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
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