Podcast: Sticking it to the Man with Maz Jobrani and Bitch Magazine
This week on The Sound of Young America, three folks who are sticking it to the man.
Maz Jobrani is a standup comic and actor. His film credits include The Interpreter and Friday After Next. On television, he's been seen on Curb Your Enthusiasm and 24. He's currently on tour with the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, and is one of the co-stars of the upcoming ABC sitcom The Knights of Prosperity. We talk with Maz about what it's like to be Iranian-American in both the worlds of comedy and acting. Check out the bonus tape of Maz discussing why he's glad he grew up in lily-white Marin County, California.
Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler are the founding editors of Bitch Magazine, which they bill as "A Feminist Response to Pop Culture." The magazine combines high-minded criticism with pop culture subjects and frequently biting wit. They founded the magazine when they were just 22, and it just celebrated its 10th anniversary. To honor the occaision, they've released "Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine." Also: bonus audio below of Lisa and Andi on what's better and what's worse in pop culture, 10 years after they started the magazine.
Please share your thoughts in the comments section!
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Maz Jobrani is a standup comic and actor. His film credits include The Interpreter and Friday After Next. On television, he's been seen on Curb Your Enthusiasm and 24. He's currently on tour with the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, and is one of the co-stars of the upcoming ABC sitcom The Knights of Prosperity. We talk with Maz about what it's like to be Iranian-American in both the worlds of comedy and acting. Check out the bonus tape of Maz discussing why he's glad he grew up in lily-white Marin County, California.Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler are the founding editors of Bitch Magazine, which they bill as "A Feminist Response to Pop Culture." The magazine combines high-minded criticism with pop culture subjects and frequently biting wit. They founded the magazine when they were just 22, and it just celebrated its 10th anniversary. To honor the occaision, they've released "Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine." Also: bonus audio below of Lisa and Andi on what's better and what's worse in pop culture, 10 years after they started the magazine.Please share your thoughts in the comments section!
Full Transcript of the Program
Download the Show
Listen Online
Bonus Audio
Maz Jobrani
Bitch Magazine
Incidental Music by DJW
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posted by Jesse Thorn at Friday, September 08, 2006
6 Comments:
Excellent episode, Jesse.
Way to get the comment ball rolling, Dave!
A friend told me that my slight tension in doing an interview on feminism actually added a little to the Bitchfest interview. I argued that the ladies were so good it didn't matter how awkward I was. Thoughts?!
I thought it was fine (fine meaning good, not fine meaning mediocre). They had enough to say that you could let them go, but I thought you asked some good questions, too.
I thought the Bitchfest interview was great. I disagreed with them at times, but thats to be expected.
A couple things I wished there was more time with. The ironic t-shirts thing that they were talking about I think is an interesting phenomenon and I was disappointed that they talked more about the Abercrombie and Fitch shirt, which was an easy target. They apologized and pulled the shirt rather quickly. Its also a company that is supported by lots of young asian people, even after the contreversy. When they got deeper they mentioned lazy satire which I would have liked to here more about.
Also the female comedian phenomenon, coming right on the heels of that conversation left me wondering what they felt about Sarah Silverman.
Either way, I liked hearing their views and would consider reading their book.
Sorry I meant to say that they talked mostly about, not that they mentioned it. Its definitely worth mentioning.
Just finished listening to the show on my way into work this morning. I started listening to the Sound because I am a "comedy nerd" and Jesse interviewed my favorite comedians, but, more and more, what impresses me about the show is that it introduces me to *new* comics, writers, etc and broadens my horizons. I don't currently read Bitch and had never heard of Maz (altho I did see the Comedy Cellar in NYC advertising "Arabian Nights"), but now I will seek out both.
I agree with Eric in that the Bitch interview got very interesting towards the end. When Jesse mentioned how actual pop culture criticism has been exchanged for "snark", I said "Amen!" out loud. I have often wished there was a way to ban snark from the internet for about a week, just to see what would happen, like "A Day Without a Mexican", only "A Week Without Snark". Would be interesting, no?
There is definitely something about the degree of anonymity the internet affords that has made our society more "snark-y".
As an example:
This is an old post from Gawker, regarding Demetri Martin:
http://www.gawker.com/news/top/fire-claims-demetri-martins-stuff-147589.php
Look at the first comment on the post.
How awful, right?
I don't like the Blue Collar Comedy guys, but had one of their homes burnt down, I wouldn't see it as an opportunity to point out that I don't like their material. Strange.
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