Regina King on Race, Policing and HBO's 'Watchmen'

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🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Sam revisits his chat with Regina King from 2019 after the actress' recent Emmy nomination for her performance on the HBO series Watchmen. In this encore interview, King talks about why she gravitates toward work that deals with race and policing, why she's still proud to call herself an American and why that also means demanding things to get a lot better than they are now.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been A Minute from NPR.
0:05.3	I'm Sam Sanders, and we're going to mix things up for this show.
0:08.8	We're taking a much-needed break this week, but we still wanted to leave you with something
0:12.6	good.
0:13.6	So, instead of our usual wrap of the week's news, we're going to revisit my chat with actress
0:17.6	Regina King from last year.
0:20.0	Regina King has been in the biz since she was 13.
0:23.1	Way back in the day, you may recall her role as Brenda Jenkins on the classic NPC sitcom
0:28.3	227.
0:29.8	After that, she just kept on working.
0:31.8	John Singleton movies like Boys in the Hood and poetic justice, other movies like Ray,
0:37.6	Consistent TV work, and voiceovers in shows like The Boom Docks.
0:42.1	Regina King has stayed busy and kept making good stuff.
0:46.0	And now decades into her career, the industry is giving Regina King the accolades many things
0:50.8	she should have been receiving all along.
0:53.3	She won two Emmys for her work on the ABC drama American Crime in 2015 and 2016.
0:59.6	And last year, she won an Oscar for her performance in the Barry Jenkins film If Bill Street Could
1:04.0	Talk.
1:05.5	And just last week, Regina was nominated for an Emmy for her work on HBO's Watchmen.
1:10.2	This is the show that's inspired by the graphic novel of the same name where superheroes
1:14.4	and vigilantes are outlawed.
1:16.8	This show deals with issues of race and policing.
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