{"id":345,"date":"2020-03-10T15:50:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T22:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usg.usc.edu\/speakers\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=345"},"modified":"2020-03-18T23:53:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T06:53:08","slug":"an-apasa-x-speakers-special-ali-wong","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/usg.usc.edu\/speakers\/event\/an-apasa-x-speakers-special-ali-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"An APASA x Speakers Special: Ali Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\" bit.ly\/aliatusc\" style=\"background-color:#990000\">Click here to RSVP<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DOORS OPEN: 7:00PM<\/strong><br>FREE ADMISSION \u2013 only open to USC students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CHECK-IN: <\/strong><br><em>YOU MUST RSVP TO ENTER THE EVENT<\/em> <br><em>YOU MUST BRING YOUR USC ID TO ENTER THE EVENT<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An RSVP does not guarantee admission but gives guests priority entry into the event. Standby seats may be made available after doors open.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">USC APASA and SPEAKERS is excited to present to you a conversation with Ali Wong, also in collaboration with ISA, SAGE, and PAC!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us as we walk through Ali Wong\u2019s life and career!<br>*RSVPs required*<br>_______<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">APAHF is a series of events to showcase our history, culture, and community. Put on by the Asian Pacific American Student Assembly and our 27 member organizations, it highlights and raises dialogue on various aspects of what it means to be Asian Pacific American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s APAHF theme <strong>\u201cYou Belong\u201d<\/strong> revolves around the isolation that can stem from distinct \u201chyphenated\u201d identities of our Asian and American selves. This sense of identity is highly predicated on geography \u2014 what being Asian American means in America is different from what it means in one\u2019s country of origin, or even within different regions of America itself. But despite this disparity of experiences, there is unity and shared struggles nonetheless. And on a campus as diverse as USC\u2019s, all of us have a place to belong.<br>_______<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ali Wong<\/strong> is a stand-up comic from San Francisco, now living in Los Angeles. Her first Netflix stand-up special BABY COBRA was filmed when she was 7 months pregnant. According to the New York Magazine, \u201cThe special\u2019s arrival on Netflix is the sort of star-making moment that unites the tastes of the unlikeliest fans.\u201c Elle applauded it as a \u201ccomic genius gem\u201d while Vogue called it \u201cThe special that everyone is talking about.\u201c Emily Nussbaum hailed it as \u201cfunny and refreshingly rude.\u201d The day before its premiere, Wong\u2019s interview with Marc Maron on his podcast WTF was released. He called the special \u201cthe most honest, rawest, funniest special I\u2019ve seen in years. \u201cShe soon after became a very popular Halloween costume. Fans, both male and female, dressed up in Wong\u2019s iconic red glasses, black and white striped dress and pregnant belly. The Smithsonian has asked Wong to donate the actual dress, shoes and necklace she wore in the BABY COBRA, to the Museum of American History in Washington, DC.Ali\u2019s second stand-up special, HARD KNOCK WIFE premiered on Netflix on Mother\u2019s Day, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her feature film, ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE, which she co-wrote and co-stars in, debuted on Netflix May 2019 to wide critical acclaim. In the first four weeks, it was seen by 32 million viewers. This Halloween, fans have continued to dress up as Wong in the striped dress, in the leopard dress and as her character, Sasha Tran, from ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets to see Wong headline live are now known to sell out within two minutes. She recently sold out an unprecedented 13 shows at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. She is currently on her MILK &amp; MONEY standup tour that continues to sell out nationwide. 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