Li Haoshi, stage name House, got brickbats for using the Chinese army's motto in a joke on stage. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING – The 300-seat theatre at Beijing’s Laugh Stand-up Comedy Club is fully packed at 7.30pm on a Monday, the audience eagerly waiting for the night’s line-up of comedians to take the stage.
An audio recording of which was shared on microblogging platform Weibo, and a related hashtag became one of Weibo’s hottest search topics, hitting more than 700 million views. One of China’s top comedy show companies, Xiaoguo had staged about 60 performances in 11 cities, drawing some 30,000 people during the week-long Labour Day holiday in May alone.
or a broader scope than shows recorded for television or online, as comedians improvise as they banter with the audience. “Sure, we know some topics, particularly those about the government, are off-limits, but we also have to be mindful of any particular sensitivities of the date or trend of the day,” one said.
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