Sabeen Sadiq - Where Does Comedy Go From Here?

1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Sabeen Sadiq - Where Does Comedy Go From Here? Sabeen Sadiq updates us on her life during the lockdown and takes a stab at the question 'Where Does Comedy Go From Here?'&lt;p&gt; Sabeen is an actress, producer, and stand-up comic. You may recognize her from the series 'Code Switched', her commercial work, or her time on the 'Wallah, She's Funny' comedy tour. &lt;p&gt; &nbsp; Time Stamps: &lt;p&gt; 01:30 – “I’m a skincare addict”&lt;p&gt; 01:45 – “I didn’t have the funding until the pandemic relief”&lt;p&gt; 02:06 – Dermatologists on Tik Tok&lt;p&gt; 02:23 – “You’re THIRTY?!”&lt;p&gt; 02:36 – ‘Sex and the City’&lt;p&gt; 02:49 – Online backlash against female creators&lt;p&gt; Mentions of ‘Twilight’, ‘Sex and the City’, and ‘Insecure’&lt;p&gt; 04:40 – Cancelled schedule due to COVID&lt;p&gt; Couldn’t go on tour, had to stop nannying for money, moved back to parent’s house “am I in heaven?”, going to therapy for some human connection, solo auditions, making family run lines with her&lt;p&gt; Mentions of Stuart Talent and the ‘Wallah, She’s Funny Tour’&lt;p&gt; 07:39 – The Lottery Commercial&lt;p&gt; 09:08 - The ‘Wallah, She’s Funny’ Tour&lt;p&gt; Mentions of Atheer Yacoub, Zainab Johnson, Yasmin Elhady&lt;p&gt; 10:40 – The gradual COVID performance shutdown&lt;p&gt; Mention of Strip Joker&lt;p&gt; 11:29 – “Um…What’s your job?”&lt;p&gt; Mention of Hope Littwin&lt;p&gt; 12:51 – Corporate gigs on Zoom&lt;p&gt; Mention of Pat Treuer, Treuer Laughs LLC, Ali Sultan&lt;p&gt; 15:32 – Audience members throwing on tags without heckling&lt;p&gt; Mentions of Instagram Live, ‘Buns and Bits’&lt;p&gt; 17:56 – Socially-distanced live shows&lt;p&gt; Mentions of Zanies, Josh Johnson&lt;p&gt; 20:35 – Trying to find the funny in COVID times&lt;p&gt; 22:01 – Jim Gaffigan’s Twitter Tirade&lt;p&gt; 24:55 – “Everyone’s cracking a little bit, and it’s coming out in weird ways”&lt;p&gt; 25:45 – Self-taping auditions when you live with your parents&lt;p&gt; 26:50 – What is the entertainer’s role right now? How have you been helping?&lt;p&gt; Mentions of the crisis in Yemen, Dr. Sylvia Chan, Harvard University, Islam&lt;p&gt; 29:34 – “You’re doing the work”&lt;p&gt; 31:45 – Internalized Capitalism vs. COVID Lockdown&lt;p&gt; Mentions of FOMO, Anxiety, Zion National Park&lt;p&gt; 38:53 – [This bit was stolen from Rachel Feinstein]&lt;p&gt; 39:26 – Meghana Indurti and the Inadvertent Social Media Cleanse&lt;p&gt; 40:44 – Does social media have any utility?&lt;p&gt; 43:12 – Media Diet&lt;p&gt; Mentions of Jillian Ebanks, Netflix, ‘The West Wing’&lt;p&gt; 44:10 – “I have gotten into… Anime”&lt;p&gt; Mentions of ‘Your Name’, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’, Hayao Miyazaki, Shonen, Dragon Ball, ‘Spirited Away’&lt;p&gt; 46:58 – ‘American Horror Story’&lt;p&gt; Mentions of ‘The Haunting of Hill House’, ‘Jurassic Park’&lt;p&gt; 47:27 – Losing hours to relationship coaches on Tik Tok&lt;p&gt; 51:20 – ‘Space Force’&lt;p&gt; We agree the show needs more weight, higher stakes. Needs to go darker&lt;p&gt; Sabeen loved the monkey in space&lt;p&gt; 54:08 – “I left and I don’t know why”&lt;p&gt; 55:08 – I pitch ‘Watchmen’ to Sabeen&lt;p&gt; 56:12 – Sabeen stans for ‘Baskets’&lt;p&gt; Mentions of Louie Anderson, Zach Galifianakis, Hulu&lt;p&gt; 59:28 – Maria Bamford’s ‘Weakness is the Brand’&lt;p&gt; 1:01:57 – “Where does comedy go from here?”&lt;p&gt; Mention of Laugh Factory&lt;p&gt; 1:03:15 – “There was never just one path into comedy”&lt;p&gt; 1:03:55 – “It was so nice meeting you” (our version of “Aloha”)&lt;p&gt; Performance Revue http://performancerevue.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/17342243/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/92176697