Adds Yu: “There are no pickup days on this show - we’re shooting it and we’re out.” SKETCH: “SNITCHES GET CROSS STITCHES”Ĭindy Chao and Yu filled this space - the sketch was shot on location in an empty house - with items that featured cheeky catchphrases. “We dressed the space for the funeral ball, and then we had to reset it to its original state for the start of the sketch,” she explains. All of our job is in prep, and the more prep that we do, the better it’s going to be.”Ĭhao also notes that this sketch was shot out of order, which added more challenges for the art department. “It’s intense and immense, and it’s very helpful to be working in the art department with people who have that approach. “All of these sketches are really mini-movies,” she says, and putting all the pieces together for so many sketches requires an incredible amount of planning. Yu adds that the speed at which the production works requires a certain level of professionalism. “I don’t know that we’ve ever worked on anything where everyone is taking it so seriously.” “This is a sketch comedy show, so there’s the perception that we’re working fast but being silly about it,” says Yu. That mixed tone also applies to the mood on set. I have never heard any other guest on I'm So Obsessed so passionately share their obsession with me.'House of the Dragon' Star Emily Carey on Whether the Young Actors Will Return in Season 2 Smith tells how she and her sister saw the musical Rent 50 times and describes her obsession with the Masked Singer. You can listen to my entire conversation with Smith in the podcast player above or on Apple Podcasts. And only the 'cool T-shirt of the comedy writer' is underneath." Here's my 'only Black person jacket,' take that off. Like, here's my 'only woman jacket,' take that off. "There was such freedom and jubilation that occurred when we realized that you got to take off that jacket. "A lot of the writers in the room, me included, came from a background of usually being the only woman or Black woman or Black person or queer person or et cetera in a writers' room," said Smith. Lauren Ashley Smith is the head writer and executive producer of the Emmy nominated-series A Black Lady Sketch Show. Smith shared how that changes the writers' room.
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A Black Lady Sketch Show is also the first TV series for which the writers are all Black women. I just was like, 'Oh, she's like giving this the Angela Bassett treatment,'" said Smith.īassett's performance earned her an Emmy nomination. "I didn't expect how gobsmacked I would be seeing Angela Bassett take such great care and have her 'Angela Bassett incredible iconic actor way' with our words. Smith shares what it was like watching Basset perform. She discussed some of the show's biggest sketches, like the Bad Bitch Support Group, which guest starred Angela Bassett and Laverne Cox. Smith was my guest on CNET's I'm So Obsessed podcast. Smith is the first Black woman to be the head writer on a sketch TV show and, in her words, to "kick the door down so there can be lots of others."Ī Black Lady Sketch show debuted in 2019 and went on to earn three Emmy Award nominations, including one for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. It co-stars and was created by actor, writer and comic Robin Thede, who chose Lauren Ashley Smith to be the head writer.
HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show is hilarious, smart and original. This story is part of I'm So Obsessed (subscribe here), our podcast featuring interviews with actors, artists, celebrities and creative types about their work, career and current obsessions.
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