Benign Narcissist
Emma Forrest is a novelist, screenwriter and film director, and on 'Benign Narcissist', she examines the streak of narcissism that many creatives wrestle with, and how they attempt to tame it and alchemise it into art. Her interviews dive deep into both vast and nascent careers, encompassing directors, screenwriters, poets, playwrights, choreographers, painters, photographers and architects. In each episode, Emma traces her guest’s work, discussing how the impulse towards self-absorption can be repurposed for the greater good.
Benign Narcissist
Episode 06 - Jasmine Lee-Jones
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Season 1
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Episode 6
Twenty-one-year-old Londoner, Jasmine Lee Jones, was a student at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2019 when her first full-length play, 'seven methods of killing kylie jenner', was produced by the Royal Court Theatre. The play had a sell-out run, culminating in Jasmine being awarded Most Promising Playwright by both the Evening Standard and the Critics' Circle. That was before the world - and theatre - shut down...
Here Jasmine talks to Emma about the toxic synthesis of capitalism and beauty, how celebrity crushes (or resentments!) can cause creative breakthrough, and what happens in your head when the art you've been deemed the future of is put on pause.