| 2s | I ain't sayin' she a gold digger... Shocking. She ain't messin' with no broke - [gasp] Word. |
| 6s | Beg them to go with the radio edit. What other |
| 7s | topics would you like to explore in |
| 9s | season two? We're going to touch a little |
| 11s | on a little bit on everything. Our show's |
| 13s | not necessarily about race, but it's a |
| 16s | component of what the character Dre |
| 18s | deals with in his life, sometimes he |
| 20s | brings it on himself. But we - we |
| 22s | always prided ourselves on being topical |
| 25s | and timely. One of the episodes that |
| 27s | we're working on is called the - the |
| 28s | N-word, so we're probably going to ruffle |
| 30s | a few feathers with that particular show |
| 32s | but I'm excited to do it. Do you feel |
| 34s | that Black-ish has helped pave the way |
| 36s | for more shows with diverse cast and |
| 38s | roles to get greenlit and get on the |
| 40s | air? I believe it has, I mean but we only |
| 41s | stand on the shoulders of shows before |
| 43s | us. With the success of Black-ish, you know, |
| 46s | came Cristela and came Fresh Off the |
| 48s | Boat and - and now you're looking at a |
| 50s | whole crop of new shows with diverse |
| 53s | cast that wasn't there a year ago and |
| 55s | you know can all be pinpointed with with |
| 58s | the success of Black-ish so we're |
| 61s | excited about that, but we're just a |
| 62s | small cog in the machine doing what |
| 64s | we're supposed to do, you know, we're |
| 65s | standing on someone's shoulders so |
| 67s | someone can stand on ours. Now it's kind |
| 69s | of a tough time for TV comedy but |
| 71s | Black-ish clearly worked. What do you |
| 73s | think it is about the show that made it |
| 76s | such a success? Just the subject |
| 78s | matter, just the stories that we're |
| 79s | telling and and the honesty in which we |
| 81s | tell them. We're honest to a flaw, you |
| 83s | know, my character's flawed. He's not |
| 85s | perfect. He's very opinionated, but it's |
| 87s | who he is. He just loves his culture. He |
| 89s | loves where he comes from and he wants |
| 91s | his children to hold on to that, not only - |
| 93s | solely be that, but hold on to that as, |
| 96s | you know, they live in this a homogenized |
| 98s | world that we live in. What does it mean |
| 100s | to you to be nominated for this role in |
| 102s | this show in particular? It means a lot |
| 104s | because this character Dre is closest to |
| 106s | me. It means a lot because the stories |
| 109s | that we're telling on our show are |
| 112s | stories that I lived with my family. It's |
| 114s | great to be recognized in particular for |
| 116s | the work that I'm doing because it's - |
| 118s | it's so close to me that - that it's taken |
| 121s | from my life and it's put on screen so |
| 123s | words really can't begin to explain how |
| 126s | that nomination means for - for this show |
| 128s | in particular for what I'm doing. Since |
| 130s | you are nominated for an Emmy, just for |
| 131s | |
| 133s | newest Emmy category be? Best Husky Actor |
| 137s | on Any Television Show. Okay. And are |
| 139s | you winning that? Yeah I would be in it |
| 141s | because you know the husky brothers are |
| 143s | always overlooked, you know, so we need |
| 145s | to have a category for Best Husky |
| 147s | Brother in a Comedy, Best Husky Brother |
| 149s | in a Drama. Okay. When you win that I |
| 152s | want this suit to be on for your |
| 153s | acceptance. You got it. I'll make sure it's |
| 155s | |
