Prentice Penny (FUX YO BLUE CHECK)
@The_A_Prentice
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showrunner of @insecurehbo / director of #blacktwitterhulu on @hulu by @onyxcollective / writer-director of #uncorkedmovie on @netflix
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I wish older male white writers would stop confusing “woke” with being “inclusive”. Writer rooms can still be a free and safe space to pitch anything, but it doesn’t need to be a disrespectful one. If your comedy relies on humiliating me, then maybe you just ain’t funny.
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I never want to hear “We had no idea little Kyle would do this”
This is Terrorist Kyle Rittenhouse as a child. His parents should be charged as well.
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ALL HIS CASES SHOULD BE RE-EXAMINED.
DOJ Considers Charging Derek Chauvin in 2017 Incident Where he Allegedly Beat Black 14-Year-Old and Knelt on Him for 17 Minutes
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See what happens when white people are even slightly inconvenienced.
WATCH: "I will not be muzzled like a mad dog;" face mask debate turns fierce in St. Lucie County.
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Also: Judge Penny is my ACTUAL mother. I could’ve told Britney’s dad: She don’t play.
BREAKING: Judge Penny has sided with Britney OVERRULING her father’s objections and will sign the order giving Bessemer Trust equal power
#FreeBritney
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THIS. IS. THE. DOUBLE. STANDARD. THAT. I. HAVE. BEEN. TALKING. ABOUT.
Feds will seek 4 months jail time for Felicity Huffman for bribing her daughter into college
Tanya McDowell got 12 yrs for sending her son to the wrong school district
&
Kelley Williams-Bolar got 3 years $30k fine for sending her daughter to the wrong school district.
Retweet!
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I knew this white woman was gonna throw him under the bus once the bag was in jeopardy. 😂😂😂
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I don’t want writers and showrunners to pull down their blackface episodes. I want them to explain how they got their in the first place and why weren’t there more writers of color in their rooms to stop it. And heads of networks to explain why they ok’d it.
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We wanted to show love is a choice and it only needs to make sense to you. Everyone’s story is different.
#InsecureHBO
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This was so real as we had no idea
@natasharothwell
was gonna do this. That’s why she’s a genius. The whole set lost it.
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The real love story is Issa And Molly. Black women being dope as fuck and thriving in the face of anything is what we are really watching.
#InsecureHBO
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The doctors didn’t even test her and sent her home.
Wear A Mask, Protect People: 9-Year-Old Black Girl Kimora "Kimmie" Lynum Becomes Youngest Person To Die From COVID-19 In Florida
(Image via Twitter/Mikasha Young-Holmes)
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I love that The Dunes is now like the black “Hollywood” sign.
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For a year called 2020, it couldn’t see shit coming.
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Issa and I always knew the ending would be that the character had to learn to be secure in her insecurities. This ending reflected that.
#InsecureHBO
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I need white people to talk to white people. At this point, it’s on y’all.
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We also wanted to show how hard it is for them to maintain the birthday pact. That’s why Molly isn’t at Kelli birthday. Life gets in the way.
#InsecureHBO
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Everybody I know who’s black sees the same thing. This game is a literally a life metaphor about America.
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I love this scene. That was really my advice. We had shot
@YvonneOrji
side and I wanted Issa to be surprised by something. So I told Yvonne to thank her as Yvonne not Molly. Then Yvonne said “Say less” and Issa was all tears. We ALL were!!
#InsecureSeriesFinale
This scene in the bathroom was the final scene I shot as molly. During one of the takes,
@The_A_Prentice
told me to go off script and thank
@IssaRae
for how she changed my life. We were crying for real FOR REAL.
#InsecureHBO
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I'm going to start a young writers boot camp for writers of color this year. It will be FREE! Pass along to all new fresh voices.
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ALL I know is AKA’s better assemble on like this like they came at us on Insecure. Lol.
y’all why i’m in class and we got a sub and she gon grab our teacher’s AKA jacket and put it on😭 and then we tryna explain to her and tell her to take it off and SHE WONT DO IT LMFAOOOO
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We wanted to use birthdays as a full circle moment from the pilot to the end of the series
#InsecureSeriesFinale
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Pitching this run on set was hilarious. There were four more lines we cut for time.
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Me keeping track of the white people commenting on Angel Reese when they want to hit me up to develop a show with them:
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Please stop asking if
@insecurehbo
is gonna be an hour long. We. Are. A. Half. Hour. Comedy. Just enjoy. Stop trying to change us. Lol.
