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Next up isChristina Catherine Martinez.
I entered the sausage factory, as it were.
When I started comedy, my self-esteem was so low it bordered on paranoia.
I was suspicious of praise.
I thought everyone was humoring me, that I was a charity case.
It was a small moment, but it made me realize no ones doing me any favors here.
Im doing the favor.
Im about to entertain the shit out of these people.Describe your comedy in five words.Conceptually highbrow and physically slapstick.
It is also common knowledge that I have the best legs in comedy.
Its named after the talk show Ive been hosting for years.
With the book, my critic self and my comedian self found some new common ground.
Its a collection of essays on art and comedy and surviving cancer and growing up in Los Angeles.
The next step is to actually prod them through the bog of consciousness so theyll come out as words.
That is admittedly less fun.
Its the basis for a special Im going to work out in November.
If its a low-key show Ill just talk while I make dinner.
Who are some of your favorite comedians right now?
Who is putting out work that excites and inspires you?My cultural diet is utter chaos.
Kye Kinanes 2018 episode ofThe Standupsis my favorite piece of comedy to deconstruct.
Its prescient without being didactic and of course its funny as hell.
I have to watch their sketches in pieces.
Theyre almost too much all at once.
(Someone beat me to it.)
I watched two documentaries about Pina Bausch and I want to be a dancer.
Ive been eating a lot of carrot sticks and sunflower butter.
(Is that culture?)
I was terrified of appearing unpolished, and so I came off as stiff.
He was right, though.
I should return his car at some point.
The worst comedy advice I ever received was that you could edit podcasts with iMovie.
Years later I tried telling my mother about it, how traumatic it was that no one was listening.
We were laughing because you kept making bubbly noises and it was so cute!
I guess you could say Ive been coping with the insufficiency of language since infancy.
