because i was so intimidated by the process. my mother put you up to this, didn t she? the network thought i was too overweight to play the role of myself. mother, i ve 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 couldn t think about whether or not anything was funny. mom, don t wait up for me. i haven t ever seen an asian american family on a sitcom, so in a lot of ways, we learned lessons of how to tell a story about people who are traditionally underrepresented. i m very, very proud that it broke ground. it gave an amazing push to a generation experiencing this great success now. if you try to suspend our son because of this, we will sue everyone in this school. hey, it s the american way, right? you know about that.
fixups. i lost an incredible amount of weight in a short time. it affected my wealth in a nl da damaging way. i hadn t ever seen an asian american family on a sitcom. so in a lot of ways, we learned lessons of how to tell a story about people who are traditionally under represented. i m very, very proud it broke ground. it gave an amazing push to a generation experiencing this great success now. if you try to suspend our son because of this, we will sue everyone in this school. hey, it s the american way, right? you know about that?
the question is, is atlanta a great sitcom? willie, you coming out? 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? i think everything changes when you give a voice to a community that hasn t had one. rami could not have happened before streaming. we had two decades of people being terrified of muslims. all of a sudden, there s a sitcom and people are laughing. i don t have to find a muslim girl. i ve been seeing this girl chloe for a little bit. are you out of your mind? one, they re always walking around barefoot. so much of what happens in that show is sitcom 101. i got this job. but it s what happens if
i forgot to my bird. oh my god, where is your bird? next stop is the moon. 3w4r5 . guess what famous personality i carried in my cab today? we talk about race and culture in serious ways. that s important. discussing these in a sitcom, you re not defensive, you re able to take in new ideas. give you another hint, bango, bango. knowing you he s probably black. sglf doing something they
she s part of my exhibit from mammy to modern times. we needed a show that was about color-ism and how it divided us over hundreds of years. i won t learn anything about myself but looking at this. that s right. in order to neutralize the stereo type we have 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 s easy for you. look like me or you. this is what you think you look like? something deep is going on and something funny happens. and thank god for my sister. thank you, my sister.