Jo Koy isn’t afraid of the word “specific.” His stand-up routine features an impression of his Filipino single mother, complete with accent and head bobs. This summer he starred in the movie Easter Sunday, a fictionalized take on his own Filipino family holidays that start with competitive cooking and end with karaoke. But while building his career, he was told his comedy was too narrow for mainstream audiences. As Koy, real name Joseph Glenn Herbert, points out, “My mom is everyone’s mom—my mom’s American. She lives in this country.”
In December, he returns to his hometown of Tacoma, a city he notices has “definitely gotten kind
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