Robin Thede: Make 'Regular' Black Stories the Norm on TV

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Robin Thede, the creator of HBO's 'A Black Lady Sketch Show' and other showrunners discussed how to lower the barriers for young writers at the ATXTVFestival

) and Liz Feldman . The four producers also discussed ways to lower the entry barrier for young writers of all backgrounds — not just ones from a certain set of colleges or those who can afford to live in Los Angeles — and then train them to become showrunners themselves.

Plec noted that it's often the case on streaming shows with shorter episode orders that all the writing is finished before filming starts, and one or two producers take on most of the on-set responsibility once production is rolling. "Writers aren't budgeted to go produce the episodes they wrote," she said, and thus don't get as many chances to learn about other aspects of producing and advance their careers.

With writers rooms having transitioned to video conferences, Plec also said geography wouldn't necessarily have to matter as much. All four showrunners said they miss the immediacy of a writers room, but as Plec said, "I could hire a writer from Atlanta, where we shoot, or anywhere else, to be in the room via Zoom if they don't have the means yet to live in L.A."

Kauffman said when interns come to work on Grace and Frankie, they're shown every part of what goes into making the show. "Then you see people who started as interns now sitting at the table throwing out amazing ideas," she said. "It gives me great pleasure to see that. Then you want to see them take over."

 

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PLEASE STOP MAKING THINGS OVER IN OTHER RACES. THERE ARE SO MANY BETTER STORIES TO TELL!

Robin is 💯 % correct. Black people have this awesome God given ability to forgive. Here in America and in South Africa (apartheid) it should have been a blood bath but it wasn’t.Make positive Black t.v shows the norm.

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Robin Thede: TV Needs To Greenlight More Modern Black Stories – ATXA Black Lady Sketch Show creator and showrunner Robin Thede has challenged the TV industry to greenlight more modern black stories and opened up about how comedy can help change culture. In a conve… We had so many black oriented sitcoms back in the 70s/80s. What happened? robinthede I have this exact poster on my bedroom wall, y'all. She a thirst trap fo real but she smarter than a mothafucka too. Lol. robinthede And more than six episodes per season of “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” please? A LOT more. cc: ashleyn1cole quintabrunson GabrielleDennis IssaRae HBO
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