During a visit to a Korean-American neighborhood on the North Side, [Tina Kim] says she bases her stand- up comedy material on personal observations, but tailors remarks to the audience. Jokes about conversations with her mother play very differently to Koreans and non-Koreans, she says. "I want to have a talk show where I get up and do some jokes," Tina Kim says. "But I want to market it to women and gays.".