Drama Queens Jeremy Max Yanni

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?!

Press play and share some laughs with the Drama Queens!

Jeremy's IG/TikTok/Youtube: @notfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Twitter: @ntfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Website: https://jeremythsgriffith.wixsite.com/notfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Solo Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-griffith



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Max's Twitter: @snacksudell

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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

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?!

Press play and share some laughs with the Drama Queens!

Jeremy's IG/TikTok/Youtube: @notfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Twitter: @ntfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Website: https://jeremythsgriffith.wixsite.com/notfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Solo Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-griffith

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Welcome to Episode 4 of 'Drama Queens!'

We had a bit of audio trouble AGAIN this week, but it kicks in around 27 minutes (Yanni's solo track drops out) but we were MOSTLY able to salvage it. So enjoy us talking about everything from how disappointed Yanni was in Zack Snyder's 'Army of the Dead' and how much Max loves D*ck Cheese!



0:52 - Max singing the iCarly theme song

1:07 - Have you seen Cry Baby with Johnny Depp

2:55 - Is there a practical reason you always mention your 01 visa?

4:32 - Jeremy’s FURY

4:56 - Taking the thumb

6:05 - What’s the most influential showbiz thing that’s happened to you in the past week?

6:30 - You gotta TURN IT ON for the people!

7:20 - Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead does not get an endorsement here

8:36 - What would have made it way better? Zombies playing roulette.

11:00 - How Bautista cries.

13:00 - Max and Paige couldn’t even WATCH it.

13:14 - Max loves D*ck Cheese

14:05 - Justice League - The Snyder Cut

14:54 - Max, what is the first best crying scene that comes to mind?

16:20 - Jeremy’s choice.

18:10 - Walking Dead SPOILER ALERT!!!

18:52 - Yanni’s favorite crying scene.

19:44 - Yanni gets MAD!

20:30 - I watched Paapa’s ‘To Be or Not To Be’

20:50 - LAG DRAMA

22:10 - Max’s dream Shakespeare performance.

24:23 - Yanni wants to act with Pappa.

24:46 - And would love to act with every brown actor out there.

25:16 - Yanni’s dream Shakespeare performance.

26:17 - Jeremy’s dream Shakespeare performance.

28:27 - The Year of the King

29:55 - How to make the Calarts experience better for future students?

31:05 - What Max would’ve wanted.

33:51 - The difference a good camera operator makes to an audition.

35:09 - A class or two on the business side of acting.

35:38 - What Jeremy would’ve wanted

36:40 - “I want to become an artist”

38:00 - Stephen Fry says to see yourself as verb

39:40 - Max has a hard time letting himself make bad art

40:22 - The New Yorker Cover Illustrator Anecdote

41:21 - Jeremy’s toxic mindset entering art school

42:39 - How arrogant were you guys entering Calarts and how did your mindset change?

43:52 - Yanni’s previously held acting prejudices.

46:30 - Don’t do it for the moneyyy

47:40 - Yanni finally answers the question.

48:24 - You gotta BELIEVE.

49:06 - If it takes time, it takes time…



49:13 - Max was a hot sh*t shooting star.

52:15 - Acting in the name of CAPITALISM?! Or for instant gratification?!

53:30 - There’s a verse in the Quran.

55:08 - Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’

55:40 - Art being tied to money through history.

56:52 - Disheartening nepotism.

58:36 - Tik Tok is free.

59:35 - Pop Smoke is basically Van Gogh

1:00:12 - Max HAD to bring up Basquiat.

1:01:13 - Charlie Bit Me is an NFT.

1:03:20 - Should we make Drama Queens NFTs? + Jeremy’s REAL thoughts on NFTs.

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?!

Press play and share some laughs with the Drama Queens!

Jeremy's IG/TikTok/Youtube: @notfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Twitter: @ntfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Website: https://jeremythsgriffith.wixsite.com/notfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Solo Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-griffith



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Welcome to Episode 3 of 'Drama Queens!'

We had a bit of audio trouble this week, but we put the episode up anyway. If you wanna power through, we get into the stuff listed below! If not, we'll see you next week with that crisp, delicious 'Drama Queens' audio quality you know and love!


Should Yanni do the Bachelor
The nuances of reality TV
Mac on the Price is Right
When Max and I were in the audience of some MTV show
The harassment of costumed theme park characters
Changing our name?
Choogy
The MacGuffin is nothing
The most cringe shit Jeremy ever wrote
Known Knowns, Unknown Knowns, Known Unknowns, Unknown Unknowns
The magic of a spectacular performance
Training v. Raw Talent
The ideal careers we would all have
Straight Man v. Character Work
Diversity for diversity’s sake?
Be YOU
Daniel Passer being Max’s favorite
Loving Chekhov
The trust circle
Physicality in acting classes
Doing Macbeth
To Be Or Not To Be
The Three Hour Hamlet
Recommendations

...Touching Your Feet.  

