Atsuko Okatsuka and Chris Fleming Talk with Emma Allen

The standup comedians and general goofballs Atsuko Okatsuka and Chris Fleming joined the cartoon editor Emma Allen for a lively discussion that may or may not end with Okatsuka’s viral Drop Challenge. Okatsuka and Fleming are known for their signature locks: Okatsuka for her coiffed bowl cut and Fleming for his cascading curls (tragically shorn for a recent role). Fleming, a self-proclaimed “showpig” who got his start on YouTube, playing a stay-at-home mom named Gayle, and who recently appeared in the first season of “Widow’s Bay,” released an Emmy-nominated standup special, “Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace,” this year. Okatsuka’s second special, “Father,” premièred last year, nabbing a Webby Award for best standup. The comedians joined the magazine’s humor editor at the twenty-seventh New Yorker Festival.

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