Sidesplitter: How To Be From Two Worlds At Once

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After moving to Bath at 16, Wang became president of the Footlights at Cambridge University. He reflects upon his experiences as a Eurasian man in the book, examining the contrasts between Eastern and Western cultures and delving into Britain and Malaysia's shared history, alighting on topics ranging from food, family, cultural cachet and assimilation, to empire, colonialism and soft power. In May 2021, Wang hosted a new podcast called Phil Wang Hates Horror, which was released on Audible.

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This article was amended on 16 August 2021 to make it clear in the body of the text that Philly Philly Wang Wang is now on Netflix. I will say that while Pacific Islanders (a nebulous term anyway, in the same way that all grouping terms are, as Indonesians and Filipinos are by technicality of island countries within the Pacific Ocean "Pacific Islanders" but are very strictly included as "Asian" because of physiognomy) are coupled with the umbrella term "Asian American" – see Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month – but are very rarely featured in this work. They are included as Hawaii is a US state, but there's very minor inclusion of any outside of Hawaiians. But then again, as stated in the essay by four Pacific Islanders (Samoan, Tongan, Hawaiian, Chamorro), they don't feel they should be included in this umbrella combo of "AAPI" because zero of them feel that our ethnic/racial groups overlap and we have certainly had separate histories related to our places within the USA and Canada. I am very glad that they included this essay, but I feel like it's one of the most important essays and that its length and size within the whole will take focus away from it. I don't say this in a "there should be more Pacific Islander" content in this book on Asians in America, but I mean it more that anyone who reads this book might still carry on with the AAPI/API acronym (I have to cut it out of use myself, now) and we should be helping raise up our Pacific Islander brethren, along with all other racialized peoples, in the West.

Phil Wang is trying to think of a comedian who isn’t an introvert. When he’s really pondering a subject hard his eyes typically roll upwards, his pupils almost disappearing into his eyelids, like he had written the answer to the riddle on the ceiling above him earlier. Eventually he alights upon one candidate, but doesn’t want to name him in case the comedian would take offence at being called an extrovert. I really don't know how to describe this book, it is a memoir but it is so much more than that, it's an insight and analysis of what it is like to grow up between two cultures. Phil writes about some quite serious topics but it never feels preachy or judgemental and I think the expert use of his comedic experience keeps what could have been a heavy read, light and interesting. That’s not to say he shy’s away from difficult topics because he doesn’t, he talks openly and with sometimes potentially contentious opinions such as when defends the sitcom ‘Mind your language’ or when he talks about his opinion on cultural appropriation. Phil Wang, Alex Horne (4 September 2018). Phil Wang Interview Taskmaster S7 - Dave (Video). UKTV. Event occurs at 1:37 – via YouTube. But whenever I felt the show wanting for an injection of oomph, it got one, via a well-hewn joke or unlikely formulation, if not from any variation in Wang’s delivery. There’s a choice routine about what makes white people panic – not what you’d expect, but not something you can deny. There’s a section on the editing process of his recent book – which might sound highbrow but ends up, via “a wank that was primarily admin”, as anything but.

Sidesplitter: How To Be From Two Worlds At Once by Phil Wang

It is at times a funny read and there were several times I laughed out loud at various situations he described. Phil has a really nice calming tone to his writing; you can tell this hasn’t been ghost written as his voice shines through. There’s something magical about clams cooked in a sauce of onions, parsley and white wine. It’s so easy, but it looks so impressive.

It will probably be a wine at this point. The most underrated grape, I think, might actually be a frappato from Sicily. It’s a really delicious light red that is very, very nice chilled. But hard to find! Wang was born in Stoke-on-Trent to an English mother from Stoke and a Chinese-Malaysian father of Hakka descent from Sabah. [8] One week after his birth, his family returned to his father's home town of Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, where his parents had first met in 1982. His mother, a trained archaeologist, had moved to Malaysia as a volunteer with the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). Wang's maternal grandfather was from Derbyshire and became the manager of a tea estate in Assam, India, where his mother spent part of her childhood. [9] Interview: Phil Wang – The Comedian Who Isn't Afraid to Make You Laugh About Race". weareresonate. 2 March 2017. The first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans raised after 1965’s Hart-Cellar Act passed would have found it difficult to imagine that sushi and boba would one day be beloved by all, that a Korean boy band named BTS would be the biggest musical act in the world, that one of the biggest movies of 2018 would be Crazy Rich Asians, or that a Facebook group for Asian American identity memes would be 2 million members strong. And that’s not mentioning the execs working behind the scenes at major companies; the activists and representatives fighting for equity; and the singers, rappers, dance crews, and social media pioneers making their mark on pop culture. And still: Asian America is just getting started. In relatively standalone chapters, Phil Wang explores family, words, food, race, comedy, love, history, assimilation, nature, and home. The standout chapter for me was words, with amazing quotes, such as:

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Phil was born in the UK, in Stoke-on-Trent to an English mother and a Chinese-Malaysian father. Three weeks after his birth, the Wang family returned to his father's hometown in Malaysia, and at age 16, Phil was uprooted once again, to return with his family to the UK. Sidesplitter is non-fiction book by Phil Wang based on various topics. Although it’s definitely not a memoir as he makes very clear! Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi [a] (born 22 January 1990) [3] [4] is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne, [5] [6] [7] and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, Daphne Sounds Expensive. He currently hosts the comedy podcast ‘BudPod’ with fellow comedian and Footlights alumnus Pierre Novellie.

Just what I was after - a humorous (often genuinely loud-out-loud funny), interesting and touching not-memoir from Phil Wang, one of the funniest comedians on the scene at the moment. The same combination of mildly sexual and very ridiculous animates a fine gag about the coyness that surrounds the female nipple. There’s also an extended section on Wang’s Netflix special, and the low-level celebrity it has brought – which is contrasted, faux-wistfully, with the particularly Asian brand of anonymity that preceded it. Another Netflix special, and a raising of that celebrity level, may be within his grasp after this high-end offering: a silly, self-unserious hour that considers his and our lives from ever-surprising new angles. On 4 July 2018 it was announced that Wang would be one of the contestants in series 7 of Taskmaster. [22] Tasks he won included 'Make the best noise' and 'Most surprisingly beautiful thing'. Each and every chapter is beautiful as a stand-alone insight but together, they beautifully interweave to a colourful tapestry of "how to be from two worlds at once". I love this book so much. It has something for everyone and it’s the book I never knew I needed until I had it. It’s the book that you didn’t realize you needed until you have it in your hand.