In Indonesia, Pragiwaksono regularly headlined arenas, performing for tens of thousands of people. Pragiwaksono performing in IndonesiaPragiwaksono’s comedic pursuit in America has been an ongoing education. When he first moved to the States, he assumed he could simply translate his jokes from Indonesian to English. But it goes deeper than language: America and Indonesia have entirely different comedic sensibilities, Pragiwaksono believes. He thinks by distracting him with legal drama, the government is simply trying to stifle him from performing jokes at its expense.