Melanie Maras
@troublejones
Laugh Factory Funniest...
Person in the World Semif
The Moth
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Multi-ethnic and bi-cultural, Melanie is originally from Jakarta, Indonesia. Melanie is an award-winning writer, comic, and storyteller who performs all over the world. She represented Indonesia in the Semifinals of the Laugh Factory's Funniest Person in the World Competition 2016 in Helsinki, Finland. The judges awarded her one of the highest scores for her performance. Melanie is the subject of a new documentary by filmmaker and former Buzzfeed producer Abe Forman-Greenwald (http://filmingdocs.com/) that follows her stand-up journey as an Indonesian-American comic.