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“When people are silent and let you talk, it’s inherently humiliating”
Comedian Jacqueline Novak talks mockumentary, realism, and vulnerability on camera
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“You wouldn’t ask a fish how to catch a fish”
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“I think real counterculture, real subversion, real radicality, real freedom is really, really hard to find.”
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“Art should be brave and potentially embarrassing”
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“The guard stared at me with the expression of a man trying to decide whether the person in front of him is a threat or simply an idiot”
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“There is no music or booze to save us”
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