Shin is a polished and well rehearsed comedian. His comedic style is fast-paced, full of expletives and high on energy.
The sold out millennial audience were in raptures from go to whoa. He’s a crowd pleaser because his jokes are good, but more importantly he involves the entire room in the show.
It takes a classy and quick-witted performer to banter with the audience and Shin proves he is just that.
The audience demographic is singled out from the onset. Shin is Korean so you know he is, undoubtedly going to have a repertoire of Asian jokes. He splits his audience into white and Asian and then launches into some edgy stereotypes; no holds barred. The young crowd lap it up like a thirsty dog in the desert .
His best jokes are the more controversial ones - especially to do with race, but as he says, the reason he does stand up is to demystify the cultural stereotypes and normalise minorities.
There are some uneasy moments as he calls out racism but his satirical delivery seems to push the controversy into the realm of comedy. When there is laughter about a serious subject, it can get right to the heart of what is really being said - Shin does this with ease.
‘Get on board dickhead’ is a clever title because each time Shin gets overly risqué or political or questions our cultural mores, he yells “get on board dickheads” - urging us to not judge his observational humour, but rather to understand the minorities’ plight and the deeper political meaning behind the joke itself.
This is smart, incisive, sometimes cutting edge humour done in a joyful way. Saying that the handful of boomers at the front got a hammering - again to the delight of the audience.
Fabulous home grown comedy with a catchphrase that we should all use the next time we want to call out racism of any sort - “Get on board dickhead!”