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Now, Liedman is the co-creator ofQ-Force, Netflixs new animated series about a team of queer spies.
The whole house is gay.
The door is gay.
The roof is gay, so its like,Now just go in the house and make a show.
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What is the digital equivalent to a whiteboard?
Eventually we figured out what Zoom was.
But I dont know what the hell we were doing at first.
But having a daily schedule was a real lifesaver for a lot of people.
Thats what it felt like to me.
I felt:If we can just show up every day and do this, well be happier.
But also, like, we wont die.
On the Backlash to the Shows First Teaser
It was a really big reaction.
It really surprised me.
The stuff that people were saying made sense, but the magnitude of it really surprised me.
All those ingredients are like a homemade bomb; you know its not going to go great.
I knew that something like this is going to rub some people the wrong way for sure.
But I think there are a couple of things going on, if I can be honest.
And some people are just really anxious about how the community is going to come across.
I 100 percent get that.
I also think that theres a bit of a generational thing going on.
And I think we showed our millennial ass a little bit in that teaser.
That was a real mission of mine.
Im going to do my thing, and Im just not that person.
I am the opposite of that person.
I really, really, really care what the audience thinks.
The show was not created by cishet people.
Were not the butt of the joke; were the ones making the jokes.
But that will either happen or not.
I cant really control it.
You put your best intentions into it, and then its just not your property anymore.
So Jenny and Max and I were like, Lets just never pick on the audience.
This is our show.
Well have the mic.
Its not about shutting down hecklers.
Thats something that bled into the night.
That it was probably palpable how much we liked each other.
It probably helped that we were not charging a dime at the door.
It was a very defining vibe, and I really didnt want to do that.
I felt,It doesnt cost me anything to get excited about whos next.Its actually really fun.
I love what the comedy scene has become.
I dont bemoan front-facing camera videos.
Its an art form, and its really, really fucking funny.
I am excited about whats next, and trying to ensure I dont shut the door behind me.
Im just not going to be that person, and I never will be.
On His Identity As a Comedian
I think about this so much that its embarrassing.
And thats so fair because Ive never set foot on that stage, and I dont put out work.
So, like, how would they know?
So occasionally, I dust it off; I confirm to get to Largo and local venues here.
