She is breaking boundaries, but believes these boundaries shouldn’t be there in the first plaace.
Can you tell us a bit about the inspiration behind your upcoming show?
There are so many different things that have inspired my upcoming show. Amazing women comedians that came before me are a huge inspiration. I wanted to emulate the amazing friendships I had seen in TV shows like Lucy & Ethel, on I Love Lucy and Ann & Leslie from Parks and Recreation. It is also an homage to my family, friends and cats. I wanted to create a show I had never seen. I wanted a character who was a multiple minority that wasn’t treated as an other and was living the American dream. Most importantly, I wanted it to be funny. My head writer, Joanna Quiraishi, is hands down one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. I am so lucky to be creating this dream come true with her.
Is it true that it will be titled, ‘Yes I Can Can’?
Very close. It’s called If I Cancan, but I’m going to be honest with you. In Hollywood, things can change at the last minute. So, we call this a working title.
Is it a fact that you will be playing the lead role on the show and that you will be the first visibly disabled woman to ever play a lead role on American TV?
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