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?!  

Press play and share some laughs with the Drama Queens! 

 Jeremy's IG/TikTok/Youtube: @notfunnyfunnyguy 

Jeremy's Twitter: @ntfunnyfunnyguy 

Jeremy's Website: https://jeremythsgriffith.wixsite.com/notfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Solo Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-griffith 

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Welcome to Episode 2 of 'Drama Queens!'



1:10 - We’re stealing the name!

2:15 - Reality show Yanni has a O1 visa

2:45 - Max hears us talking SHIT

3:20 - Dragonair? Dragonite?

4:14 - The proper names of the three Pokemon

4:45 - Do you dress for comfort or clout?

6:28 - Max officially starts the podcast.

6:39 - “Being young boys”



7:50 - You don’t have to suck d*ck to make it in Tinseltown.

8:25 - When should we release the podcast?

10:25 - Yanni wanted to take a weekend drive to New York.

11:11 - But can you get to the Pyramids in 6 hours?

12:20 - Yanni and Max’s argument.

14:15 - Fighting with your loved ones or nah.

14:35 - Max’s mom fought with him about Space Jam 2.

16:45 - Will this podcast ruin our friendship like those sad band stories?

18:55 - Deborah Aquila “You couldn’t pay me enough money to do my 20s again.”

19:40 - I’ve heard my grandparents call my parents kids.

20:55 - The 70s v. 20s paradox.

22:00 - The death bed survey - regrets always omission, not commission.

22:45 - Read peoples’ obituaries.

22:25 - Yanni’s project.

26:35 - Yanni’s self-plugging spree.

27:50 - Max’s VIDEO game and the lessons he learned.

34:45 - The value of the Calarts skills work!

36:25 - Jeremy has the most general American accent.

37:13 - Yanni's impression of Max.

37:55 - Max’s impression of Yanni

38:30 - The daily schedule at Calarts.

39:34 - Jeremy’s reality show idea.

40:41 - Max can’t get into Marvin right now.

41:37 - The Legend of the Dragon

42:55 - The rumor Max heard about Sherry.

43:55 - My attitude toward Tai Chi at first. (The fart)

46:55 - Year end viewings

48:25 - Yanni’s Suffolk knocked the school’s socks off.

49:35 - Yanni’s girlfriend, for a night.

50:10 - The key to good acting is touching your feet.

50:45 - And I just touch my SHOULDER!

52:03 - His dream is the RSC.

53:25 - That time we were all in Midsummer Night’s Dream

54:05 - “Mommy”

54:43 - Midsummer wasn’t a good experience for Max.

59:13 - WAL-MART ACTOR

1:01:34 - Jeremy and Yanni were too busy on leashes.

1:01:54 - I had one monologue.

1:02:32 - Jeremy did one show at Calarts.

1:03:20 - Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

1:03:50 - Max learns art IG.

1:04:20 - Nobody wants to see a professional doing professional shit!



1:05:23 - Jeremy doesn’t know what Veggie Tales is.

1:07:57 - What’s the funniest joke?

1:08:51 - What’s up, Ben!

1:09:14 - Max’s joke tax.

1:10:37 - Jeremy got stage fright.

1:11:25 - Have you ever done Stand-Up?

1:11:31 - Jeremy’s solo show.

1:14:00- We discuss the other classes at Calarts.

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?!

Press play and share some laughs with the Drama Queens!

Jeremy's IG/TikTok/Youtube: @notfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Twitter: @ntfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Website: https://jeremythsgriffith.wixsite.com/notfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Solo Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-griffith

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Welcome to Episode 1 of 'Drama Queens!'

What REALITIES do White actors face in Hollywood?! How do you make the most of art school?Yanni's car EXPLODED?! All this and more, we answer on the first official episode of our podcast!



2:06 - That’s what it’s like in the writer’s room!

3:52 - Jeremy’s stupid past argument

8:03 - I KNEW he was gonna do this!

8:31 - The MAN in the ARENA!

9:46 - Max’s taste is moving toward things that OWN what they are.

12:54 - Yanni and Max are both SWITCHIN up!!!

13:14 - Zac Barnett studio

17:35 - Max’s representation switch up!

20:06 - Cause you’re WHITE!

20:30 - The SAG checklist.

21:46 - “It’s so hard to be a white actor!”

24:16 - What questions should you ask a potential agent?

27:56 - Hendrix Project

28:54 - Nobody wanted to rep Paul F. Tompkins’ wife

29:46 - Jeremy looked insane going into showcase.

32:56 - We thought stuff would just happen.

33:34 - Everyone’s journey is so different!

