Lulu Garcia Navarro
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But a lot of your work is inherently political. So I'm wondering how you think about that part of being a comedian.
But a lot of your work is inherently political. So I'm wondering how you think about that part of being a comedian.
I mean, relatedly, I was wondering about Mo, the show you co-created that's about an undocumented Palestinian refugee living in Texas. You worked on the second season while the war in Gaza was going on. What was that like?
I mean, relatedly, I was wondering about Mo, the show you co-created that's about an undocumented Palestinian refugee living in Texas. You worked on the second season while the war in Gaza was going on. What was that like?
Yeah. Um, In your most recent comedy special, More Feelings, you talked about how everyone wanted you to do something for their cause, like Iranian women, Pakistani floods. You called yourself the mayor of Muslim disaster, which is very funny. How do you decide what you do want to talk about with all those expectations coming on you?
Yeah. Um, In your most recent comedy special, More Feelings, you talked about how everyone wanted you to do something for their cause, like Iranian women, Pakistani floods. You called yourself the mayor of Muslim disaster, which is very funny. How do you decide what you do want to talk about with all those expectations coming on you?
Yeah. I mean, you hosted SNL last year. And at the end of your monologue, you made a plea to please free the people of Palestine. And you also said, please free the hostages. Were you nervous about that moment?
Yeah. I mean, you hosted SNL last year. And at the end of your monologue, you made a plea to please free the people of Palestine. And you also said, please free the hostages. Were you nervous about that moment?
Well, to say free Palestine on live national television wasn't common. No, no, it's not common.
Well, to say free Palestine on live national television wasn't common. No, no, it's not common.
Yeah. And talking about the hostages at the same time does anger some on the far left. I mean, one of the directors of the Oscar winning doc, No Other Land, recently got a lot of blowback for something similar. Yeah.
Yeah. And talking about the hostages at the same time does anger some on the far left. I mean, one of the directors of the Oscar winning doc, No Other Land, recently got a lot of blowback for something similar. Yeah.
How would you frame it? What would be the how would you describe it?
How would you frame it? What would be the how would you describe it?
Do you think comedians have more political power now than they used to? And what do you think about that?
Do you think comedians have more political power now than they used to? And what do you think about that?
Yeah. Last questions. You're now making movies, you're directing, you were in Poor Things, you know, you've got this new Jesse Armstrong project coming on. This is, you know, the kind of stuff that most actors and entertainers would dream of. Do you find it harder to connect to your old life?
Yeah. Last questions. You're now making movies, you're directing, you were in Poor Things, you know, you've got this new Jesse Armstrong project coming on. This is, you know, the kind of stuff that most actors and entertainers would dream of. Do you find it harder to connect to your old life?
You know, that wellspring that we started talking about at the beginning of this conversation, you know, that kind of has fed so much of your work?
You know, that wellspring that we started talking about at the beginning of this conversation, you know, that kind of has fed so much of your work?