AT the Lfy Hotel in Chinatown on a recent Tuesday afternoon, we await the arrival of Rizal Kamal. The CEO and founder of LOL Asia has been busy putting together world class comedy shows and events. If that alone wasn’t hard enough, Kamal, at the time of this interview, is also dealing with issues revolving around the last minute cancellation of his most recent show involving Singaporean comedian, Sharul Channa.
“Honestly, it’s hard to be optimistic about comedy in Malaysia at this present point of time,” is his answer when asked about the state of comedy here in the country. Obviously dealing with the fallout and disappointment of the show being cancelled at the last minute has been a bitter pill to swallow for the CEO of LOL Asia. “I think what made it worse was that Sharul’s performance was actually a really small show – it was supposed to be a small venue with about 250 people, so the impact would have been minimal,” explains Kamal.
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