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Ali Wong’s Hilariously Debauched ‘Single Lady’ Is an Atypical Take on Divorce: TV Review
In 'Single Lady', comedian Ali Wong discusses her unusually empowering divorce in hilariously debauched detail.
Wong makes a convincing case, albeit less about the broader condition of midlife divorce than her own highly exceptional set of circumstances — starting with the fact that her own split was national news, an experience she calls “a bat signal letting all potentially interested men know I was suddenly available.” “I’m not trying to trap a man anymore,” Wong explains, nodding to the running theme of her breakout special, 2016’s “Baby Cobra.” Liberated from the confines of commitment, she’s free to sample all the modern meat market has to offer. Motherhood, Asian American identity and transgressive profanity are all signature motifs, but it’s wealth that Wong discusses with a truly unique level of candor and pride, in “Single Lady” as in prior releases.
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