Stand-up comedy shows can be some of the most entertaining things to go to whenever you come across them. One of the main reasons that people enjoy these kinds of shows is cause they are not scripted and it gives a sense of interaction between the audience and the comedian.
But if you’re not too careful, sometimes your jokes can land you in a bit of trouble just like our very own Uncle Roger as he recently made fun of China during his comedy show.
Read: Uncle Roger Gets Banned On Weibo Over China Mockery
Singaporean Comedian Faces Heavy Criticism
Recently, @comedycellarusa posted up a video featuring Singaporean comedian Jocelyn Chia. In the video, that took place at a local comedy club in Manhattan, New York, she talked about the union between Singapore and Malaysia.
In the beginning, the small nation just got their independence from the British and as they needed a way to survive, they needed to form a union with Malaysia at the time. As she mentioned that statement, a Malaysian who was in the crowd had gone “wooo” as a way to show his support for his home soil.
Little did we expect, she later replied to the person in the crowd by saying “F**k you a**holes” as a mockery of kicking Singapore out of the union. She proceeded to mock Malaysia stating that after 40 years of kicking Singapore out, they became a first-world country and stated that Malaysia is still a developing country.
Mocking The Disappearance of MH370
Continuing the mockery, Chia later joked saying that Malaysia had not visited them in the past 40 years and blamed it on our Malaysian Airlines planes that cannot fly.
“What? Malaysian Airlines going missing not funny, huh? Some jokes don’t land. This joke kills in Singapore.”
For context, flight MH370 which was carrying 239 people on board mysteriously disappeared back on 8 March 2014 as they were en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing China. The disappearance sparked one of the biggest and most challenging aviation mysteries in history with numerous speculations emerging as their communications device were deliberately disabled and later deviated from their original flight path.
To this day, answers to what happened to the mystery flight have yet to be answered and on the 9th year anniversary, Netflix released a 3-part documentary of the flight which received heavy criticism due to it not answering any of the unanswered questions.
Read: Netflix To Release Documentary Of The Disappearance Of MH370
The clip later ends when a member of the audience states that Chia will be getting a bad Yelp review after her statement but she says she has nothing to worry about as “they don’t have internet.”
Netizens Certainly Not Having It
At the time of writing, the video has gained over 327K views and 38.3K likes on TikTok. Not to mention that the comments sections were also filled with Malaysians who slammed her for making those sorts of jokes.
Here's some of the comments:
As someone who also has Singaporean friends, most would agree that such a joke is too insensitive towards the victims of MH370. Some commenters also highlighted that for someone who’s from a 1st world country, they say that she has a 3rd world mentality.
When visiting her Instagram page, it has now been set to limit the comments on her posts as the aftermath of the joke is now getting to her. What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments.
*Sources: Visual and Reference Credits to Social Media, TikTok & various cross-references for context.
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