![]() He opens up his jacket and reveals that he is “trying to be American here.” He came dressed up in a navy suit, and right as he is walking across the stage he unbuttons his shirt to reveal to the audience on the right side of the interior of the suit is a bright shiny American flag and on the left side the face of a bald eagle. Here he mentions his story coming from Hong Kong and trying to figure out what he wanted to do in his life that would please him and not follow what his parents wanted for him. Recently as his first ever appearance on a talk show, he came on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Jimmy felt that he was in the same boat as Mike and mentions how after the commencement speech Jimmy didn’t know that it would lead him into acting then soon into his comedic lifestyle. ![]() He talks how Mike graduated with a physics major and started working in Silicon Valley then ended up quitting because he hated his job and picked up comedy as his new career. Jimmy mentions how Mike gave him the inspiration to find his passion and to seek out the career that he is truly searching for. At the commencement speech of his graduation, the speaker was Mike Judge, the creator of the television series Beavis and Butt-Head and co-founder of the television series King of the Hill. After five years of college majoring in economics, Jimmy hated what he was doing and wanted to figure out what his place in what career he wanted to firmly stand on. Usually, Asian parents have a high standard of their children and have set goals for what they should accomplish in their life, and it can put pressure onto the children why may want to take a different path. He mentions how he is a “mediocre Asian at best” because he could not get into Yale, UCLA, or USC where he wanted to go so he ended up going to U.C San Diego as an economics major because it was the easiest major that would “still please a foreign parent.” There is always a sense of “living the American Dream,” and that is what he yearned for, but on the other half of that spectrum was the fact that he had to please his parents. By watching television, he adapted to the English language and began to break his language barrier. I recommend watching his segment which I will link here:įrom moving to America at the age of 13, Jimmy did not know any English at all until he started to watch B.E.T. He presents himself to his audience by making jokes upon himself and letting everyone witness his own sense of style. As an Asian-American myself (even though I am not Chinese), being a Korean-American I can relate as to what Jimmy O. He jokes about his race and even comes to terms that he is even at a disadvantage and advantage at times. As a standup comedian with so much potential, he has been making his statement, that even though he is Asian, he has made his platform in America which was a foreign country to him in the beginning. As an Asian-American actor, he is known for his refreshingly comedic style and adds in his personal story of how he has lived his life in America and how he has transitioned from his life in China. ![]() Yang knows how to keep playing in the acting industry because he has been one of the featured roles on the hit HBO series Silicon Valley playing the character Jian-Yang. He later made his debut on screen of the series 2 Broke Girls on CBS, but what made him stand out from the crowd would be his stand-up comedy bit on The Arsenio Hall Show, where he broke out laughter all across the audience. Through that change, Jimmy eventually attended the University of California San Diego. Born in Hong Kong and later emigrated to the United States with his parents, Jimmy moved to the U.S. Yang, who is a Chinese-American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer has been gaining much popularity as he progresses in his career. If there is someone that is making their mark in America and letting their voice be heard, that person would be Jimmy O. I am really really proud to be Asian I got to say…” -Jimmy O. Whatever ethnicity you are, yes, absolutely you have to be proud of who you are man. “It’s great to see all these ethnicities here in America just all hanging out, it’s great.
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