TMC
01-17-2025, 03:09 AM
https://ew.com/damon-wayans-explains-snl-sketch-fired-immediately-8774750
"Eddie's advice to me was, 'Write your own sketches. Otherwise, they're gonna give you some Black people s--- to do and you ain't gonna like it," he reflected.
Those words turned into something of a prophecy for Wayans as he struggled to find a rapport with the writers.
"Hey, give me the ball; I know what this needs," he recalled of trying to get his own material on the show. "But they would shoot my ideas down." He cited Al Franken in particular as not meshing with his frame of reference.
"Eddie's advice to me was, 'Write your own sketches. Otherwise, they're gonna give you some Black people s--- to do and you ain't gonna like it," he reflected.
Those words turned into something of a prophecy for Wayans as he struggled to find a rapport with the writers.
"Hey, give me the ball; I know what this needs," he recalled of trying to get his own material on the show. "But they would shoot my ideas down." He cited Al Franken in particular as not meshing with his frame of reference.