{"id":33486,"date":"2021-04-20T14:16:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T06:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/?p=33486"},"modified":"2021-04-20T14:16:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T06:16:25","slug":"there-back-again-with-pooja-nansi-and-joel-tan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/there-back-again-with-pooja-nansi-and-joel-tan\/","title":{"rendered":"There &#038; Back Again with Pooja Nansi and Joel Tan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>How did your journey on <em>You Are Here<\/em> begin?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JOEL: It started out with you asking me out for coffee one day, saying you had an idea for a show you wanted to write. Because you had just stumbled on a bunch of letters, and you had, like, this whole treasure trove of photos, right? And then, from that conversation, it just grew and grew. I think, at that coffee, I challenged you to write something, and then, on a weekly basis, she just sent me more and more stuff until the shape for the show started to emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POOJA: Joel pitched it to Checkpoint [Theatre] when they were putting [together] <em>What I Like About You Is Your Attitude Problem<\/em> for the Singapore Writers Festival. It was a nice, friendly atmosphere in which you could try the work, and it was a dramatised reading. So we had the space to play and see how it worked with audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>How has the show changed over the years?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JOEL: The show has changed a lot with every iteration because the wider conversation around the show keeps changing as well. The show has taken on a different character each time you do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POOJA: My own response to things like casual racism or thoughts about belonging shift as I grow older and different things happen in my life. I start seeing things through a different lens. The way I have wanted to write about identity has changed as well. So, every time I do the show, I come in from a different place. The last time I did it, I had just gotten married, so it&#8217;s this weird monumental thing in my life. With the Wild Rice version, specifically \u2013 I just had a baby. I\u2019m coming to terms with motherhood still, and it really sheds a different light when you start talking about your mother, your mother&#8217;s mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"The Story Of &#039;You Are Here&#039; So Far, With Pooja Nansi &amp; Joel Tan!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yApCPpqhPDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>What\u2019s the best thing about working with each other?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POOJA: Drinking wine, before, during and after&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JOEL: During, sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POOJA: In all honesty, it&#8217;s also not having to explain myself and what my intention is with the work, because I feel like Joel always \u2013 \u201cMm, you know, it&#8217;s like yeah,\u201d then, after that, we just know. That&#8217;s really rare and we really appreciate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JOEL: Yeah, I agree. Hence, this is the working dynamic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>What&#8217;s the worst thing about working with each other?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JOEL: Sometimes, we can\u2019t stop laughing. When we are feeling very lazy, we just give in to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POOJA: Yeah, we give in to it, then we don\u2019t work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JOEL: There have been afternoons when we were working together and we\u2019re just like \u2013 \u201cCan we just go eat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POOJA: Yeah, and then we just go eat, and that\u2019s horribly undisciplined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JOEL: So for all the creative efflorescence, there\u2019s also a lot of laziness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POOJA: Correct!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>What makes Singapore home for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POOJA: I can&#8217;t imagine anywhere else as home. My family is here. My found family \u2013 my friends \u2013 are all here. The food I love is here. It&#8217;s the only city in the world where I can go anywhere and not have to look at GPS. I just know it like the back of my hand. For me, I have no other city to call home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JOEL: Same. 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