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Ashley is Back

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September 7, 2021 News, Scriptnotes, Transcribed

John welcomes back writer/performer Ashley Nicole Black (A Black Lady Sketch Show, Ted Lasso, The Amber Ruffin Show) to prove good things come in twos. They dive into her two Emmy nominations, joining a show in its second season, and the opportunities of both writing and acting in a series.

We follow up on the WGA East elections and ghosting producers. We also answer listener questions on problematic female character intros and writing sports scenes.

In our bonus segment we take a look at TV’s white guy problem.

Links:

  • The Double-Nominated Emmy Contender Taking Over TV Comedy
  • Industry News: Fran Drescher, Leads SAG-AFTRA, IATSE Contract Negotiation, WGA East Elections
  • New Teeth by Simon Rich on Amazon or Bookshop
  • Gifted short story by Simon Rich
  • Highland 2 Student License
  • A is For
  • Estelle Colored Glass
  • TV’s White Guys are in Crisis by Kathryn Vanarendonk
  • My Abortion Story on John’s blog
  • Ashley Nicole Black on Twitter
  • Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!
  • Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription or treat yourself to a premium subscription!
  • John August on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Outro by Zach Lo (send us yours!)
  • Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 9-15-21 The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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