American - Comedian | May 19, 1983 -
Nothing is funnier than a true story told by a bitter old black man.
Michael Che
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My uncle is a martial artist, and in the early '80s, he made a kung fu flick with director Charlie Ahearn.
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I always feel like you don't do comedy for the special - you do the specials so you can do comedy. That's like a commercial for people to come out and support the new shows.
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I feel like comedy is only respected on the highest level, and on every other level, it's like a joke, like, 'Ugh - comedian,' you know?
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I feel like most standup comedians do it the way I did it, where you just go to open mics and cut your teeth. Sketch and improv - they take a lot of classes. It's not unusual, the way I did it. It's just that, with standup, no one knows how to start because there's no book for it; there's no place you can really go.
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I can tell how honest a joke is or how true a joke is by how fast the laughs come.
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If you're honest about things, people will trust you, even if you're a bad guy. That says something about where we are and who we are as people.
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If you really think everything in your life, everything that you benefit from comes from socially aware, like-minded, good-hearted people, then you're out of your mind. If you want only those people to have good jobs, we would have to learn how to adjust very quickly without those people. Maybe I'm cynical, but I truly believe that.
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America's a gangbanger country. We got our gang, and everything else is irrelevant.
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Yes, I believe in equality. But I don't like the word 'feminist,' because it's such a rational belief to think that women are equal to men, and I'm a rational person. You shouldn't be labeled for being reasonable.
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I grew up in the projects with four older brothers.
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