Issa Rae recalls how an executive held her show down, says it made her 'bet' on herself

Issa Rae, actor and creator of show Insecure, recently talked about her experience pitching her first show to an executive during Emmys 2020 function.  artist mentioned how she was treated and what really pushed her forward to keep making better and better shows. Re ahe to kw more. 

According to a report by Variety, Issa Rae started off by recalling how a certain executive h tried to tell her about his views on what Black audiences wanted to see on television. executive h said to Issa that he h seen her show and described it as 'funny stuff, funny stuff'. Issa responded to executive by saying '‘Um, thank you' and person kept talking. 

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Issa explained more about executive's thoughts on her show. person h mentioned what he thought show was all about. executive was of opinion that show was 'about this Black woman and her Black woman problems'. Issa n replied by mentioning that her show wasn't about that 'but OK'. 

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artist n mentioned more about this person, who himself wasn't Black and h told her that 'Black audiences wanted to see familiar faces'. He also ded that she must change her characters. Issa n mentioned that it was clear to her that 'he didn’t get show'. Issa mentioned how experiences as such h motivated her to keep pushing for an accurate representation of Black people on TV and that she h to keep fighting gatekeeping by executives who decide what kind of shows must be televised. 

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Situations like this me Issa angry  

Issa ded how angry situation h me her, ding she h wondered why such executives got to tell her what would get on TV. According to report, Issa n thought that this was a show she wanted to see and that she h me it. artist finally ded that for her, se moments were 'motivational' and that she 'needed to keep doing' what she was doing.

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Issa Rae is an actor, writer, and producer. She has been minated for an Emmy four times. At start of her career, she h worked on a YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl.

Promo Pic Credit: Issa Rae's Instagram