EP 49: The Gatekeeper

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Why do some people feel the need to gatekeep? From the art world to the corporate world, Black gatekeeping is real. Today we hear a classic gatekeeping experience from the comedy duo Frangela, and talk to author Jennifer Farmer about the deep-seated reasons why some people still feel the need to gatekeep.

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0:00.0	We had a pilot at Fox.
0:02.4	We did a live show.
0:04.2	We wrote a script.
0:05.7	It got approved.
0:07.5	The dream of dream for comedians
0:09.6	is to get your own sitcom, right?
0:12.5	No, my blackness.
0:14.6	Black, black, black.
0:16.1	Black.
0:17.1	Black.
0:18.2	Shoes.
0:19.2	So there we are.
0:20.8	We are now, then, not only did it get approved,
0:23.6	we're shooting it, right?
0:25.4	Multi-million dollar budget.
0:29.3	We shoot it.
0:30.6	In front of a live studio audience for Fox,
0:33.7	and me, every big wig at Fox and ABC is there.
0:38.1	Everybody loves it.
0:39.2	The crowd is goes crazy.
0:42.0	That is black.
0:42.9	That's really, really.
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