our participation of actors. starting off as guest stars, then we became supporting actors. who the hell are you any way? who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. then we became lead actors we don t run, we stick together and we fight. get out of my house. drama is where all of the conflict happens. scandal is my favorite drama. how many times have i told you what you have to be. everything about it, the twist, the terms, the acting. twice as good. twice as good as them to get half of what they have. i love queen sugar. david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that is being depicted. definitely new york undercover. you stupid, turn around. a positive role, a great thing to see someone who looks like you, a pivotal moment to figure out who i was. america drama almost doesn t, it doesn t exist without black people now. - that s right, hank plummer. you know, i can find him? - yeah, he s right here. it s me. - you know, for a
- who the hell are you anyway? - who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. - [ernie] then we became lead actors. - we don t run. okay, we stick together and we fight. - get out of my house. you are afr- - drama is where all of the conflict happens. - [tisha] scandal is my favorite drama. - how many times have i told you, you have to be what? - everything about it, the twist, the turns, the acting. - twice as good. - twice as good as them to get half of what they have. - i love queen sugar, david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that s being depicted. - definitely, new york undercover. - waiting for the cops. you stupid? turn around. malik yoba, it was a positive role. it was a great thing to see someone who looks like you, very much a pivotal moment of growing, and trying to figure out who i was. - american drama, it almost doesn t. it doesn t exist without black people now. (upbeat music) (smooth jazz music) - [hank] hey, you looking for somebody?
Black woman. the biggest challenge in finding mary jane and finding mary jane was separating her from my real life and so i had to find mary jane s truth. we don t have to always be a pillar of the race. we can be human. . oprah was the pioneer. networks led the way. rupaul brings us into the drag experience to talk about black joy was really important oh, right. it s today. [chanting excitedly] great wolf lodge! nothing brings the pack together like a trip to great wolf lodge. humans have evolved many skills. fighting bugs isn t one of them.
- i love you. - don t say that. - mara brock akil and her husband celine, they created this pilot, this world of being mary jane. and they sent over the script, i mean, to this day, it s probably one of top three projects i ve ever read, period, tv, film. - black women aren t ugly, or invisible. - i m really proud of the collaborative work of say, me and gabrielle, because i think that mary jane, made a lot of room for the humanity of black people, and specifically, black women. - i mean, the biggest challenge in finding mary jane and playing mary jane, was separating her from my real life. and so, i had to find mary jane s truth. we don t have to always be a pillar of the race, we can be human. (calm music)