HBO's Comedy Chief on Warner Media Shake-Up and Hollywood's Uncertain Path Back to Humor

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Amy Gravitt also opens up about pricey protocols for pandemic production and the future of the network's recent breakout, Michaela Coel's 'I May Destroy You.'

Appearing virtuallyfrom her home office in L.A., she opened up about pricey protocols for pandemic production, a shake-up at WarnerMedia and the future of her recent breakout, Michaela Coel’sYou spent four years in the Navy before arriving in Hollywood. How did that experience prepare you?

Your first gig out here was working for George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh. You must have a good story from that chapter? We’re not quite there yet. I think everybody knows the general precautions, so they have them in mind, but we haven’t yet taken a red line to scenes in a script yet.When everybody’s comfortable and ready to be creative. With comedy, you have the extra bar of going back to work and taking certain precautions and, on top of that, you have to be funny. We want everybody to feel safe enough that they are comfortable delivering comedy.

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