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A R T, M U S I C & F I L M
TROORA MAGAZINE
BY GRACE HENDRICKS
ent Check is a threepar t stor y created by writer and comedian Mike Evans Jr. The series follows the protagonist , Mike the Comedian, as he navigates through a quar terlife crisis to find his purpose. The series wonder fully captures the Bay Area and features many up-andcoming Bay Area ar tists. Honest and hear tfelt , yet hella hilarious, Rent Check is a must-see.
Evans’ star t in comedy was unexpec ted. A s a child, he de scribe s “I alway s thought it was fun to make people laugh... A lot of my friends were clas s clowns growing up, bu t I wanted to be the clas s clown that could also make the teacher laugh.
When I f irst star ted telling joke s at nineteen, the majorit y of comedians and audience [members] were ten to f i fteen years older than me. I was alway s curious [abou t ] how to make someone with more li fe experience relate to me.”
Bu t he ne ver antic ipated that his love of making people laugh would transform into his career. “Public speaking was something that I alway s enjoyed, so I thought abou t becoming a politic ian to help people with my voice. During my f irst year at San Franc isco State Universit y, one of my communications profe s sors told me that ‘people trust the comedian, more than the y trust the politic ian.’ After hearing that , it clicked for me that comed y was the path I wanted to take.”
