China's celebrities sign up to get verbally destroyed by their friends. Chaos ensues.
95 minSeason 5 • Episode 10
LatestRoast is a Chinese stand-up comedy show. In each episode, an experienced celebrity with great interity is invited to be the "roastee" who will invite his or her friends to join the show and take the challenge of "roasting". The show is essentially a comedy performance in the form of talk show. Through the teasing and mockery among guests, the correct philosophies are conveyed in the hilarious moments.
Writing
Savage punchlines that somehow stay friendly.
Production
Live audience reactions amplify every brutal hit.
Creator
Li Dan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roast adapted Western roast culture for Chinese celebrity culture, where 'face' is traditionally paramount—making the public humiliation format genuinely transgressive.
Li Dan, the show's creator and host, originally gained fame as a cynical, slouching poet on Talk Show—his evolution to roast ringmaster mirrored the show's mainstream breakthrough.
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