Additionally, the author discusses how Do’s use of humor in his life narrative negotiates model-minority expectations leveled against Asian Australians to turn, in a subtle way, what appears to be a joke on him into a joke about the audience.ġ9 Graham, “Alice Pung’s Growing Up,” 72.Ģ4 McCallum, “Cringe and Strut,” 210–214.Ģ8 Gilmore, “Limit Cases,” 131 Tainted Witness, 83–95.ģ1 Gadsby, Nanette Ryzik, “Comedy-Destroying.”ģ3 Luckhurst and Rae, “Diversity Agendas.”ģ5 Luckhurst and Rae, “Diversity Agendas.”ģ7 Gilmore, The Limits of Autobiography, 22–23.Ĥ1 Tumarkin, “Stories without Borders,” 29 Do, The Happiest Refugee, 182.Ĥ4 Eakin, “Self and Self-Representation,” 12. Number of times this content has been viewed 257 Button to like this content Button to. Tragedy, humour, heartache and unswerving determination - a big life with big. (STORY)TELLING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE: ANH DOS THE HAPPIEST REFUGEE. Anh Dos memoir The Happiest Refugee introduces the reader to the hardships faced by his family when fleeing Vietnam, while exposing what it was like to. The author argues that Do’s self-deprecating humor smuggles trauma to Australian audiences through laughs, and she explores the ambiguity in Do’s ability to occupy opposing identities of the “Other” and the “Aussie kid|bogan” simultaneously. The Happiest Refugee tells the incredible, uplifting and inspiring life story of one of our favourite personalities. The Happiest Refugee tells the incredible, uplifting and inspiring life story of one of our favourite personalities. This essay examines how Do’s style of self-deprecating comedy extends from his stand-up comedy to his national bestselling memoir The Happiest Refugee (2010).

Vietnamese Australian Anh Do is one of Australia’s most famous migrant comedians and performs self-deprecating humor while drawing on sometimes traumatic experiences from his personal life as part of his stand-up comedy sets. Self-deprecating humor, the comedic act of making oneself the butt of the joke, is a staple of the Australian comedy industry and part of Australia’s national self-concept.

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