Michelle Buteau & Sarah Cooper on the Successes & Challenges of being Black Women in Comedy скачать в хорошем качестве

Michelle Buteau & Sarah Cooper on the Successes & Challenges of being Black Women in Comedy

Michelle Buteau and Sarah Cooper joined BlogHer to discuss the importance of finding your voice and making sure it's heard. Hear how these powerhouses found success by unabashedly being themselves while using comedy to incite change. Buteau and Cooper joined BlogHer for Black History Month conversations where they talked about everything from colorism, body types, comedy writing, their Black comedy heroes, dating, and what they really think about men in comedy. They also discuss how they might be twins when Sarah shows Michelle her first headshot looked exactly like Michelle's! They discuss Sarah's two books: "100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings : "How to Get by Without Even Trying." "How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings: Non-threatening Leadership Strategies for Women." Sarah Cooper is an actor, comedian, and best-selling author. Her books How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings and 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings are both currently in development for series television. Sarah built her comedy career from the ground up while working for companies like Yahoo! and Google, where she was fed free lunches and lots of material. Sarah’s first Netflix special, “Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine,” was executive produced by Maya Rudolph and directed by Natasha Lyonne debuted on the steaming service October 27th 2020. Michelle Buteau is an actress, author and comedian. She just published her first book Survival of the Thickest (Gallery Books) and released her first one-hour comedy special “Welcome to Buteaupia” (Netflix). She currently hosts “The Circle” for Netflix, which will return for Season 2 this Spring, and is in production on Season 2 of the BET+ original series “First Wives Club”. Buteau’s additional credits include the feature film “Always Be My Maybe” (Netflix) and the Netflix show “Tales of the City.” This spring she will be seen in the feature film “Marry Me”(Universal). Watch Michelle Buteau and Sarah Cooper as they discuss the importance of finding your voice and making sure it's heard. Hear how these powerhouses found success by unabashedly being themselves while using comedy to incite change.