The weight of telling stories
I watched this conversation between Dave Chappelle and Mo Amer and got really thinking about what artists are supposed to do. Mo's Netflix show Mo is about Palestinian refugees, and he literally finished writing it right before October 7th happened. Hearing him talk about navigating that timing as one of the few Palestinians in Hollywood made me appreciate how hard it is to be an artist dealing with heavy, real-world stuff. I loved their discussion about how you know when a story or joke is worth telling—basically, if it makes people laugh, think, or feel something. Both of them talked about just "calling it like you see it," even when it's risky.