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Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka on her journey to the stage and connecting with audiences

Atsuko Okatsuka:

I think people are afraid of things not working. People are afraid of things they're not used to seeing, but they have to trust the audience.

The audience has been asking for — and that's what I mean by, like, social media and, like, stand-up comedians can post their own clips online, and then they gain their own followers an, go on tour, and the audience is there. And they prove like, look, people do want to see this. Then the industry usually listens.

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