Amita Rao Loves Playing A Chaos Queen

Amita Rao Loves Playing A Chaos Queen

“My sense of humor is f*cked right now,” Amita Rao tells me, sitting on Zoom from her apartment in Brooklyn Heights. “I was on a set recently, and they were asking for a joke. I pitched three in rapid succession, all very dark and inappropriate for the moment. I remember being like, ‘Oh, my God,’ because I realized they were the only things I found funny.” Don’t blame her — she’s simply a 26-year-old doing her best in today’s society. “Comedy is…