De-Assimilate

Wyatt Feegrado spent his early life as one of very few brown kids in a white San Francisco suburb, an experience that anchors this debut hour. Filmed when he was only twenty-two, the performance relies on a quick, setlist-free delivery to pivot between personal identity and provocative cultural takes. Feegrado leans into his own background, explaining why he uses his mother’s surname instead of his father’s and why growing up in Walnut Creek shaped his perspective on assimilation.

Released by production company Four by Three in late 2022, the special showcases a style that leans toward dark, punchy premises. Feegrado takes aim at his time at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a story about an all-gay college fraternity party, alongside bits about the sovereignty of Taiwan and the pharmaceutical industry. The set is notable for its conversational, unfiltered tone, as he prefers to find transitions on the fly rather than sticking to a rigid sequence of jokes.