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When cross-cultural comedy partnerships face authenticity versus stereotype tensions

My best friend and I started a comedy podcast celebrating humor from our respective cultures but we keep getting criticism that we're either not being authentic enough to our backgrounds or that we're perpetuating stereotypes, and we're paralyzed between wanting to be funny and being culturally responsible.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're caught between honoring your cultural identities and navigating the minefield of how others interpret your humor.

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“Where Are You with Comedy traditions across cultures?”

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