Ziwe: YouTube as “Great Equalizer” and Her Interview That Went South – Variety

Ziwe Fumudoh has built her career in comedy and as an interview host who can handle any guest, from political figures to drag queens. The podcast star and creator screened two episodes from the upcoming season of her podcast “You’d Be an Iconic Guest” — one with comedian and actress Wanda Sykes and the other with with political commentator Hasan Piker — at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 10. Following the screening, Variety hosted a conversation in partnership with YouTube and Fumudoh, where she discussed her platform as a YouTube creator to shape discourse and direct her own content. Popular on Variety “I think of YouTube as this sort of great equalizer,” she said, noting how hard it is to sell, develop and produce a TV series “YouTube is one-to-one. You create it, and then it’s online. That is the best experience as someone who is artistic, as someone who wants to create art. I do believe that digital creators are the new Hollywood.” Ziwe’s trademark interview style is both confrontational and comedic. When asked how she balances that style, she said, “I’m a good active listener. I don’t feel the need to fill dead air, and so
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