Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Jessica Williams And Phoebe Robinson Are Asking Hollywood To Stop Recycling White Stories

“People want to see new, interesting stories from new, interesting voices.”

Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson are two funny women who are often looked to as the future of comedy.

Williams is a correspondent on The Daily Show, while Robinson has appeared on Broad City and writes for MTV's Girl Code. Together they co-host BLARIA LIVE!, a monthly stand-up show in Brooklyn.

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And these two are taking notes on what Hollywood is — and what Hollywood could be. As Williams told the Huffington Post, "for the past few years in cinema, it’s been mostly white stories and it’s been sort of the same things recycled."

And these two are taking notes on what Hollywood is — and what Hollywood could be. As Williams told the Huffington Post, "for the past few years in cinema, it’s been mostly white stories and it’s been sort of the same things recycled."

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"[Black women] are literally everywhere," Robinson told the Huffington Post. "And people are just choosing not to…have us in mind.

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