The Choe Show

Forget what you think you know. Unlike anything you've ever seen, David Choe has a show that breaks down any manmade boundaries of how we connect with one another and how we express our feelings. While pushing himself to create these portraits of his guests, David Choe inadvertently inspires each of his guests to open up, connect and understand themselves in a deeper, truer way than I've ever witnessed before. The Choe Show is genuine, it's raw, and it is guaranteed to make you feel feelings. I was going to say "it's not going to be your mother's new favorite show" but it can be! Go watch it with your parents, my mom loves it.

"How beautiful this world could be, if we could all embrace our feelings genuinely" -says my mom, about 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.

4 episodes was not enough, I watched them all in one night and then had to watch it again the next day. Please let David release everything! C'mon Disney, I know you got the money.

This show can't be categorized or described like normal TV shows. It draws from talk shows, comedy shows, documentaries, improv, role play, performance art, and interactive therapy. David Choe goes beyond the boundaries you might even expect from him, getting people to laugh, cry and think deeply about themselves, their trauma and their unique paradigm. To top it off, the whole time he is talking with these people he is creating beautiful art. The portraits get hardly any attention in the show but they really embody the conversation and experiences described.

From the guests, to the art, to the editing, this is a show that should not be missed. It might not be for everyone but I think most people will find this show informative and even healing.

It's hard to capture in words what David Choe brings to light through his art. That's what this show is-a work of art. More than conversation, story, saga, or portrait making, The Choe Show touches the deepest parts of our collective human experience. We are all children and adults at the same time, trying to make sense of this complex and confusing world. To have this show to accompany us, whether we're ready for the healing or not, is a blessing. David, thank you for being you and helping us heal.