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She first broke out as host (withJessica Williams) of the live show and podcast2 Dope Queens.
The podcast ultimately became so popular that it wasadapted into eight HBO specials.
It was probably inevitable thatWhite Guyswould bedesignated as aDope Queensspinoffgiven the podcasts shared creative DNA.
WhereDope Queensoftenpivoted into silliness and sarcasm,White Guystook seriously its mission to de-homogenize the cultural discourse.
Robinson completed her intellectual glow-up once and for all with the release of episode No.
14, titled Phoebe and Margaret Cho Hope They Die Alone, on February 17, 2017. mood-setter sung by a bunch of white dudes (WNYC staffersMatt ColletteandJames Ramsay).
Robinson introduces the episode as numero crotch-ro, which her producer quickly mocks as cool Spanish!
Solotaroff, Robinson retorts, should be home resting from her sinus infection rather than snarking from the sidelines.
Solotaroff is unswayed: A producers gotta produce.
Im here to talk about something very important, Glazer says as she storms the studio.
I wanted to apologize to you today on behalf of white people … for Gwen Stefani.
Stefani, she notes mournfully, slipped through our fingers.
She used to be dope, but white people let her wear a bindi and get cornrows.
Stefani was allowed touse Asian women as props.
Everyone stood by while she married Blake Sharton.
Robinson gives a moment of pause before shes forced to acknowledge that her friend is right.
Sosorry for that, Glazer sighs.
Ive gotta get back to work, responds Robinson.
True to her word, the host throws to mid-roll.
When she returns, the vibe has shifted noticeably.
Her frivolity is gone, replaced by a palpable tone of emotion.
With comics, my philosophy is that we only have a few different jokes, Cho says.
Mine is: I dont belong here.
She also brings up another consequence of her celebrity: anow-infamous email confrontation with Tilda Swinton.
Robinson, a connoisseur of racial hair jokes if ever there was one, giggles with recognition.
They briefly segue onto the topic of Asian-American representation in shows likeFresh Off the BoatandDr.
Finally, having successfully elevated another woman of colors voice, Robinson begins to wrap up.
But her efforts are stymied when Glazer returns once again in a tizzy.
This time, Glazer tells Phoebe thatNeiman Marcus is apparently selling collard greens for $66.
They cost $15.50 to ship, she rages.
She sounds even angrier than she was about the Harajuku Girls.
Robinson is just as nonplussed.
Thatisfucked up, she says, and abruptly signs off.
