Breaking Cycles (and Chairs!) with Kulap Vilaysack

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | QCODE

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When comedian Kulap Vilaysack decided to resolve questions from her family history, she did it in the most extreme way possible: by directing a documentary about her own life. The film is called Origin Story, and to this day, Kulap’s still not sure if she should have made it. Heads up! This episode contains a discussion about physical and emotional abuse from a parent and miscarriage. To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com! Sign up for our newsletter. Follow us on Instagram. This episode is brought to you by What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood, Panama City Beach, Teen Counseling, Discount Tire.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, producer Elizabeth here.
0:09.9	Heads up, today's episode has a conversation about physical and emotional abuse from
0:14.9	a parent.
0:15.9	Also, we discuss having a miscarriage, so keep that in mind before you listen and take
0:21.1	care of yourself.
0:22.5	Do you like documentaries?
0:26.4	I do.
0:27.4	And I just saw a really good one about a woman wrestling with her identity and family
0:31.4	history.
0:32.4	But when I sat down to talk with the director, who's also the subject of the film, Cool Up
0:36.8	Flysack, she wasn't sure if she should have made it.
0:40.3	Yeah, I don't think anyone once said it should be a documentary.
0:45.2	And maybe they were right.
0:47.8	What do you mean maybe they were right?
0:50.1	Well, it's very intense.
0:52.1	Did you see the movie?
0:53.1	It's the documentary which is quite intense.
0:56.4	I mean, she's right.
0:58.3	But watching it left me convinced that sometimes going through the fire is the only way to escape
1:03.9	it.
1:04.9	A lot of my friends are just like, wow, I can't believe you did that.
1:12.7	The balls, the eggs on you, Cool Up.
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