Whitney Cummings and Paul Scheer on Creativity

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Whitney Cummings, humorist, actress, producer, author, and director, and Paul Scheer, actor, comic, author, producer, and podcaster, took the stage for a dialog about social media, podcasting, and the way Scheer’s mustache is for his character in “Black Monday” is just not one thing his spouse is essentially thrilled about. Listed here are a number of the key takeaways from their chat.

On the delight of social media app Tik Tok:Cummings explains TikTok to Scheer and expresses her amazement for the way a lot #creativity she’s seen from younger folks on the lip-syncing app, which results in a dialogue about social media and how much content material folks need. Scheer says on the 2:06 mark that social media has lots of advantages. “We’ve gone from a world the place you make one factor and that defines you and it’s for lots of people to now you make lots of small issues for very small teams of individuals, and I sort of like working in that world and doing issues that don’t should attraction to a big group of individuals.”

Why now could be the perfect (and worst) time to be a creator:Cummings acknowledges on the 7:10 mark that “Proper now could be the best time on the earth to be artistic as a result of you can also make one thing, put it out on YouTube, and discover your viewers. However, for creatives like us who like to write down issues, and forged them correctly, and make them correctly, and put them out once they’re really prepared… I’m extra distracted than ever, extra confused than ever about what folks wish to see, and it’s tougher for me to give attention to and have the endurance to attend a yr for one thing to return out.”

On the ability of podcasting:Cummings simply launched a podcast, “Good for You” and Scheer has two, “How Did This Get Made” and “Unspooled.” On the 22:41 mark, Scheer presents the recommendation he provides when folks ask him about podcasting, saying, “Don’t fear about what’s on the market as a result of on the finish of the day individuals are going to tune in for you and the voice or the dynamic or the folks that you simply’re with they usually don’t care what you’re speaking about. I actually do imagine that.”

On the upside of being “PC”:Cummings says she simply needs to do the proper factor after which elaborates on the 36:04 mark about the way it’s serving to her create materials sharing, “It is a cool second to problem ourselves to be artistic as a result of lots of occasions these phrases we’re complaining we will’t say are sort of dishonest anyway, so I’m taking it as a problem for the way I could be extra artistic and authentic.” Scheer agrees, sharing on the 37:13 mark that the entire thing is to be the perfect particular person you could be. “I’m at all times studying and I believe if I come from a spot of being like ‘I’m naive and I don’t know the whole lot and I wish to study,’ I really feel like then hopefully that seeps into what I do.”