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One of the best things to me in last nights episode of
#InsecureHBO
was how fast Ahmal met a man and was in a relationship one hour later. Lol.
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I had to recently tell an agent who sent me a slave movie to direct. I said send me the scripts you would send to the Coen Brothers to direct. And guess what: THEY DID. TWO. That shows they have them but they don’t consider it for us initially. STAND YOUR GROUND WRITERS
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Even in victory black people STAY giving props to people. Because we recognize, giving you your flowers don’t take from OURS. I wish certain parts of America was as classy as the culture is.
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One day our children will ask us, where were you during the chicken sandwich wars of ‘19.
Sounds like someone just ate one of our biscuits. Cause y’all looking thirsty.
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I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t stressed how the finale was received. I did NOT want to direct it. I was scared of the heat it would get if it didn’t measure up. Which is the exact reason why I know I needed to. So glad y’all received it in the spirit it was made.
#InsecureHBO
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Why. In. The. Fuck. Is. It. On. Us. To. Educate. A. Grown. Man. To. Be. Decent.
NAACP and BeBe Winans to Educate Country Singer Morgan Wallen on Why the N-Word is Bad
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Are we gonna be okay is the theme of the entire season. You should watch it from that lens.
#InsecureHBO
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If your business ain’t open because of one person then the problem ain’t Alex
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Just so you know. WE AGONIZED on the finale and wrote three versions before we landed on this.
#InsecureHBO
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Nah bruh. YOU went to the White House. YOU wore the MAGA hat. YOU went to the White House a second time. YOU hugged Donald Trump.
Oh word?!
#KanyeWest
says he's no longer asleep and is distancing himself from politics: 'I've been used'
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I didn’t realize how big
#InsecureHBO
was and what it really meant to the culture until now. You make a show with friends in a bubble, but you don’t know it reach. I’m honored y’all fuck with it. So thankful to my same age sister
@IssaRae
for fucking with me. Cuz we the same age.
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One of my other favorite memories was me, him and Terry Crews talking on set. He was so warm with us and then when a white person would walk by, he’d look serious again. He then leaned in and said “Gotta keep ‘em on they toes.” Again, I fell out! RIP
#andreBraugher
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Wrapped. Forever.
#InsecureHBO
🥲 Been a life changing six years. I feel blessed to inspire black culture in the same way black tv inspired me when I was a kid. So to even be remotely in that ballpark I’m thankful. See you guys for the
#FabAndFinal
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What’s going unnoticed is Raven Johnson has kept Caitlin to 7 points in the last two quarters.
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We really wanted to test Condola saying last season “I don’t need you. Be involved as much or as little as you want” this episode was about saying be careful what you wish for if it’s not honest. And also Lawrence needing to own his part.
#InsecureHBO
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Issa the person had to go through the same journey as Issa the character as we talked about who she should end with. Her speech of “I had to figure it out for me” was real of both people.
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I don’t know what young writer needs to hear this, but if you think
#InsecureHBO
is a good show. Just know every second of it, I agonized, worried, stressed about if what I was contributing was good enough creatively. So know it never leaves you. Embrace it and make it a power.
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We had so many versions of Kelli shading Ahmal at the party but knocking the drink out was perfect.
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White privilege is waking up in the morning, never having to worry being killed by a cop when you’re stopped for a hanging air freshener. Think about the lunacy and specificity of that. I think about it every time I drive.
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We wanted to get Molly and Issa back together. They need each other. That’s the love story in the show. Their life without each other isn’t as good. They need each other.
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RIP
#andrebraugher
One of my favorite memories of him was one day on set, he was like I follow you on Twitter - you’re funny. I said, “oh what’s your handle so I can follow you too.” He said, “No. I like it that you don’t know it’s me.” We both fell out. He was a good man.
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VOTE
#INSECURE
FOR ALL CATEGORIES.
#Emmys2020
WE BEEN SHUTOUT THREE SEASONS. LETTTTTTTTS GO!
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Finding out
#InsecureHBO
nominated for best comedy series got me coming into the writer zoom like
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If your writers room in 2020 looks the same as it did in 2004, then you’re part of the problem.
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When I say
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the person is as bomb and genuine as she seems, it’s an understatement. She’s one of the best people I know. Periodt!
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Most qualified/Best candidate = white. Diverse Hire = black.
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We need to stop this word “cancel”. Girl, You got fired from a job for saying very racist things. That’s what happens. There’s consequences for actions.
