K.T. Tatara: Seeing Yourself on TV

0:00 – Intro: comedian K.T. Tatara
3:50 – Public grievance as group therapy
8:44 – Acknowledging pain, then getting stronger
12:30 – When did comedy become speaking truth to power?
16:41 – Bill Burr on who's responsible for a reaction
21:10 – Comedians joking about Cuomo again
23:48 – The 80s comedy boom and seeing yourself reflected
26:52 – Netflix's representation campaign
30:15 – Getting lit up for a Facebook post
33:17 – How do you quantify representation?
36:06 – Why narrowing roles by race hurts actors
41:57 – Temperament and tone in casting
45:09 – Third- and fifth-generation American stories
48:48 – Simple marketable narratives about Hollywood
51:19 – Friends who unfriend you online
54:02 – Why K.T. refuses to say POC
59:10 – Could the editor have been unaware?
1:01:56 – A comedian claiming police target him too
1:04:26 – Jeremy Lin's braids and Kenyon Martin
1:07:32 – POC solidarity in a rental car
1:10:42 – One mistake and you're done
1:13:14 – Eighth-grade cafeteria politics
1:17:27 – Upcoming projects and wrap-up