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Friday, September 16 2011, 11:44 AM EST
While we’re seeing more diverse casts on T.V., the number of scripted, live-action shows on major network broadcast television with all-black (or predominantly of color) casts doesn’t exist. Which is shocking if you can consider many of classic sitcoms were almost all black: “The Jeffersons,” “Sanford & Son,” “Good Times,” “The Cosby Show,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” “Family Matters,” “Martin,” “Living Single” and the list goes on.
Rae has been able to create something that’s rarely seen on TV these days: a sitcom series starring a black female with short black cropped hair as the lead and a cast that’s primarily made up of actors of color.
Part of her success is that viewers can relate to her characters. “Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes; or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking,” Rae wrote in recent blog, How to Write A Wildly Successful Web Series.
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