MANILA, Philippines – It’s a classic Pinoy conundrum: to fulfill your parents’ wishes, you worked your butt off to become a registered nurse, but there is a nagging – deep in your heart – that there is something else you’d rather be doing. At 25 years old, Andren John Bernardo was caught right in this dilemma, but unlike most Filipinos, the path he’d much rather tread was trickier than usual: the life of a stand-up comedian.
You were a registered nurse prior to doing stand-up. How did your friends and family react to your decision to stop nursing and be a comic? Bistro Alphonso was one of the earliest Comedy Manila open mics. It had a karaoke area in the back, and the open mic would happen all while people were smoking and singing. So, I performed stand-up while hearing an admittedly sick rendition of “Careless Whisper” sung by a drunken dude.
You also do comedy skits with your group Solid OK. What’s the most important thing you’ve learned trying to translate comedy to a video narrative format? It took me three years to make this special. Writing every day, even during the pandemic. I’m an introvert at heart so I get and write material from the information super highway or the Interweb, as the kids say.
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