Phil Wang Say If I Wasn't Mixed Race, I Wouldn't Be A Comic.

Wang, 31, whose television assignments include Apollo Live, 8 of 10 Cats Countdown, and Taskmaster, insists it's not a memoir because his life doesn't deserve it. "I didn't escape the gulag, nor did I revolutionize the industry," he explained, adding that the memoir was a "saturated market."

What he talks about in his essay book is the effect of being mixed race, being "from two worlds at the same time." But despite its profound moments, Sidesplitter is eloquently filled with laughs and bittersweet observations. They married, and Wang grew up in Borneo with his two sisters, surrounded by family and good food (and the humidity he hated) before the family moved to England at 16.

So he experiences the pitfalls and joys of both cultures and explores them thoroughly, with topics in his books such as family, food, race, words, comedy, love, and history. He explores how mixed races "can complicate this aspect of human life." 

"I love George Orwell's essays and things like that, and I love essay books," he said. "I think it also fits my attention." But when it came to mixed race, he was pretty brutal. Feeling like he doesn't quite fit in in Malaysia or the UK, he said his mixed background "is a great way to feel like a foreigner no matter where you are."

He explains that this dissonance can lead to feelings of isolation, adding that "every Eurasier I've ever seen sings lonely." Is that why he became a comedian after studying engineering at Cambridge University? "Definitely," he said. "If I weren't mixed race, I wouldn't be a comedian."

He was initially interested in waking up because it was about "fighting loneliness and telling people that I have value and crazy." He also likes it because comedy gives him the platform he needs as a man with social anxiety. "It has this official format – you go upstairs, it's your turn to speak, teach a lesson. So to have this structured scenario where I can say something and listen to myself - that's great. "I know it sounds like selfishness, but it's more or less social anxiety," he adds if it sounds spectacular.

"When I was in a group of people. I find it hard to say anything because I always assume that people don't hear from me. "But when you're on stage at a stand-up concert, you assume that people are there because they want to hear from you. So it's always been easier for me."

Comic book colleague Adam Hills once compared regular exercise to "cleaning up vomit." Wang responded to this color scheme by saying, "I think it's an uncomfortable image, but it's not completely wrong." He said that for him, live comedy "has helped me get through some of the most painful times in my life talking about it on stage."