by Paul Ogata | Sep 28, 2014 | Blog, Shows
History lesson: if you liked Pacific Rim and its kaiju monsters, you would have loved the old tokusatsu TV shows. The original Godzilla films begat these awesome/silly Japanese superhero TV series, which then begat the Idris Elba blockbuster of 2013. But what are...
by Paul Ogata | Apr 22, 2014 | Blog
With all the money that China seems to have at its disposal, it is curious that the menus there are screwed up. Badly. Consider this post an official offer to provide my services for menu translation. Fortunately, until China hires me to rectify the situation, their...
by Paul Ogata | Apr 14, 2014 | Blog, Press
Come read my thoughts on comedy regrets, ombudsman vigilantism, and a body-fluid double-exit. It’s all in the latest installment of That’s Shanghai, promoting my Great Paul of China tour across the middle kingdom this week. Want to come see the shows? Full...
by Paul Ogata | Apr 1, 2014 | Shows
If the Chinese zodiac were to devote an animal to me, I guess you could say my year would be the Year of the Paradoxical Frog. The both of us are nocturnal, have strong toes and are mysteriously small. Google it. To celebrate the Year of the Paradoxical Frog,...
by Paul Ogata | Jul 15, 2013 | Blog, Shows
From the Merriam-Webster dictionary on the Web: eu·phe·mism, noun, \ˈyü-fə-ˌmi-zəm\ The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; In the world of comedy, there aren’t euphemisms so much as there are...
