{"id":28,"date":"2025-01-26T20:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T20:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tainguyencomedy.com\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-02-26T02:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T02:17:29","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tainguyencomedy.com\/?page_id=28","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-669513ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1da03c2a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-444d5ee8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100%\"><p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">The Austin Chronicle<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">&#8220;Tai Nguyen is taking a huge risk, self-funding his taping in the hopes that a streaming service or influential comedian will spot it and launch his career. 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