Huang Xi, a New Star of American Comedy

When it comes to Huang Xi, you can't help but mention CBS? David letterman show? (The david letterman Show). This program is called the highest-rated program in American late-night programs, making Huang one of the hottest stand-up comedies in the United States. ?

On the evening of April 17, 2009, Americans were surprised to see a completely strange face of china appear on the Letterman show. He is quiet, short, with a slightly stiff expression, stiff movements and glasses. His mouth is typical Chinglish, which conforms to the stereotype of China immigrants who come to the United States with the background of international students. Then he waved timidly and opened his mouth. Hello, everyone, I'm Irish. ? The audience burst into laughter, and Letterman couldn't control his mouth. This sentence made a good start, which made the audience accept Huang at once and also opened Huang's humor.

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Less than 6 minutes after the performance, Huang shook down one bag after another, and the laughter and applause of the audience were endless. The atmosphere at the scene was so warm that the eccentric Letterman couldn't help but go to the front desk to shake hands with Huang frequently after the performance and congratulate the camera and the audience again and again. The video of the performance has been watched more than 480,000 times on Youtube.

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Since then, Huang has been invited to perform continuously, and has been interviewed by American and China media almost every week. He went to the famous twice in a row? Ellen Show? (The ellen degeneres Show) and achieved success in San Francisco? Shake the baggage? The punch line told jokes for 1 hour in one breath, and he went to L.A. instead of Allen? Music awards ceremony? Interview and entertain red carpet stars. Will Huang attend the Spring Festival in China in February 15? David letterman show? While recording, the program is scheduled to air on 19.

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Even more exciting, it should be Washington? Association of Radio and Television Journalists? (radio and television reporter? At the invitation of the association, Huang will be the only comedian invited to perform jokes for President Obama and national media representatives at the association's annual meeting in March this year. If this 15 minute can be as successful as Letterman's program, Huang will undoubtedly become the darling of mainstream streaming media and captivate comedy stars in the United States.

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Before Huang became famous

After Huang became famous in World War I, his personal information quickly spread on the Internet and was introduced in detail on large information websites such as Interactive Encyclopedia and Wikipedia. In addition, readers interested in Huang can also visit his personal website to inquire about his performance information. Huang's latest performances will be held on February 12 and 13 before Valentine's Day and Spring Festival.

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1994, Huang came to Rice University to study for a doctorate in biochemistry, and began to experience American humor personally. At that time, he tried to write and publish some jokes, conveying the ridiculous, sad and deplorable stories that foreign students generally experienced but rarely expressed to the mainstream society in a humorous, self-deprecating, ironic and thought-provoking way.

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In 2000, Huang got a job in a biopharmaceutical company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, engaged in cancer research. In his spare time, Huang began to pursue an attractive and distant dream: to become a comedian. ? There is no shortage of China people in academic circles, but there is no voice of the first generation immigrants from China in comedy circles? This became a famous saying of Huang. First of all, he attended a? Joke writing training class? Contact the comedy circle in Bo. Then he collected jokes and kept creating, and finally got the opportunity to stage in the club in 2002. In the first five minutes of the performance, he was a little nervous, spoke quickly and had a strong accent, which puzzled the audience. But he kept summing up and improving, and finally reached the final of Boston International Comedy Festival in 2003.

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In this country, thousands of people tell jokes in clubs, bars and theaters every night, but few people can last for three to five years. Huang also had setbacks and valleys, but he persisted. Slowly, he won the recognition and welcome of the audience with his unique style and gained a firm foothold in the Greater Boston area. After three years of comedy performance, that is, in 2005, Huang finally waited for the noble person in his life.

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That year, Eddie Brill, a talent scout on Letterman Show, saw Huang's performance and thought it was a useful material, so he asked Huang to send him some personal information and performance videos, and then there was no news. In the next three years, Huang insisted on telling the audience his interesting stories and discoveries as an immigrant, husband and father, and Brill reappeared in 2008. This time, he thinks the time is ripe for Huang to appear on the talk show. Under the guidance of Brill, Huang arranged several selected jokes in a certain order to make them more rhythmic. Then, there was Huang's performance on Letterman Show on April 17, 2009, which was a blockbuster and made everyone laugh.

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Looking back on the seven years of performing arts, Huang said that there are no tricks and shortcuts, only diligent creation and hard persistence. Over the years, he has kept the habit of recording interesting things and inspirations at will and creating them immediately. He quoted the famous comedian Jerry Seinfeld as saying: If one of the ten jokes makes the audience laugh, it will be successful. Huang himself has accumulated hundreds of successful jokes over the years, which shows the richness of his creation. Years of performance experience also enabled him to walk calmly and confidently on Letterman's stage at a critical moment, without being very nervous, because he was sure that he could successfully complete his speech.

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Yellow humor

Many people think that Huang's long pause and innocent expression between shaking the baggage are an elaborate comedy effect. He said it had something to do with the atmosphere at the scene. Some people understand the meaning as soon as they hear it, and laugh as soon as they open their mouths. Some people have to react for a while, and then they laugh.

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Anyone who has seen the video of Huang's performance can feel a unique style. Huang's western-style humor has no dramatic movements, exaggerated expressions and props, so it can be said that there is no form. The essence of Huang humor lies in content. The real struggle, mental journey, difficulties and discrimination faced by Asian immigrants are not well known or concerned by the mainstream society. Now, through Huang's excavation, collection, arrangement and creation, these eternal bits and pieces have attracted the attention of the American people with a brand-new look and aroused their interest in understanding.

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Humor needs the courage and ability to laugh at yourself. Huang's jokes are full of self-mockery, but this is not a means to please the audience by belittling himself. Self-mockery is a sign of maturity. Huang cited the experience of black comedians to prove his point. Black people joke about the discrimination they have suffered, and let the mainstream society know their experiences and inner thoughts, so as to gain sympathy and be treated more fairly.

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As a comedian with high IQ and high education, Huang's baggage is very clever, which means a bit of a brain teaser. For example, who is Benjamin in the immigration exam? Franklin? Huang's reaction is: Ah, he is the reason why the store in our community was robbed (there is a portrait of Franklin on the hundred-dollar bill). What is the Second Amendment to the Constitution? Huang's reaction is still the same, but the meaning is different (the amendment guarantees the right of citizens to hold guns). Those who responded were amused and laughed, and those who didn't respond certainly didn't know the secret of American life.

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In Huang's view, telling jokes and shaking burdens is an evocative intellectual game, so he doesn't agree to compare him to America? Small Shenyang? . Although there are many stories and jokes about immigrants from China, they are all American jokes, a tradition from Mark Twain, full of wisdom, thinking and irony. Besides, something about Woody? Allen's rambling temperament is quite different from the stand-up comedy in which operas and songs are often performed in China. Maybe it was Zhou Libo, who was a smash hit last year? Haipai Qingkou? This is more in line with Huang's American jokes.

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Huang is still trying to write more jokes, and more and more performance invitations make him feel pressure. As for whether he will work full-time in comedy in the future, Huang himself is not clear. After all, he has a house to provide and children to support. Facing the reality, he has only two efforts. He is one of thousands of China people who are pursuing the American dream around Qian Qian. His dream is unique and once out of reach, but he is getting closer and closer to that dream step by step, which is what makes him different. I am glad to have such an opportunity to sit next to a warm and interesting person and talk about a legend that is being realized in ordinary life on such a cloudy and snowy day. This really ugly but impressive person not only lets the American people know that we can be so silent, but we can also be so humorous.