Marissa Sanchez ‘more at peace’ doing comedy nowadays

MANILA, Philippines — After her two failed marriages, singer-comedian-actress-turned-author Marissa Sanchez is no longer keen on entering into a new romantic relationship. She is “very happy being single.”

Although she did not elaborate on her previous marriages, she shared in a pocket interview at Viva office that it made her realize that she is content being unattached.

Asked by The STAR if she will open her doors if love comes knocking again, she simply said, “No. I’m very happy being single.”

Marissa will mount her birthday concert on Dec. 8 at the Samsung Hall, SM Aura dubbed My Valentines in December, presented by Viva Artists Agency and EV Production and Events.

She will sing songs from the past as well as favorite tracks of her mom who passed on last year.

Ogie Diaz, Dingdong Avanzado, Wilbert Ross, Jeffrey Hidalgo, Ronnie Liang, JM de Guzman, and Mulatto Boys will join her on stage. The show will start at 8 p.m.

She will also be relaunching her book titled My Farewell Slam Book, a printed work “about death but it’s more of celebrating life,” during the music event. The book was initially published last September, got sold out and hence, the relaunching.

Marissa described My Farewell Slam Book as “more of a journal, a diary about the things that you want to happen when you pass on.”

For her upcoming concert, the audience will be entertained not only by her musical performance but also her jokes.

“My comedy is (based on) instinct. Hindi ako nag-aaral ng comedy. I depend my comedy in the situation (and) not on current events. Parang alam mo yung every day, mundane ng buhay, that’s where I based my comedy from,” she shared.

“Parang natural na yun (comedy at her concert). Just seeing the crowd, andami ko ng mapapansin eh. Itsura ko pa lang nakakatawa na because I’m sexy,” she quipped. “I’m not bothered about comedy because my comedy, though it’s a profession, I transform whenever I’m on stage.”

Marissa admitted that in real life, she is the serious and silent type. “When I do comedy in front of people and on stage, it’s because I want to delight people. I want to give love.

“Kasi when you do comedy, you’re making them laugh because you don’t want them to experience the feeling of emptiness, loss, (and) the feeling of being alone. So for me, when you’re a comedian, you’re full of love and I think the saddest people are the comedians.

“We don’t want you to experience that sadness, that’s why I will make you laugh.  I will make you laugh because she seems to be sad. I’m a sad person eh. I’m not saying that I’m a negative person, per se. For me kasi, I love being alone kaya nga I’m single. I’m very happy being single,” she reiterated.

When queried about her thoughts about the sentiments of other comedians saying that it’s hard to make people laugh nowadays, Marissa maintained, “I am more at peace now doing comedy because it’s no longer that vulgar, it’s not that green anymore.

“Because before sometimes ‘pag meron kang nabitawang joke, before you know it, ambastos mo na pala. You have this conviction at the back of your mind like, ‘Ang bastos ko.’ Something like that. But now parang I did good, malinis yung joke ko.”

On what makes a good joke today, she told this paper, “I think when you do comedy kasi you should not do comedy. You just have to be natural. And I think it’s a gift when (you make people laugh). In comedy, there’s no middle impression. It’s either you’re too good or too lousy.”

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