Kenya Barris (Part 1 of 2)
Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz
Barry Katz
4.8 • 946 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Kenya Barris is a prolific writer and director, known to many as the creator of the hit Emmy winning series Black-ish, a show loosely based on his own life. After leaving ABC he signed a 9-figure deal with Netflix to direct his first feature film, You People, starring Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy which is out now. Some of his other writing credits include the 2017 comedy Girl’s Trip, the new Disney+ Cheaper by the Dozen film, and Amazon’s Coming 2 America.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, it's Barry, thought I'd leave you a little message before you listen to this |
| 0:04.3 | special podcast recorded live at the Montreal Just For Last Festival with Kenya Barris. |
| 0:11.3 | I really had a great time with this guy. He's so talented, so creative, and it came at a time when |
| 0:17.6 | he was on the cusp of breaking past, working for the person, and then going off and working |
| 0:27.0 | for himself and doing things on his own the way he wanted to do them on his terms. |
| 0:33.6 | And this new movie that he just created with Joan Hill wrote and directed is an example of that. |
| 0:43.6 | You people might drive a lot of people crazy, but for me, I left my ass off, so I wanted to |
| 0:52.8 | you to hear this interview with Kenya and get an insight into a real, real special comedy mind. Enjoy. |
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| 2:13.9 | I truly can't wait to work with you to help you change the trajectory of your comedy career forever. |
| 2:24.5 | I think for me the biggest thing that being a PA is respect everyone. No one is, I don't believe in, |
| 2:34.0 | I hate saying people work for me. I think we all work with each other. I hate when people are like |
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