A Chicago Jew, An African-British Indian, and a SF Bay Area Filipino-White walk into a discord!

What do they have in common? They graduated together from Calarts' Acting Program in 2018! NOW Max, Yanni, and Jeremy podcast about being unemployed and TRAINED (!) as they make their way through the confusing world of SHOWBIZ, BABY!

Stories about art school, stories about the industry, and hot takes on cultural topics.  What else do you need?!

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Welcome to Episode 5 of 'The Podcast Formerly Known as Drama Queens!'

Where are the lines on playing different races and ethnicities? Is there a difference between an ideal world and the world we live in? Does Taika Waititi indeed "fuxx"? All this and more in this week's episode!

1:00 - Talkin’ about the aliens.

3:07 - Intros!

4:00 - So here’s the deal.

5:00 - This episode was, in fact, released.

6:20 - I STILL haven’t gotten lines from ANYONE (including myself)

7:00 - Why isn’t it okay to do a Chinese accent?

8:00 - Max’s ideal world v. our world

9:50 - White cartoon characters voiced by people of color (Kratos?!)

12:55 - Yanni: What accents would you not feel comfortable doing?

14:00 - Ben Kingsley as Gandhi

15:15 - Should Daniel Kaluuya’s part in ‘Get Out’ have gone to an American?!

17:40 - Jeremy’s hot take on it.

19:19 - The Uncle Iroh dilemma.

23:00 - Riz Ahmed’s platform for Muslim writers.

26:25 - Jeremy’s solution for err thang.

27:00 - Lovecraft Country

28:25 - A lot of ethnic tales are told from a very limited perspective.

30:00 - Lots of Jewish stories with non-jews filling roles.

31:40 - Max Greenfield is great.

32:19 - Yanni thinks the U.K. is far ahead in terms of nuanced representation.

33:50 - Representation that doesn’t make one’s gender or race or religion EVERYTHING they are.

35:00 - The Lovecraft Country pitch

36:15 - Max: In America we really prioritize physical appearance. Maybe in Europe, there’s more appreciation for good storytelling.

38:00 - Yanni on the authenticity they’re looking for in London.

40:34 - Jeremy’s take on it

45:00 - Yanni on how his existence confuses people.

47:20 - Max on the history of white Americans taking on foreign roles.

49:00 - Jeremy’s Salvadorean Oscar Dreams

50:44 - In a Biopic, how much does a person need to look like the person?

52:30 - The New Zealand actor who played tons of races.

53:30 - The Taika Waititi TALE

54:45 - Let the man live his life! He’s a G!

55:30 - MAX: WHO CARES?!

56:30 - Ed Norton is a piece of sh!t.

58:00 - At least he didn’t wanna eat people like Armie Hammer.

59:20 - Jeremy CLARIFIES his CONCERN.

1:00:00 - Yanni: Lemme emulate it.

1:02:20 - It’s not your business what other people think of you.

1:02:59 - Don’t watch the Conjuring.

1:03:28 - Don’t piss of the Conjuring producers!

1:04:16 - Yanni’s Solo Moment

1:07:02 - Jeremy’s Recommendation

1:09:00 - Max’s BACKGROUND knowledge of Tsushima and how it ties PERFECTLY in with our episode this week!

1:11:16 - Don’t be upset when you see me playing a Japanese man

1:11:43 - Max’s Rec

1:15:12 - Yanni’s Rec

1:16:13 - Jeremy’s piggyback

1:17:25 - Ye Must Be Born Again

1:18:21 - And maybe you can leave your family and have a threesome