Marsai Martin: From “Black-ish” to Boss Moves
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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Y’all know there’s no shortage of films focused on the trauma of the Black experience, but today’s guest has a “no Black pain” rule for the films she chooses to do. You probably fell in love with Marsai Martin as Diane on “Black-ish,” or maybe you saw her killing it as the Woodpecker on “The Masked Singer.” But what you might not know is that she’s a boss—literally the youngest executive producer in Hollywood history. We’re talking all about her journey from child star to shot-caller, supporting the next generation of young stars, and how Hollywood just cannot figure out how to market Black entertainment.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my lovelies. This episode is brought to you by Airbnb, of course. |
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| 0:14.0 | Now, let's start the show. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey, it's your girl Kiki Palmer here. |
| 0:22.5 | There's been a renaissance of black filmmaking over the past decade or so, but some people |
| 0:26.9 | feel like the focus is always too much on the negative stuff. |
| 0:30.1 | My guest today has a no black pain rule in choosing the films she does and hopes to spread |
| 0:35.2 | joy and positivity. |
| 0:36.6 | Her name's Marseille Martin, and today we're asking the question, |
| 0:39.3 | what underrepresented elements of the black experience should movies and TV focus on more? |
| 0:44.3 | So get ready to think a little critically for the sake of positivity, because baby, this is Kiki Palmer. |
| 0:50.3 | No matter what we're doing in the car, just chilling, popo, Amazon music, sit back and listen. |
| 0:56.0 | Life, love, sex, science, covering it all, especially the backers money always involved. |
| 1:00.0 | No matter what it is, we gonna make it make sense. |
| 1:02.0 | Nothing else to do but kick it with the homies and kin. |
| 1:05.0 | So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy and get into the vibe that only one is... |
| 1:09.0 | You know it's your girls. |
| 1:10.0 | Baby, this is this is Kiki. |
| 1:12.6 | Baby, this is Kiki Poma, yeah. |
| 1:19.6 | My guest today is an actress, producer, and entrepreneur |
| 1:23.6 | who has been breaking barriers from a young age. |
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