How standup comedy is both frightening and humbling at the same time, with Shafi Hossain

Season 3 - Episode 11: When I finished college in chemical
engineering, I had too much free time. And I was like, that's not
good because free time is a space for negative things to seep in.
I always enjoyed comedy, it was something that I always found to
be humbling but also talking to power, and just looking at the
absurdity of life.


Through comedy, I've met the most diverse group of people. It
could be a sex worker who turned into a comedian, or it could be
a CEO who quit his job to be a comedian. You meet all sorts of
people and that's kind of what makes it so beautiful in the sense
that everyone is equal. Anyone can get started, but over time you
put in the work and you obviously differentiate yourself from
other people.


There are people who obviously care about their career a lot and
are always going to be serious, but there needs to be some kind
of balancing out where you can also see the reality of things and
just enjoy the course because just the idea of being on stage and
getting someone's attention for however long, the five minutes,
maybe, maybe 30 minutes is a privilege; especially in this era
where social media is so rife and rampant, and everyone is vying
for attention.


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Shafi Hossain, on the BoNY Podcast.


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