Ali Wong doesn't plan to 'disappear' post-baby and Baby Cobra
CBC Radio | Posted: June 20, 2016 12:53 PM | Last Updated: June 20, 2016
If you've seen Ali Wong's unflinching stand-up special Baby Cobra, you understand the hype. The very pregnant, very uncensored comic explores everything from prostate stimulation to the downside of feminism, but even she didn't expect her Netflix special to explode like it has.
Now Wong has gone from seven months pregnant to actually taking care of a seven month old, which puts a new edge on her joke about female comics "disappearing" once their babies are born.
Today she joins guest host Gill Deacon to share why it's been tough to capitalize on the Baby Cobra momentum — or, as she puts it, to lean in when you'd rather lie down.
The brash comedian and TV writer (Fresh Off The Boat) has been applauded by top comics like Marc Maron and Amy Schumer. She's gone from small clubs and "crappy audiences" to strings of sold out shows.
"I never set out to make any sort of statement," says Wong, who has been hailed as venomously funny. "Stand up comedy is not a TED Talk."
Although she doesn't mind that her work packs a subversive punch, she stresses that her mission is to get the laughs. Sure, she's presently focused on her new daughter, but the comic doesn't plan on vanishing.
"I'd like to have my own show," she tells Gill.
"I'd like to have my own show," she tells Gill.