All Roads Lead To Magic City

Amanda Cordner speaks to actor and writer Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz about the art of clowning, workshopping Canadian-themed stipper names, how having multiple artistic jobs comes down to finding any way to be a storyteller, Manuel’s work as a therapeutic clown, getting through industry parties, how Amanda’s stipping journey is a natural next step from her clown persona, the surprise second guest Melinda, and how strip club patrons would react to Amanda’s comedic and sexy performance. Amanda: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/theamandacordner⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Manuel: ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/manuelrodriguezsaenz_ Follow us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/allroadsleadtomagiccity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clark Park Films: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/clarkparkfilms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Executive Produced by Amanda Cordner Produced and Directed by Clark Park Films and Monica Iyah Mustelier Produced by Stephanie Cowan Edited by Luana Hesse

Amanda Cordner speaks to director and producer Monica Iyah Mustelier about the need to make your own art on your own terms, how entertainment is a salve for existence, why Amanda avoided Monica after pitching this project to her, letting sensuality and comedy coexist, how you have to be scared and do it anyways, the importance of artists being funded, reflecting on what they’ve learned from other guests on the show, what they’re anticipating about the future of All Roads Lead To Magic City, and being the most dangerous three-person crew on Earth. Amanda: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/theamandacordner⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Monica: ⁠⁠instagram.com/monicamustelier Follow us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/allroadsleadtomagiccity⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clark Park Films: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/clarkparkfilms⁠⁠⁠⁠ Executive Produced by Amanda Cordner Produced and Directed by Clark Park Films and Monica Mustelier Produced by Stephanie Cowan Edited by Luana Hesse

Amanda Cordner speaks to writer and actor Berend McKenzie about the stories behind their critically acclaimed plays, Amanda and Berend’s shared love-hate relationship with Alberta, being made to feel like an outlier in your community, how Amanda’s role on ‘Sort Of’ inspired Berend, their advice to artists with broken illusions of opportunity in the entertainment industry, and how art will always find a way to you if you have an artist’s heart. Amanda: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/theamandacordner⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Berend: instagram.com/berendmckenzie Follow us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/allroadsleadtomagiccity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clark Park Films: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/clarkparkfilms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Executive Produced by Amanda Cordner Produced and Directed by Clark Park Films and Monica Mustelier Produced by Stephanie Cowan Edited by Luana Hesse

Amanda Cordner speaks to entrepreneur and skin therapist Allana Davis about how she overcomes lack mindset and imposter syndrome, double standards of beauty for women of colour, how some heads of departments of hair and makeup working in television don’t even know how to style Black hair, Allana’s advice to young people working in beauty spaces, how selfishness can be a revolutionary form of caring for yourself and those around you, and the way their mutual friend (and director of this show!) Monica influences both Allana and Amanda to push through their insecurities. Amanda: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/theamandacordner⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Allana: ⁠⁠instagram.com/allanadavisstudio⁠ Follow us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/allroadsleadtomagiccity⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clark Park Films: ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/clarkparkfilms⁠⁠⁠⁠ Executive Produced by Amanda Cordner Produced and Directed by Clark Park Films and Monica Mustelier Produced by Stephanie Cowan Edited by Luana Hesse

Amanda Cordner speaks to producer Lisa Benedetto about producing before she even knew what it was, stripping to Natasha Bedingfield, how we’re all multi-hyphenates, Canadian shows getting canceled before they find their stride, how Magic City must have a trainee program, Amanda’s stressful experience at the Canadian Screen Awards, and how overnight success is not real. Amanda: ⁠⁠instagram.com/theamandacordner⁠⁠ Lisa: instagram.com/lillisab Follow us: ⁠⁠linktr.ee/allroadsleadtomagiccity⁠⁠ Clark Park Films: ⁠⁠instagram.com/clarkparkfilms⁠⁠ Executive Produced by Amanda Cordner Produced and Directed by Clark Park Films and Monica Mustelier Produced by Stephanie Cowan Edited by Luana Hesse

Amanda Cordner speaks to actor and writer Vicki Kim about how she harnessed her anger into cathartic standup comedy, the delusion of momentum, searching for complex roles, time spent preparing for auditions, how easy it is to look silly while pole dancing, balancing unpaid work for the sake of making art, and why auditioning for Magic City sounds easier than making it in the Canadian film industry. Amanda: ⁠⁠instagram.com/theamandacordner⁠⁠ Vicki Kim: instagram.com/thevickikim Follow us: ⁠⁠linktr.ee/allroadsleadtomagiccity⁠⁠ Clark Park Films: ⁠⁠instagram.com/clarkparkfilms⁠⁠ Executive Produced by Amanda Cordner Produced and Directed by Clark Park Films and Monica Mustelier Produced and Edited by Stephanie Cowan Edited by Luana Hesse

Amanda Cordner speaks to experienced publicist Amira de Vera about the Canadian star system, how Amira overcame insecurity in her expertise while growing her business, how to kill the mindset that your work isn’t worthy enough to promote, and if Amira thinks that Amanda’s journey to become a Magic City stripper would cause a PR crisis. Amanda: ⁠instagram.com/theamandacordner⁠ Amira De Vera: instagram.com/amiradevera Follow us: ⁠linktr.ee/allroadsleadtomagiccity⁠ Clark Park Films: ⁠instagram.com/clarkparkfilms⁠ Executive Produced by Amanda Cordner Produced and Directed by Clark Park Films and Monica Mustelier Produced by Stephanie Cowan Edited by Stephanie Cowan and Luana Hesse

Amanda Cordner speaks with multifaceted performing artist and actor Lisa Michelle Cornelius about the calling to be an artist, disrespectful casting processes, Queen Cardi B’s philosophy on owning who you are, the life-changing experience of being one of multiple Black women as leads, the ceiling of success for Canadian actors, and why Lisa Michelle doesn’t think Amanda’s road to the Magic City stage would ruin her acting career. Amanda: ⁠instagram.com/theamandacordner⁠ Lisa Michelle: instagram.com/yeslisamichelle Follow us: ⁠linktr.ee/allroadsleadtomagiccity⁠ Clark Park Films: ⁠instagram.com/clarkparkfilms⁠

Amanda Cordner speaks with entrepreneur and expert financial advisor Jay Francis about everything from Jay’s personal experience at Magic City to what artists and creators should really be investing in, ways Amanda can bring her future wealth back into Canada, the metaphorical significance of the literal low ceilings in Toronto strip clubs, digging into the root of Amanda’s financial anxieties, the push for Canadian actors to touch ground in the U.S. to make it big, and how Michael “Magic” Barney could ever stop Amanda’s grand journey to the stage.  Amanda: instagram.com/theamandacordner Follow us: linktr.ee/allroadsleadtomagiccity  Clark Park Films: instagram.com/clarkparkfilms

Amanda Cordner talks with the innovative entrepreneur and makeup artist Nicole Guthrie to dissect her beauty empire, the differences (or lack thereof?) between acting and stripping, and how even in corporate jobs we’re all dancing for daddy. Amanda: ⁠IG⁠ Nicole: IG Follow us: ⁠Linktree⁠ Clark Park Films: ⁠IG⁠

Amanda Cordner sits down with her ‘Sort Of’ co-star Bilal Baig to chat about the scarcity of chances for trans and racialized actors, the importance of chilling, what drives Bilal’s inner storyteller, and their experience at Magic City that revealed Amanda’s yellow brick road. Bilal: instagram.com/sortofbilal Amanda: instagram.com/theamandacordner Follow us: linktr.ee/allroadsleadtomagiccity Clark Park Films: instagram.com/clarkparkfilms