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A Whole New Genre of Crime (Qamarul Haziq) - #60

Category: Comedy
Duration: 01:57:57
Publish Date: 2021-01-23 09:18:41
Description:

Qamarul Haziq (@qamshot) drops by the podcast for the very first time! Even though him and Muz (@mzkrx) have been working on a podcast together ("How to Malay") for quite some time now. In this episode, they talk about:

  • How Qamarul just found out about Muz's YouTube channel that's the same name as this podcast
  • Muz's feelings about being called "Mozek"
  • What a 'mood check' is, why Muz thinks it's important, and why Qam kinda hates it
  • Managing emotional vulnerability on stage and off stage
  • Why Qamarul and Muz see dramatic theatre as mean
  • The myth of needing pain to be creative
  • Hacky writing crutches
  • Why a lot of bad pieces of work get made anyway
  • How good content is no longer king
  • How making media makes us less critical of bad media
  • The way Netflix makes content decisions
  • The way Marvel Studios' picks directors
  • How underrated producers are
  • Qamarul getting too used to special treatment too fast during a shoot
  • Why Muz doesn't like being on set as a writer
  • Being creative collaboratively versus being creative alone
  • Muz's insecurities about his standup material
  • The monumental importance of the audience in standup comedy
  • Perfection being the enemy of good
  • How to helpfully support local content creators in the service of the arts
  • The role of critics in media
  • A LONG-ass rant by Muz against online advertising, the insularity of news, and their relation to the decline in social cohesion.
  • Muz proposes a solution to the rotting of public discourse
  • Qamarul and Muz's personal negative experiences with Facebook ads
  • The particular sensitivity of comedians
  • Why Qamarul would probably never join a revolution as a Singaporean
  • How much better Singapore is at handling the pandemic compared to Malaysia
    • Qamarul and Muz's contrasting feelings about traveling
    • Comedians "headlining" different comedy clubs around the world via Zoom
    • "Selling out" a socially-distanced venue

Drop us a message over at mentolpecah@gmail.com for comments, questions, or sex mail. See yall in Feb!

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