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Olga Koch: From Russia With Laughs
Season 2
Episode 6
Published 2 years, 3 months ago
Description
Olga Koch left computer science for stand-up, moved to a country that wasn't hers, and has been making the gap between those two worlds funnier than it has any right to be — with some help from badly edited Sex and the City reruns.
Olga Koch is a Russian-born comedian, writer, and performer based in London, known for appearances on QI, Mock the Week, and Richard Osman's House of Games, and for her critically acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series Olga Koch: OK Computer. Her solo shows include Prawn Cocktail and Olga Koch is From Money.
- What badly edited Sex and the City reruns taught a young Russian viewer about American culture
- The comedy of outsider perspectives — why coming from elsewhere gives you material the insiders can't see
- How identity, when used well, becomes a comic lens rather than just a subject
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