go instead.

In this free show, Thao shares observational humour and throws in many one-liners and funny stories. Despite the show title Appropriately Inappropriate,Ā Thao claims to be politically incorrect and only half-jokingly advises this is not a show for the easily triggered.

 

 

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