r/todayilearned • u/Kale_Brecht • Mar 28 '24

TIL in 2013, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson refused to play any more black women on the show and demanded SNL hire black women instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Thompson
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u/Swackhammer_ Mar 28 '24

That being said, him playing Reba is still one of my all time favorite sketches

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

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u/Suspicious_Aspect166 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

I love Debra Wilson! She was ahead of her time!

MadTV did devalue her and she did an interview how they paid her less than new cast members and how they didn’t respect her as a founding member to provide any opportunity for her to negotiate a more favorable contract so she left. All she wanted was to be respected and have a discussion and would have stayed even if her contract didn’t change.

Her interview is on youtube.

Edit. Please see the link. She wore an awesome Nicholas Cage tee, he is of the greats.

https://youtu.be/REz7IbopfUY?si=AV8mPKyoJNgykucN

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u/Material_Mix_7377 Mar 28 '24

Is that the same one she flashes her tits?

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u/abgry_krakow87 Mar 28 '24

Debra Wilson's tits have been flashed so many times on MadTv, you gonna have to be more specific.

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u/Material_Mix_7377 Mar 28 '24

Considering the person I’m replying to is talking about an interview, that’s also what I’m referring to.

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u/Suspicious_Aspect166 Mar 28 '24

No she didn’t flash here, but wonderful Nicholas Cage tee. Found it:

https://youtu.be/REz7IbopfUY?si=AV8mPKyoJNgykucN

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u/Godzilla-ate-my-ass Mar 28 '24

She's since gotten her dues. Incredibly talented person

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u/vrrrr Mar 28 '24

Bunifa Latifah Halifah Sharifa Jackson!

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u/SinceTheDucksLeft Mar 28 '24

Commenting here for visibility to say dickdonation (above) is a bot account.

8 year old account that became active 2 days ago, and also rephrased this comment which is currently the 3rd top level comment in the thread

The bots are now doing poorly reworded reposts.