33:54 - The MacGuffin

34:56 - Does Calarts prepare you for the real world?

36:41 - Grades at Calarts

37:56 - How hard did we work!

38:06 - Yanni’s car blew up.

38:56 - “I worked SO hard in school, and I GET it!”

39:41 - Calarts prepared you for when you book the role.

40:36 - What does it take to carry a show?

42:11 - Really take the time to learn the craft. And the technique.

43:11 - Everyone wants to make it, nobody cares about getting really good.

43:56 - Jeremy loves to tell this story about Max.

45:26 - When Max REALLY started to take Calarts seriously.

46:16 - Everything in its right time.

47:26 - What would you tell your younger self?

47:56 - What would you have done differently at Calarts?

48:34 - Jeremy’s ridiculous first year monologue story.

55:16 - Jeremy’s sound gaff.

56:34 - Max’s 4 Tall Guys sketches

58:26 - I would’ve filmed so much moreeeee!

1:00:56 - We’re always reminiscing.

1:02:26 - Adam and Anthony give a f*ck.

1:05:06 - I would’ve worked harder.

1:05:21 - We loved Shakespeare.

1:05:36 - Max and Yanni want to perform at the RSC.

1:06:16- People with a following have so much marketing power.

1:06:51 - BitClout

1:11:06 - My recommendation is the Oscars.

1:12:06 - Jordan B. Peterson’s Biblical lectures.

1:13:56 - Yanni’s Recommendation.

1:14:56 - Max’s Recommendation.

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?!  

Press play and share some laughs with the Drama Queens!  

Jeremy's IG/TikTok/Youtube: @notfunnyfunnyguy 

Jeremy's Twitter: @ntfunnyfunnyguy 

Jeremy's Website: https://jeremythsgriffith.wixsite.com/notfunnyfunnyguy

Jeremy's Solo Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-griffith

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Welcome to Episode 0 of 'Drama Queens!' 

Where we try to figure out what the hell this podcast is gonna be and what we're gonna talk about.  

0:04 - Footie drama! 

2:11 - Descanso Gardens 

4:35 - Australian dollar  

5:40 - The acting scene in Australia! 

6:25- Jeremy needs to see ‘I, Tonya’ 

7:05 - So sad Arclight is closing  

8:25 - Edgar Wright’s terrifying knowledge of cinema. 

9:30 - The Cornetto Trilogy 

10:11 - What is this?! What are we doing?!  

10:55 - Yanni wants to do characters. 

14:05 - What Max saw this as: three artists talking about what it is to be working. 

16:15 - I HAVE A THING!!! 

18:05 - Yanni be listening to podcasts on growth. 

19:45 - Jeremy wants to talk about REAL STUFF 

20:11 - Max’s fixation on WHY am I making this!!!  

20:31 - Max is reading the GIFT, art under capitalism 

19:53 - Our acting STORIES! 

22:35 - Trained unemployed actors  

22:55 - Max’s free drunkenness 

24:30 - EMISSS, EMISSS! 

25:05 - Inshallah we shall find Dory.  

25:15 - Yanni’s Ramadan 

25:45 - “Alright, I’ll do it then, Jesus” 

26:42 - Celebrate? No. I PRACTICE Ramadan.  

27:19 - All the girls wishing Yanni “Ramadan Mubarak” 

28:15 - No day sex during Ramadan! 

32:37- No weed for Jesus. 

32:10 - Yanni is afraid of Adventure Time 

33:08 - Are our eyes red? Do you think anybody smells us?  

34:35 - So great to go through shitty theatre experiences with others 

35:41 - How much did we learn in the first year? 

36:28 - “Showcase” first year 

38:16 - Mac saving our asses in NYC.  

40:24 - MAX, why did you forswear THC? 

44:45 - Max blacking out driving. VASOVAGAL EPISODE.  

44:57 -Max’s theory of why people smoke 

46:00 - I am who I AM. 

46:28 - Max told his mom how many times he’s taken shrooms. 

44:36 - Is this a drug podcast now?!  

48:11 - Max’s second time tripping. 

48:56 - Use it for your acting  

49:51 - Shrooms: things are more REAL than they’ve ever been!  

52:01 - MIDSOMMAR 

56:26 - Ego Death 

56:51 - Should we say who we are?! 

57:31 - What’s our podcast name?!  

59:08 - What we consumed in the week! 

59:53 - Fool me THRICE! Fooled Thrice, lmfao.  

1:00:43 - Max swears by Discord 

1:01:7 - Jeremy is not vaccinated. 

1:01:51 - Yanni’s Recommendation  

1:03:01 - What visa  Yanni is on! 

1:03:51 - Max’s Recommendation. 

1:05:21 - Jeremy’s Recommendation. 

1:07:06 - We’re here to BUILD on each other!