Steven Chen is an absurdist comedian from Potomac, Md. He does stand-up to maintain himself entertained.
How did you get into comedy?
Rising up, I went to (the now megachurch) McLean Bible Church, the place we had a Jewish pastor. Nonetheless fairly humorous. Come to think about it, that is likely to be the premise of my humor. It’s only a fairly regular factor, however there’s one thing foolish about it. This twist that flips expectations and it’s form of so unusual, it looks like it’s been made up. I’m shocked that place didn’t churn out extra comedians.
What’s your comedic type?
My objective is to trick individuals into considering I’m on to one thing or that I’m making an excellent level, after which I pull the rug out or pause to have them notice it’s all nonsense. I clarify onstage generally that I do know I’m bizarre and my comedy is like jazz — nobody is aware of what’s happening up right here, however a pair individuals are all the time like, “All proper!” The objective for my comedy is for it to be like a dream. I would like individuals to say, “I feel he was doing comedy — he was onstage, however I don’t know if he knew he was speculated to be there. Folks have been laughing, however he wasn’t, like, telling jokes.” Walt Whitman as soon as wrote, “Get up for the silly and loopy,” and I really feel like that’s form of been the mannequin.
In the event you have been to seek the advice of with my LinkedIn, I’m presently a hen baptizer at Chick-fil-A, however in actuality, I produce movies and assist company tradition growth for a well being care IT firm. I don’t suppose I’m at liberty to reveal the corporate’s identify, as I needed to change my identify and disaffiliate from them on LinkedIn after my profile was found by “human” assets.
