ALOK dishes on comedy as a tool for change, filming in a sex shop & the pop icon who saved the day
Biology!, which dropped online earlier this month after touring it across 36 countries around the world. Written in the wake of their grandfather’s passing, Alok created a show that held space for both the sorrow and the joy of life: “[I want] to show that it is possible to be both the happiest and the saddest you’ve ever been at the same time,” they write.
Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Notably, Biology!‘s streaming premiere comes hot on the heels of a different kind of comedic venture for Alok: Their guest-starring role as a sex-shop employee in season three of The Sex Lives Of College Girls.
They contain multitudes!Also this year, they’ve been traveling around with a documentary short about their life and work—fittingly titled ALOK—which was directed by Alex Hedison who produced along with her wife Jodie Foster.
The 19-minute film beautifully distills Alok’s ethos and invites audiences to imagine a future of limitless creativity and possibility, where hatred and transphobia are obsolete.Capping off another busy year (and ahead of a new tour in 2025), we grabbed some time with Alok for our rapid-fire Q&A series, Dishin’ It.
