From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

Larry Wilmore has written for some of TV's most beloved shows, including In Living

Color, The Fresh Prince, the Bernie Mac Show, and Blackish.

But early in his career, he says the industry didn't know what to do with a black comedian

who didn't fit a certain

stereotype. When I was doing stand-up, what Hollywood was interested in was more of what the

deaf comedy jam type of comic was for black comedians. You know, like you had to be from the ghetto.

You know, you can't be too smart because you got to be streetwise. So who wants a smart political

comic? Larry Wilmore

talks about his career, his controversial closing remarks when he hosted the 2016 White House

Correspondence Dinner, and his venture outside of comedy on Hulu's legal drama,

Reasonable Doubt. But first we banter. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my associate in banter. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW. I am joined by my associate in banter. Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So, as you well know, Wakanda Forever, as we speak, we don't know the number for that movie opening over the weekend, but we know big. Big is a good rough gauge.

But Disney, you know, its stock went down after this past Tuesday, Bob Chapic, the head of Disney, reported earnings, and Disney missed

estimates. They had added so many people to the streaming service, though it's always a complicated

picture. They added 12 million. They're 164 between ESPN and Disney Plus and Hulu. However, you know, the street, having pushed,

push, pushed for streaming, as we've discussed, is now like not so keen on streaming. Certainly

Disney lost a big number over a billion dollars in the quarter on this.

Streaming is really expensive, and I don't think anybody's figured out how to make it work as a

going concern where you don't lose money. Chapix said, this is the big loss, and after that,

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