SHANGHAI — As Yang Mengqi stepped onto the stage for her first stand-up show in Shanghainese, nervous questions swirled in her head: Would her jokes land, or would the nuances of a dialect rarely used in stand-up trip her up in front of a curious Shanghai crowd? “I kept thinking about what I should say, what jokes to tell, how to arrange them, and how … Continue reading Laugh in Translation: Shanghainese Comedy Stands Up to the Mainstream