Ramy — “harry potter” – Episode 301 — are you watching horse porn? Ramy , shown. the key to creating a successful show depends on the marriage of its thematic undertones—namely, how to make it meditative, engaging, thought-provoking, and above all else, funny. Throughout the first two seasons of, a story about a first-generation Egyptian-American struggling with his spirituality as a Muslim and a 21st-century millennial, Youssef wrestled with synthesizing and coalescing these themes.
WALD: I think it’s also a cultural thing where every day there’s another TV show. It’s just this mass proliferation of content that it feels hard to stay afloat when there are another five Amazon Prime shows and a Roku show and a Netflix show. It’s almost like you’re drowning in it. YOUSSEF: I think it’s just about purely following what feels fun and what feels organic. And the caliber of actors that we have on our show is unbelievable to me and I feel really lucky to be able to write for them and work with them and direct them. It’s also something I feel like the audience wants too. There have been a few times when people will be like, “It’s weird. I think I might likemore when Ramy’s not in it as much.” And I’m like, “Me too.
YOUSSEF: Yeah, it’s a real pressure cooker and I think things are funny when there’s tension. And that this anger that’s happening underneath fuels a lot of the tension. And then just we’re able to pop off jokes in it because it just means so much to the characters and the more invested they are, the funnier it is when it doesn’t go their way.