“Well, here it is! My father told all of you this would happen. Enjoy the last Montreal,” the ‘Ramy' creator told a Just For Laughs comedy festival panel on Saturday as talk of the U.S. actors work stoppage came up.
The current industry shutdown as Hollywood actors on picket lines seek fair pay, including residuals from streamers, has that warning from his traditional accountant father ringing in his head. “Now we’re in the strike, and, well, here it is! The moment my father spoke of. My father told all of you this would happen. Enjoy the last Montreal,” Youssef told the ComedyPRO conference audience.
Just For Laughs comedian panels often have the feel of a collective therapy session. Youssef and fellow creator and comic Jasmeet Singh Raina – who is about to launch his Canadian comedy Late Bloomer, about a YouTube content creator balancing new-found Internet fame and dating with his devout Sikh parents and family – offered no exception.
“I had this big thing when we were shooting the first season of the show, and we shot the scene where I was praying. I was like, should I be doing this? This is weird. This is what I do in my personal time. Did I just sell this to the Disney Corporation?” he recounted.was about to debut, Youssef recalled feeling acute guilt and shame, not least over his Muslim American community at a local Mosque likely feeling betrayed by his depiction of their faith in the Hulu sitcom.
“I can’t even not wear it anymore, because it’s just part of my brand. From a marketing perspective, it would be very unwise for me,” Raina joked. Also in TV, Youssef co-created and executive produces Netflix’sOn the feature front, Youssef will appear alongside Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo in Yorgos Lanthimos’
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