In an exclusive interview, the Insecure and May I Destroy You stars join Vogue over Zoom, where they discuss everything from working on creative projects during the pandemic to the new generation of emerging black talent.
and I was like, ‘All y’all have each other and so many of the young Black girls who are watching you have you to look to,’ and it excited me so much. I’m proud of the fact that they’re going to inspire a generation.
“I grew up in a very Afro-centric household. My dad is Senegalese and my mom is from Louisiana so I grew up watchingI grew up spoiled in that sense, until later when there was nothing — I knew what it was like to have something [only to then] have it taken away.”, she was black and it was a comedy — that was so unusual. The rest [of the shows I watched] would have been things like, because that’s what my mum watched.
“I feel the pressure because I feel like the timeline for Black women in this industry is very short, therefore I want to do as much as I can while I’m here. It has to be your markers — I don’t give a fuck about what anybody expects me to be. The pressure comes from me and where I think I should be. Sometimes those standards are unfair to myself and I have to unpack those things.
“I wrote a lot of the show in Lake Tahoe. Specifically, the idea for episode five and Zain came to me staring at the stars there. Arabella basically turns her back on the audience; she’s a very complex character. There are positive aspects — she’s championed other people who have experienced [sexual assault]. But there are also ramifications to being on a platform in such a fragile position and doing something that heroic. So we see the pros and cons.
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