Ronny Chieng: International Student

I confess a bias here – and it is a bias not to like this show. Ronny Chieng is one of the reasons I stopped watching the Daily Show – one of the many reasons, it must be said, but still one of them. His material always seemed to be focused on his father's disappointment in him, and he rarely was allowed to break out of that narrow lane. In a way his show 'International Student' doesn't throw him open too much on top of that, since it plays generally on stereotypes of nationality, race, and gender. It does this within a very broad setting of the university campus where Ronny and some others are based.

Supposedly this is based on Chieng's own experiences in Australia, but I hope this is not true since the comedy is lacking in any sort of specific insight or anchor. The broad jokes and scenarios are fun though, and I liked it as I watched it – although at the same time there was not too much else to it beyond this. It is nice to see yet another Australian mainstream show that has a different voice in terms of who makes it and who it features, but the truth is that generic comedy is generic comedy no matter what race is making it. So it is here – and again, I did like it for its broad humor and silliness, but it always feels obvious in what it does, and the laughs are not sharp or unique enough to make a difference.

On the basis of this I'd give any second season a watch for the sake of being an easy and enjoyable thing to watch – but this is hardly high praise. Quite fun if nothing else is on, but not worth seeking it out.

Wow, another amazing Australian show my fellow Americans will probably never hear about (Maximum Choppage anyone?) - hilarious look at college from the viewpoint of an Asian character with all the best stereotypes from our days in college - the crazy studious ones, the nerds, the partyer, etc. Some killer dialogue/lines (remember to roll it all the way down the shaft!), I really hope this show gets multiple seasons so we can enjoy Ronny's epic adventures in law school. Now I'm off to reverse engineer some cold tablets, see you soon!

As a half Malaysian myself, I can say that Ronnie clearly is the typical stereotype which bodes well with the comedic aspect of this show surrounding university life. He reminds me of Donald Duck, always annoyed and easily triggered by something. I don't think I ever saw him smile or laugh in all 7 episodes of the first season, I mean let's face it, in reality no one is ever going to want to hang out with someone who is quite the overly opinionated, mood dampener. The writing and comedic gags are clever. Ronnie's on screen mom is brilliant. Great acting and interesting storylines. Elvin steals the show bahaha.

Smile Ronnie...life ain't so bad [^_^]

The other reviews are so stupid, so long and dumb. It's a good show, watch it if you like to laugh, if you don't like it don't write a dumb review.

I had watched about 7 episodes or more and then there wasn't any more( on Youtube). I watched about half an episode last week and wasn't into it. Last night I watched all the episodes( I guess) and really enjoyed it. I really liked the episode where the American guy comes to stay in their dorm. These angsty teenage Ozzy shows are my faves I wish there were more seasons. Before this I found a similar funny but American show( done so Australian) Dorm life ( with like 7-10 min episodes) that I really liked. I'll go back to that tonight. Any ways overall I really quite liked this,.