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Displaying all articles tagged:
Ali Wong
close read
Apr. 11, 2023
In
Beef,
Therapy Isn’t the Answer
Neither Amy nor Danny can bring themselves to confront the darkness within, until they are forced to do so together.
By
Erin Qualey
tv review
Apr. 6, 2023
Beef
Feels Bad
But who needs feel-good TV when Steven Yeun and Ali Wong make existential turmoil so compelling?
By
Roxana Hadadi
trailer mix
Mar. 15, 2023
Ali Wong and Steven Yeun Have
Beef
Revenge is a dish best served medium-rare.
By
Jason P. Frank
trailer mix
Aug. 22, 2022
Ali Wong Directed a Very
Sweet and Juicy
Sheng Wang Special
And the stand-up makes quite an im
print
in the trailer.
By
Hershal Pandya
comedy review
Feb. 14, 2022
Ali Wong Embraces Unrelatability
In
Don Wong,
the stand-up is still a master of sex and money jokes. The new challenge is fame.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
who’s laughing?
Dec. 6, 2021
Netflix Is a Joke Festival Lines Up John Mulaney, Pete Davidson, and More
Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival is happening in Los Angeles from April 28 to May 8, 2022.
By
Natalie Lin
bird watching
June 21, 2021
Tuca & Bertie Are Just As Anxious As You Are
The best bird buds are back on Adult Swim and perfectly suited to our new neurotic normal.
By
Jen Chaney
a glorious return
May 3, 2021
Tuca & Bertie
Begins Its New Life on Adult Swim in June
Sunday, June 13, to be exact.
By
Megh Wright
matches made in heaven
Mar. 24, 2021
Ali Wong to Keep Working With Hot Men in Netflix Series
Beef
With Steven Yeun
The titular beef refers to a fight, though.
By
Justin Curto
renewals
May 22, 2020
Tuca & Bertie
Has Been Saved by Adult Swim
Season two will air in 2021.
By
Rebecca Alter
what were the 2010s?
Dec. 23, 2019
The 6 Best Stand-up Comedy Specials of the Decade
We discuss the specials that best represent the art of stand-up in the 2010s.
By
Katie Mears
stand-up
Dec. 3, 2019
Ali Wong Lands Two New Netflix Stand-up Specials
She reportedly closed an eight-figure deal.
By
Megh Wright
book excerpt
Oct. 17, 2019
A Guide to Asian Restaurants, by Ali Wong
An excerpt from the comedian’s new book,
Dear Girls
.
By
Ali Wong
last night on late night
June 11, 2019
Keanu Reeves’s Ridiculous Laugh, Performed by Ali Wong
“HA. HA. HAHA. HA.”
By
Zoe Haylock
always be my lenses
June 7, 2019
Always Be My Maybe’s
Costume Designer Answers All Your Glasses Questions
Lessa Evans breaks down the eyewear of Ali Wong.
By
Milan Polk
movies
June 3, 2019
Keanu Reeves Walks Into the Chateau Marmont: An
Always Be My Maybe
Casting Story
“I think the entire Chateau just went silent for a moment.”
By
E. Alex Jung
trailer mix
May 16, 2019
Always Be My Maybe
Trailer: The Randall Park–Ali Wong Rom-com Is Here
On Netflix and in select theaters May 31.
By
Hunter Harris
tv review
May 2, 2019
Tuca & Bertie
Feels Like a Classic Sitcom Set Inside a Surreal Dreamscape
Lisa Hanawalt’s new Netflix series may look like
BoJack Horseman
, but it’s a much lighter, wackier, and more aggressively disorienting experience.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
trailer mix
Apr. 18, 2019
Netflix Hatches
Tuca & Bertie
Trailer Starring Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong
A story of two 30-year-old bird women.
By
Anne Victoria Clark
books
Mar. 28, 2019
You Can Read Ali Wong’s New Book
Dear Girls
in October
Wong wrote a bunch of letters to her daughters, and we all get to read them!
By
Megh Wright
best of 2018
Dec. 10, 2018
The 10 Best Stand-up Specials of 2018
Rounding up our favorite hour-long stand-up specials of the year.
