The Choe Show

I love talk shows. That's what drew me to "The Choe Show." But Dave Choe's show goes w-a-a-a-a-a-y past the limits of two people having a chat. These are therapy sessions. We get a unique understanding of both the guests and the host. These four episodes are four works of art.

The typical talk show host works with a lot of safeguards. The guest has obviously been carefully pre-screened by someone on the staff (you'll see the host glance at their notes and suddenly ask, out of no where, "So, tell us about what happened to you in the Grand Tetons."). Dave Choe is working without a net. No protections. No safeguards.

As an artists he'll actually create art with his guests. Bits of prior episodes will bleed into later ones. The interviews are done in his childhood home, now turned into a studio thick with art.

There's a part of all of us that will stand apart and critically appraise whatever we see. It will ask "Is this good?" "Do I like it?" "How should I classify this?" Fire a tranquilizing dart into that judgmental self. Just throw yourself into "The Choe Show." Watch it without nets, without protections, without safeguards.

Interesting dive in the universe of an eccentric artist & some of his friends/accointances etc... No real format, but thx to gr8 editing it flows seamlessly, & i must say , dude can art!

8/10 for having to bear all that hipster tortured artist vibe i'm allergic to.

Refreshing nonetheless.

These are big words but it's a miracle this show is on Tv. And it's not an accident.

David Choe created a true piece of reathing art from his vulnerable and deep place.

His paintings are fearless and his trauma is here. It brought up my pain. The guests are willing to go deep with him. Their portraits go beyond.

The show contains a lot of truth which is rare in any Tal shoe from any time. The show is past and present.

Choe helps us find a new way of being in his humanness and willingness to grow and pain t and connect.

If you haven't heard about or read about the original Choe Show in Koreatown, I highly recommend googling. David truly is an art wizard Gandalf type of magical creature who has blessed our generation with so much incredible art, whether you would like to admit it or not. Choe Show feels like seeing Nickelodeon for the first time in the 90's heyday or hearing smells like teen spirit when I was 13. So many cool edits & visuals unlike anything I've ever seen in a Hulu show, or anywhere else on tc or the internet. It's exciting to see something so authentically self-expressed on television. It's not therapy but it's therapeutic. The guest interviews are open and honest, which is a refreshing change of pace from the same old interview/plug your project treadmill.

Def need more than 4 episodes. Hoping for a season 2 so we can explore more of Choe and his world.