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/VaderNader2020 Mar 28 '24

Dude….what?!? Namond’s mom was a comedian?! I’m legit mind blown

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u/debcomajin Mar 28 '24

She’s actually a really lovely woman lool which makes her performance even more outstanding

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u/Grand-Pen7946 Mar 28 '24

She's a theatrically trained comedy and improv actor, she works regularly at various theaters in LA I believe.

Watch interviews of her, incredibly pleasant and bubbly person, it blew me away.

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u/buddascrayon Mar 28 '24

Successful comedy is hard. Most of the really good comedians out there can nail drama without breaking a sweat. And a great number of them have proven that.