By
Erik Abriss
close reads
June 6, 2018
The Beauty and Banality of Motherhood Stories Onscreen
The best of these stories use a distancing lens to capture the transformative, magical, grinding exhaustion of motherhood.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
rom com king
May 30, 2018
Ali Wong–Randall Park Rom-Com Gets Even Dreamier, Adds Keanu Reeves
Is Keanu on a mission to revive rom-coms?
By
Hunter Harris
May 9, 2018
Ali Wong’s
Hard Knock Wife
Is a Hilarious, Cathartic Follow-up to
Baby Cobra
The explosive physicality of Wong’s delivery is what gives this special most of its power.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
Apr. 29, 2018
What’s New on Netflix: May 2018
Coco
,
Dear White People
season 2, and new stand-up specials by John Mulaney, Tig Notaro, and Ali Wong.
By
Andrew Lapin
Apr. 13, 2018
‘Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife’ Gets Mother’s Day Premiere Date On Netflix
Comedian Ali Wong’s first Netflix special Baby Cobra, which was filmed when she was seventh months pregnant with her first child, was […]
By
Kenneth Arthur
Mar. 26, 2018
Nahnatchka Khan to Direct Netflix Romantic Comedy Starring Randall Park […]
Last year, Randall Park and Ali Wong signed on to star together in a romantic comedy at Netflix, and now the project has a director. According […]
By
Megh Wright
the secret
Mar. 23, 2018
Nahnatchka Khan Is Directing That Ali Wong–Randall Park Rom-Com
The film follows two childhood friends who end up in “vastly different socioeconomic situations.”
By
Jackson McHenry
Sept. 18, 2017
Is Netflix Hurting Stand-up?
This year, Netflix has asserted complete stand-up dominance. Is this a good thing?
By
Jesse David Fox
Aug. 15, 2017
Randall Park and Ali Wong to Star in an Upcoming Netflix Comedy
Fresh Off the Boat star Randall Park is teaming up with Ali Wong for a movie in the works at Netflix. According to Deadline, the streaming […]
By
Megh Wright
Feb. 6, 2017
Ali Wong Is Writing a Book of Advice to Her One-Year-Old Daughter
Standup Ali Wong is writing her first book. Entertainment Weekly reports that Wong, whose Netflix standup special Baby Cobra debuted last year, […]
By
Megh Wright
Oct. 11, 2016
Mel Brooks, Ali Wong, and More Are Headed to the 2017 Riot LA Comedy […]
Los Angeles’s annual alt comedy festival Riot LA takes place in January, and today the initial lineup of headliners was announced. The festival […]
By
Megh Wright
make it happen
Sept. 26, 2016
Dear Hollywood, Please Make Ali Wong and Randall Park’s Dream Rom-Com
It’d be “our version of
When Harry Met Sally.
”
By
Jackson McHenry
encounter
May 30, 2016
Talking Pregnancy and Prostate Stimulation With Ali Wong
At the nail salon with the stand-up comedian and
Fresh off the Boat
writer.
By
Mary H.K. Choi
joke writing
May 9, 2016
Appreciating Ali Wong’s Powerful Pregnancy Joke in
Baby Cobra
For decades, a disproportionate number of male comics have been getting rich on being-a-parent jokes.
By
Jesse David Fox
May 5, 2016
Is Ali Wong the First Standup to Do a Special While Seven Months Pregnant?
In a sea of new standup specials, Ali Wong’s Baby Cobra (debuting tomorrow on Netflix) rises above the crowded surface, due in part to her […]
By
Isaac Kozell
trailer mix
Apr. 29, 2016
A Very Pregnant Ali Wong Will Twerk for Her Netflix Comedy Special
Ali Wong: Baby Cobra.
By
E. Alex Jung
Apr. 14, 2016
Netflix Announces Standup Specials from Bo Burnham, Iliza Shlesinger, and […]
Netflix just announced a round of new standup specials premiering from May through September, including specials from Bo Burnham, Iliza […]
By
Megh Wright
Mar. 31, 2014
Come to Tonight’s Dog & Pony Show Featuring Ali Wong, Jacqueline Novak, […]
If you’d like to spend April Fool’s Eve enjoying some quality comedy before all the bad jokes and cheap tricks kick in tomorrow, Splitsider’s […]
By
Megh Wright