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MY PERSNICKETY MOMENT OF THE DAYSM
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What? No Binders Full of Black Women?
As a black female comedian I’ve
been asked to comment on Kenan Thompson’s recent
statement about why there are no black women
in the cast of Saturday Night Live. Since no one is going to ask me
about the government shut down, the debt ceiling, or why an entire season of
the BBC show, Luther, is only four episodes long I will share my brief
thoughts on Kenan.
With the power, majesty, and magic
that is the entertainment industry, if they wanted something, they would have
it. So, I guess the real question is: can you find something you’re not really
looking for?
It is beyond ludicrous and insulting
to think that there are no black female comedic actresses that are qualified to
be on Saturday Night Live or
any other primetime network show. (During World War II they said
there were no qualified black pilots to fly military aircraft. Sound familiar?)
But alas, maybe they’re right.
Maybe black women aren’t funny because were too busy being angry about
statements and conditions like this. Again, welcome to my world.
The Urban Erma, the longest running column on StageTimeMagazine.com, was created and written by stand-up comedian Leighann Lord. Listen to the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio. Watch the video edition on YouTube.com. If you enjoy The Urban Erma please leave a comment, Like it on Facebook, follow on Twitter, And share it with your friends. (Share it with people who are not your friends and maybe they will be.) TheUrbanErma@gmail.com Get her free e-books of The Great Spanx Experiment and Sometimes I Wish Facebook Had a Hate Button.
1 comment:
SNL has been on the air since 1975. It started with 4 men & 3 women (Gilda Radner, Jane Curtain & Laraine Newman) with one of the men - Garret Morris - being African American. That mix had to have been done on purpose. So what happened SNL? It seems the supposedly liberal stance of the show is only so much lip-service. If they really wanted to find an African American woman to be a cast member they could find one. I wonder if it even occurs to them to look.
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