Dear White People's Shonda Rhimes Parody

Good One

Vox Media Podcast Network

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Jesse David Fox sits down with Justin Simien, the director of the movie Dear White People and creator of the new TV show premiering on Netflix this month. They talk about a scene from the first episode in which a group of students are gathering to watch Defamation a parody of Shonda Rhimes' Scandal. Simien offers thoughts on his process, the benefits of adapting the movie to television and how the show fits into today's political landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good One is sponsored by Vulture Festival, Volcher.com's annual pop culture extravaganza.
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0:25.0	Welcome to Good One.
0:27.0	Folta's Podcasts about Jokes and those who write them.
0:30.0	I'm your host Jesse David Fox.
0:31.0	And each week I have comedian, comedy writer, or director on to play and talk about one of their jokes.
0:36.4	This is a bonus episode.
0:38.2	What's a bonus episode?
0:39.8	It's an episode that is a bonus episode.
0:42.0	And this is one. Essentially Essentially they're a good one's
0:44.4	seasons but then someone comes around that we want to talk to so much that we're
0:48.0	like bonus and and so that's this. So this week's guest is Justin Simian, director of Dear White People the movie and creator of
0:55.2	Dear White People, the TV show, premiered on Netflix on April 28th.
0:59.0	I interviewed Justin a few years back for the movie and when I heard of the TV show I knew
1:02.1	I wanted him for the podcast. when I heard of the TV show I knew I wanted him for the
1:02.9	podcast. If he wasn't so good at writing movies and TV shows Justin could be like a
1:07.3	hell of a writing teacher. He is particularly good at synthesizing big ideas
1:11.6	into story and into comedy.
1:13.8	The scene he chose comes from the show's first episode in which Sam introduces her white boyfriend
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