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. >> when i first watched standup comedy, it was through margaret cho. was handed to me during a really boring sermon at church. one of my friends passed it to me. she was like, this is stand-up comedy. it was someone who looked like me. it would not be until years later that a boyfriend told me i was funny and i should try doing standup. yes, my fellow basic person -- amna: it also took years to get her own hbo comedy special. okatsuka is just the second asian american woman ever to get her own hbo comedy special. the first was margaret cho, over two decades ago. >> i never saw asian people on television or in movies. my dreams were somewhat limited. i would dream, maybe someday, i could be an extra on mash. >> i think people are afraid of things not working. people are afraid of things that they are not used to seeing. that have to trust the audience. the audience has been asking for it. that's what i mean by social media and standup comedians can post their own clips online. then they gain their own followers. and go on tour, and the audience is there

. >> ronny: margaret cho, the o.g. >> talk about trailblazer.about the stuff that people wanted to keep behind the curtain, and she was doing that at a time when it was actually risky to do that. and so yeah, she really is the person who opened the door for me. >> ronny: sometimes it is hard to explain comedy to people. quoted in a recent "esquire" -- no, "hollywood reporter" article. i read all your press. you said the mission can't come first. it has to be comedy first. some of that is hard to explain to people. did you find it difficult in this documentary to talk about comedy versus just doing it? >> no, when you are in a doc, sitting behind a camera and being interviewed, it is not comedy. i think the biggest pet peeve -- the thing is, people of all political stripes across the political spectrum do this, when a stand up show turns into a ted talk, i'm out. like, where are the jokes? you can't just come out and say an opinion and expect applause and sometimes you get it but it is applause is not laughter. so you can't be mission-first. you

margaret cho joins us with a preview of that.outube. it's a special episode where they have a candid conversation about their breaking points, juggling work and families, just trying to hold onto their mental health, as we all have. there were stories about breast-feeding at the state department, a fractured foot and a missing tooth, crying in front of complete strangers. it all happens. >> i was just really, really worn down, exhausted, having trouble sleeping and dealing with multiple dynamics in my life. what i didn't notice is my running had turned to walking. so, i was walking the streets of bronxville, new york, crying, every day. i will tell you, a perfect stranger shocked me into understanding that i needed to do something. this guy drives up to me, pulls up -- pulls down his window. >> women often think we have to just suck it up and plow forward. i certainly have had many years, i will say, of my career where i have done exactly that. i was in a war zone somewhere or a conflict zone. i had a tooth in a baggy and my foot

margaret cho, thank you for being here.wing you for the aapi women a year or so ago and it was a spectacular experience. i'm grateful. thank you for joining us today. you can catch me here next saturday. follow us on social media using the handle@katie phang show. you can catch clips on youtube and you can listen to the show as a podcast for free. scan the qr code on your screen to follow now. msnbc reports with alex witt is coming up next. alex witt i coming up next start your day with nature made. the #1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. smile! you found it. the feeling of finding psoriasis can't filter out the real you. so go ahead, live unfiltered with the one and only sotyktu, a once-daily pill for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, and the chance at clear or almost clear skin. it's like the feeling of finding you're so ready for your close-up. or finding you don't have to hide your skin just your background. once-daily sotyktu was proven better, getting more people clearer skin than the leading pi

first was margaret cho, over two decades ago. >> i never saw asian people on television or in movies.at limited. i would dream, maybe someday, i could be an extra on match. atsuko: i think people are afraid of things not working. people are afraid that they are not used for seeing. that have to trust the audience. . the audience has been asking for it. that's what i mean by social media and standup comedians can pose their own clips online. then they gain their own followers. and go on tour, and the audiences there, and they prove, look, people do want to see this. in the industry usually listens. amna: you have a story a lot of people can relate to about coming here, learning how to fit in, making a new life in a new country. and your comedy special is called "the intruder." is there another meaning behind that title? atsuko: yeah. i'm glad you saw it. because it is not so over the head. but yeah, the tumble -- the double entendre. as a formerly undocumented immigrant, i oftentimes felt like i was intruding. on everyone else. amna: what do you mean by that? atsuko: i'm coming to some

in the city, and that loves them back the next johnny mantis, nancy pelosi, jerry garcia, and margaret cho and danny glover are right. all right. here oh, you time has expired. sorry. thank you much for addressing this committee. next speaker. good morning, supervisors. i am sarah hicks kilday with early care educators of san francisco, and i too want to speak to preserving the intent of prop c this s these funds were for expanding early care education services, which are very much needed. i want to put forward three points that the community put forward to change in an ordinance, and one is to limit to two years, not extend the waiver to the baseline up to four years. two is not to let the prop c balance go below 300 million. we have a lot of things planned and needed in the community, and three is when you set up a new department and get a new, piece of funds for the intention of extending services, you needed a department to be whole and ready to do this. and we are seeing a great need for program staff. i missed some of the nuances of the conversation you were having just before this h