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Issa Rae
Jo-Issa Rae Diop (born January 12, 1985), known as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, director, producer, and web series creator. She first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl. She subsequently gained further recognition for creating, co-writing, and starring in the HBO television series Insecure. For her acting work on Insecure, she has received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
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Issa Rae Recalls TV Exec Who ‘Got Fired After’ Gatekeeping Pitch Meeting — Emmys
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variety.comNatalie Oganesyan editorDuring the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, four-time Emmy nominated actor Issa Rae, creator and star of “Insecure,” recalled her first Hollywood pitch experience, where a studio executive attempted to tell her what Black audiences wanted to see on television.“The executive was like ‘Yes, I saw your show, funny stuff, funny stuff,’” Rae said of pitching her third web series. “And I was like ‘Um, thank you.’ And he was like ‘Yeah, it’s about this Black woman and her Black woman problems, hilarious.’ And I was like ‘That’s not what it’s about, but OK.’” Rae said the executive, who is not Black, told her that Black audiences want to “see familiar faces” and that she might need to “switch up the characters.” “It just became.
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