:36:01
Look, I agree with you.
:36:02
It would be better to have
some African-American writers...
:36:05
but, for whatever reason,
they're not here.
:36:08
Maybe they couldn't find
any people with experience.
:36:12
Or they wouldn't work
for the pay...
:36:14
or they refused
to work on the show.
:36:17
Or put their crack pipes down
long enough to apply.
:36:22
Pierre, I don't know--
:36:23
Mr. Delacroix.
You don't know...
:36:26
Mr. Delacroix, I don't know...
:36:28
and I don't think
anybody here does know...
:36:30
but what I do know is this
will be a unique experience.
:36:33
I am a damn good writer
and I'm ready to go to work.
:36:41
Thank you for rallying
the troops, Peter.
:36:43
I've always loved the format
of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-ln."
:36:46
"Sock it to me."
:36:48
Or Pigmeat Markham.
:36:50
"Here come the judge."
:36:53
We should look back
at those Seventies shows...
:36:55
which were groundbreaking.
:36:57
I'm from lowa,
as you all know...
:36:59
and my first experience
of the black...
:37:02
people of col--Africa...
:37:04
is shows like "The Jeffersons."
:37:07
George and "Weezy!"
:37:11
Better than "The Jeffersons."
"Good Times."
:37:13
"Kid Dy-no-mite!"
:37:16
The whole J.J. thing.
:37:18
I think--and Delacroix
will agree with me...
:37:21
that the politics of
this show have to be right.
:37:24
This show we are doing
is a minstrel show...
:37:26
which is blackface, tap dancing,
singing sketches.
:37:31
You're putting
white actors in blackface?
:37:33
No, my dear.
:37:34
We are using black actors
with blacker faces.
:37:38
Don't you think people
will be offended by this?
:37:40
Yes, that's good.
I want them to be offended.
:37:42
I want to wake America up.
:37:43
Even though the material
will be somewhat offensive...
:37:48
there is definitely
a social message...
:37:51
that we should focus on...
:37:55
when writing the material.
:37:57
We're gonna need some big stars.
:37:59
No, no, no.
You're gonna have a hard time...