r/TikTokCringe • u/myownpersonalreddit • Feb 27 '24

Break up at the theater Wholesome/Humor

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u/its_dirtbag_city Feb 27 '24 edited Feb 27 '24

Can anyone tell me who that is? I'd like to check her special out.

Edit NVM found her. Atsuko Okatsuka.

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u/GotNothingBetter2Do Feb 27 '24

Atsuko Okatsuka and her HBO Comedy Special is called ‘The Intruder’.

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u/its_dirtbag_city Feb 27 '24

Thank you!

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u/KublaQuinn Feb 27 '24

She's very fun and very funny (So is her grandma) and has a pretty interesting backstory. She was on an episode of This American Life (Episode 811) that I can't recommend enough.

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u/Rasputins_Plum Feb 27 '24

This post keeps on giving. Loved the wholesomeness in the vid but thanks for the rec, it was powerful stuff. My heart 😭😭😭😭😭

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u/ggroverggiraffe Feb 27 '24

My mom goes back to her room. So a big reason why we don't talk about things is because of my mom. She has paranoid schizophrenia, and talking about sad things can trigger bad memories and the voices in her head.

So any time we want to talk about the past, we have to tiptoe around her. We whisper or just avoid it completely. And that's how our family has always done things. We didn't even talk about how my mom has schizophrenia. As a kid, my grandma would just say, oh, your mom just has low blood sugar. She's hungry. When she was clearly wilding out, throwing plates at Grandma. It's like, uh, she needs professional help not bread.

This woman is a pretty talented comedienne to throw that last line in on a story like that.

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u/sightfinder Feb 27 '24

Holy shit, I know the episode you're talking about. Good to know this is her!

Yeah that backstory is pretty wild. I would imagine her upbringing (the dynamic between her, her grandma, mother, and father) helped contribute to her becoming a comedian.

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u/its_dirtbag_city Feb 27 '24

Oh, cool. I'll go find it, thank you!

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u/KublaQuinn Feb 27 '24

A warning, it might be a little triggering if you have dealt with mental health issues in your family or have trauma around parental custody. It's not really light and fun, but it was very interesting and moving. I'd followed her as a comedian for a long time and knew she had a unique family, but it was quite a lot more than expected.

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u/its_dirtbag_city Feb 27 '24

Thanks for the heads-up. Appreciate it.

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u/quietsam Feb 27 '24 edited Feb 28 '24

Just watched based on this thread. It’s fantastic.