Thank you for this excellent interview. He is a lot nicer and more modest than I expected.

Jeremy,
Thanks for doing that interview. You asked some shrewd questions. While Monsieur's linguistic talent is stunning, his analytical skills are peculiarly little. He didn't give many (any?) insightful responses to your well-conceived questions.
But, again, thanks for taking the trouble to interview him.

What he does is really amazing. Jia you!
Many thanks for the interview.

come on, the guy is trying to explain comedy not do analysis

Feek,
Yeah, it didn't occur to me that explanation requires no analysis, let alone thought. Stream-of-consciousness and free-association are sufficient. In your defense, you've been reading much Moliere, who has (wryly) taught you that the reason why the soporific works is because its possesses "virtus dormitiva".
If he can explain without thinking, so much the better. But he can't. Or, didn't. Which, again, won't stop me from applauding his linguistic prowess.

very nice! He's really good at it, thumbs up.

I don't get all this complex explanations and reasoning for why his rhetoric skills are sub-par. The guy can speak pretty damn good mandarin and he utterly understands the Chinese culture. What did you expect him to respond with? Seriousness? Hell no. The interview wasn't made to be more than a light conversation regarding his path towards performing xiang sheng.=/

Wow Nicholas, jealous much?
Can't really see why else you would criticize the guy..