They also have to contend with competition from Gen-Z upstart band, Second Wife.
I was a mess, but she was so kind and generous.
Syal has been honored with a BAFTA Fellowship and her groundbreaking sketch showGoodness Gracious Meis a UK comedy classic.
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Manzoor acknowledges both Syals craft and the fact she blazed a trail in the industry.
It was so radical, and Meeras so much at the heart of it and so hilarious.
Seeing her work since then, shes been a trailblazer.
Between having her and Malala, honestly, I think Ive peaked.
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Manzoor is more likely just getting started.
She is moving between film and TV and her feature,Polite Society, debuted at Sundance.
She tells Deadline she is working on ideas for the big and small screen.
Expanding on the spy movie idea, she says it will be weird and kind of an alt Bond.
It sounds like it might have hefty slices of action too.
I love directing action and I love action movies, so I definitely want to do more of that.
I want to do a really fun, wild action movie.
Whatever comes next will also be funny comedy is at the heart of everything I do, Manzoor says.
But also mixing that with society, with action or with music.
Im just always interested in how we can use genre to tell stories we havent heard before.
