Indonesia’s Biggest Comedian Sold Out Arenas While Pissing Off the Government. Now He’s Starting Over in America

“I love starting out from scratch,” Pandji Pragiwaksono says from a campsite somewhere in West Java, Indonesia, talking to me via Zoom in the glow of a lantern light. He’s a couple hours’ drive from his hometown of Jakarta but a 27-hour trip from New York City, where he now lives with his wife and […]

By Ethan Shanfeld