Gina Carano Hits Back, Announces New Movie Project With Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire: “They Can’t Cancel Us If We Don’t Let Them”
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Where’s the tear gas and the rubber bullets shooting at the protestors? Aren’t the cops afraid for their life?
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The finale approach was really about movement. If you notice the camera is always moving in some way until there’s a reason for us to stop and slow down.
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So in the middle of a pandemic we out here making ratpeople?
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We wanted Issa and Molly to learn these friendships don’t grow on trees and don’t take it for granted. We wanted them to be humbled and be appreciative.
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We need to cut this narrative that only white guys carrying flags love this country. I love it too. I love it so much I want to hold it accountable for its actions and not let it run around like a kid with no manners in a restaurant while the parents beg for it to sit down.
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Could not be happier and so deserving. A fitting way to end Kelli’s journey.
I’m still in London and I just woke up to this news! I’m fully weeping!
Thank you
@naacpimageawards
for the recognition and to
@issarae
,
@the_a_prentice
,
@nortivarg
and the entire
@insecurehbo
family for giving me the gift of Kelli. She’s changed my life.
MY HEART IS FULL.🙏🏾
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We wanted to end the show with Issa in the red suit standing in front of her company to mirror her standing in front of the kids at We Got Yall in the pilot. It was literally all about
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Let’s not forget how the very people who quote him NOW, treated him in his time.
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I’ve always been curious why white directors get more clout for directing black actors than black directors who do it all the time.
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The real hero is
@natasharothwell
for diligently trolling
#trump
for four years, day in and day out, never ceasing until the victory.
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How. Do. You. Witness. Protection. That. Face.
Tekashi 6ix9ine Set To Receive No Jail Time & Witness Protection With Full Cooperation
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When Lawrence said he did in fact buy Issa a ring, we wanted to show he had been ready to marry her. That’s why it was so hard to get past for him. He saw a life with her.
#InsecureHBO
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Thank you to everyone who watched, debated and supported
@insecurehbo
this year. We love you and we do it for the culture. See you tonight!
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16 year old me has won with this tweet below.
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We wanted to be honest about two people who had two different expectations of their situation. We knew this wouldn’t be a super “funny” episode but a REAL one.
#insecurehbo
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When you rock a hairstyle like this, you STAND ON BUSINESS 24/7.
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Hope you enjoy the
@insecurehbo
finale tomorrow. I directed it. So any compliments, critiques or just plain shade. I’m ready to hear:
#InsecureHBO
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I didn’t realize how much I missed days when I never thought about the President.
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This was 100% intentional. Good catch.
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Issa and Molly both have growth. But people think growth is a straight line. It’s not. It’s two steps forward. Three back. One forward. Etc.
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#GirlfriendsOnNetflix
launched showrunners: Regina Hicks (The Upshaws) karin Gist (mixed-ish) prentice Penny (Insecure) Kenya barris (blackish) Lena Waithe (The Chi) Matthew Cherry (Hair Love)
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I vividly remember writing this scene in my office. I was drawing from experience like y’all don’t even know. Had re-triggered myself. Lol.
You just had to be there. In real time. 😭
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Y’all must not want
#InsecureHBO
next year with everyone wilding in these streets. See. We was just fittna give y’all 20, one hour long episodes and y’all just kilt that.
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More of this.
Teen trespasses to play basketball at gym, cop called to take him away buys him membership instead
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You need to be fucking with
#GrandCrew
and
#AbbottElementary
- if not, you missing THE FUCK out.
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I wanted Jay to be more empathetic to Issa and more angry with Condola. I wanted there to be two different Lawrence’s. All three of them
@IssaRae
@JayREllis
@tinalorenn
brought their AAAAAA game.
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Me waking up to people still loving the ending to
#InsecureHBO
and thankful it wasn’t an Issa type fantasy I created in my head.
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For one night. I beg y’all. Beg. Let’s just embrace what we are. Not what we aren’t. Just enjoy the ride. :)
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Closure? Damn what did we just give you then? Lol.
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Excited to begin this next chapter of creating/developing/shepherding new projects, new writers, new directors at
@HBO
-
#openforbusiness
‘Insecure’ EP Prentice Penny Inks Overall Deal With HBO
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When white people start quoting him tomorrow, QUOTE THIS ONE.
“The white liberal must see that the Negro needs not only love but also justice. It is not enough to say, “We love Negroes, we have many Negro friends.” They must demand justice for Negroes.
Love that does not satisfy justice is no love at all.”
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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#InsecureHBO
so wild to think it’s over. What’s everyone’s favorite episode? AND you can’t say Coachella.
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