00:00And I wanted to ask about that because I feel like, you know, black women are very vocal, but like, I want to see myself in characters, you know, on TV and what they want to see. And I wondered, you know, is it equally frustrating for black men, you know, watching them for both of you, you know, being acting, you know, acting for some time. Have you felt like you've seen yourself in other characters, you know, before this show?
00:21I feel like I've seen a part of me, a part of me, because I think there's a lot of incredible shows on TV that have black male characters, including shows that have, you know, primarily a woman's narrative, you know, some incredible shows that are on TV, but I've only seen a part of me.
00:41I feel this show gives people an opportunity to see me in my entirety in regards to just my ups, my downs also shows the motivations why I make the decisions that I make versus just some, you know, basic stereotypical reason why I think that's the issue.
00:58I think a lot of times black men are painted in a way with no depth and our motivations aren't really expressed because a lot of times the people that are creating the content to speak for us aren't living our lives.
01:09And that's why Johnson is so important is because it gives black men a voice and to feel that they're represented on as far as an honest, vulnerable black man that's just trying to make it as a human being.
01:21And it gives people an opportunity to see us from that perspective, as opposed to the stereotypical ideal of, you know, us being, you know, everything's super funny or everything's super dangerous.
01:32Yeah, because the majority of black men don't live in that space, we just don't, the majority of black men live in the space that the guys on Johnson, Johnson live in, you know, obviously, you know, black men and black women, we have the same struggles, black women haven't been well represented in media for a long time, for a long time.
01:49And so it's just as of recent, that black women have taken control of their narrative, and started telling their own stories.
01:58And now there's a good amount of shows that, you know, as a black woman, when you watch it, you can say, Oh, my God, I can relate to her or this character is me, refreshing to see, it's a beautiful thing to see.
02:08And I feel like, you know, we have to control our narrative as well. So, you know, we can definitely both black men and black women get to a place to where we're both happy and comfortable with our imagery that we see on television.
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