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Stereotype we have to reclaim it. jasmine guy: the sitcom affords us something where we can be funny and something deep happens. kim: you know what i want to say to whitley? its easy for you. who does this look like? me or you? mr. g: this what you think you look like? jasmine guy: or something deep is going on and something funny happens. whitley: [screams] jasmine: and thank god. whitley: that was wonderful, my sister. kim: thank you, my sister. in the middle of everything, theres everything t...

Colorism and how it has divided us for hundreds of years. >> im not going to learn anything about myself by looking at this. >> in order to neutralize the stereotype we had to reclaim it. >> the sitcom affords us something where we can be funny and something deep happens. >> you know what i want to say to whitley? it is easy for you! who does this look like, me or you? >> this is what you think you look like? >> there is something deep going on and something funny happens. and thank god. >> than...

Of work to do and this bench needs to go over there. >> but we just moved it over here. >> dont question my authority, thanks! we talk about race and culture in serious ways. that is important. discussing these things in a sitcom, you are not offensive. you are able to take in new ideas. >> the family was doing something that nobody had ever done. >> we are talking about having one of the biggest bigots in america and having a black man coming to his house. >> you see my daughter gloria standi...

And its going- friend: no, are you out of your mind? white girls suck, bro. you cant keep dating them. one they are always walking around barefoot... daniel fienberg: so much of what happens in that show is sitcom 101. steve: without this job, i dont have health care. ramy: i know, man. daniel fienberg: but its what happens if sitcom 101 is told by someone who was never given the opportunity to tell their story before. i always appreciate the diverse perspective that you two brought to this comp...

That show is sitcom 101. >> i got this job. i dont have health care. >> i know, man. >> its what happens if sitcom 101 is told by someone who was never given the opportunity to tell their story before? >> i always appreciate the diverse perspective that you two brought to this company. >> ramy, with your mediterranean flare, and steve, every day you reminded me that things could be so much worse. >> thanks, man. >> the future of the sitcom is authenticity. >> when we see a version of ourselves o...

Like you, man. know i drink juice. >> i can bring wry you a check. >> ill derrick. >> the question is atlanta a great sitcom? >> willie, you coming out? >> wait. >> or has it so pushed the boundaries of what a sitcom can be that we need to coin a new genre term altogether to describe it? >> turn your head round. >> i think everything changes when you give a voice to a community that hasnt had one. ♪ romy could not have happened before streaming. >> in two decades, people being terrified of mus...

Its part of my exhibit, from mammy to modern times. >> we needed a show that was about color-ism and how it has divided us over hundreds of years. >> im not going to learn anything about myself by looking at this. >> thats right. >> in order to neutralize the stereotype we have to reclaim it. >> the sitcom affords us something where we can be funny if something deep happens. >> you know what i want to say to whitley, its easy for you. sisters look like me or you. >> this what you think you look ...

Important permit i carried in my cab today? >> thats important discussing these things in a sitcom. youre not defensive. youre able to kind of take in new ideas. >> give you another hint. bongo bongo bongo. well, hes either dezzy a naz or, knowing you, hes probably black. >> they were doing something no one has ever done. >> mr. bunker. >> a black man coming to his house. >> you saved my daughter gloria standing over there. >> hello, gloria. >> and mike. >> hello, mike. >> it was electrifying. >...

Together wrong, but the blowback from the public was far buried by the excitement and the applause. >> i dont like that. >> you dont like what? >> you calling me boy. im not a boy. im a man. >> if you look at archie bunker, hes a racist guy, but we loved him. sitcom, say look at us. look what were afraid of. im a man, too. i dont go around making a point of it. >> you never had to make a point of it. >> in the 70s with all in the family, were starting to have a conversation about race in ways th...

Because i was so intimidated by the process. >> my mother put you up to this, didnt she? >> the network thought i was too overweight to play the role of myself. >> mother, ive told you about these fix-ups. >> i lost an incredible amount of weight in a short period of time. it affected my weight in a damaging way. i couldnt think about whether or not anything was funny. mom, dont wait up for me. >> i havent ever seen an asian american family on a sitcom, so in a lot of ways, we learned lessons of...