atsuko: i think people are afraid of things not working.t 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 someone else's country, i'm coming to someone else's culture. being without papers means, you are not really supposed to be here. anybody who has ever fel

. ♪ amna: for those stations staying with us, our conversation with comedian atsuko okatsuka.er tumultuous life story for laughs. born in taiwan to japanese and taiwanese parents, she eventually moved to the u.s. and lived undocumented for seven years. in this encore report, i sat down with okatsuka to talk about about the growing audience for her unique brand of comedy. the conversation was part of our arts and culture series, canvas. ♪ her comedy is physical. >> did you eat? no? eat, please. eat, eat, eat. eat, eat, eat. amna: her style, eccentric. >> it's the weird one. she is weird and crazy. amna: and she knows how to hook her audience. ♪ okatsuka is an internet sensation with followers who watch as she marries her husband for the second time. and dances with her grandmother. who now has a separate fan base of her own. okatsuka rocketed to viral fame with the creation of her own drop challenge to a beyoncÉ song. a million people watched her, creating their own videos, including tennis star serena williams and actor mandy moore. >> my husband and i had an intruder come to