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Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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"The voice of millennial Black women for more than a decade," in the words of The Washington Post, reflects on how she became enamored with TV, the robbery that inspired her web series 'The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl' and how that show, along with Larry Wilmore and Prentice Penny, shaped her five-season masterpiece for HBO, the first premium cable scripted series ever created by and starring a Black woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's time to explore. This is your opportunity to discover what's out there for you and realise what you are made to do.
0:06.0	It's time to achieve. Learn more.
0:09.0	Realise your potential and become who you are made to be.
0:12.0	It's time to create.
0:14.0	Make new friendships.
0:15.0	Discover new passions.
0:17.0	And become the best version of you.
0:20.0	It's time.
0:21.0	Discover Oxford Brooks University.
0:23.0	Join us on an open day.
0:25.0	Visit OxfordBrooks.ac.uk to find out more.
0:30.0	Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the 459th episode of Awards Chatter.
0:42.0	The Hollywood Reporter's Awards podcast.
0:44.0	I'm the host Scott Feinberg.
0:46.0	And my guest today has been described by the Washington Post as, quote,
0:50.0	the voice of millennial black women for more than a decade.
0:53.0	Close quote.
0:54.0	With the publication adding, quote,
0:56.0	for a certain generation of black women, her volume of work is like the Harry Potter books.
1:01.0	Stories about characters who grow and mature alongside their fans.
1:05.0	Close quote.
1:06.0	She first caught people's attention with her web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,
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