Edamame Butterfly: A Solo Variety Show

Japanese comedian Kazu Kusano drops a bomb on the status quo of the perception of Asian women in her solo variety show, inspired by the escalation of Asian hate crimes. She gently yet radically flips racial and gender stereotypes through her comedic monologue, jokes, characters, a geisha and an ESL news anchor who plays ping-pong.

Kazu Kusano is a comedian, actress, and mischievous woman. She has a Japanese accent, crazy physicality, a dark sense of humor, and hot flashes. Kazu immigrated to America alone in her thirties to do stand-up comedy. Kazu can be seen on Comedy Central UK’s Channel Hopping as a Japanese correspondent. She is also the undefeated champion of Joke-E-Oke at SF Sketchfest, where the late great Robin Williams gave her a huge compliment, “She’s hilarious!” Kazu has performed her stand-up comedy at clubs, festivals and colleges all over the U.S., including Las Vegas’s Camp EDC, and was a finalist at the Westside Showdown in 2017.

Note: This show is rated NC17

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