The comedy series, which premiered on Hulu in September 2020, should have been the statement on America right now. It's about a black cartoonist who is awakened to systemic racism after a run-in with the cops.
The show started off on the right foot: the showrunner, Aeysha Carr, and the writers room she oversaw, delivered a strong batch of early scripts, according to several writers on the show.
Then the producers weighed in.
Producers = Jewish executives and white women
'The notes were all so sanctimonious,' one writer said. 'It was never supposed to be as serious as it was. We wanted a thought-provoking show that made fun of woke culture and explored notions of what a black artist's life would be like in San Francisco among white liberals. But we could only punch down at the safest targets'—white men.
The irony was not lost on anyone: The black writers, starting with Carr, were more willing to take risks and poke fun at antiracist orthodoxy.
This led to creative differences, and soon, Carr, a black woman, was out. She was replaced by Zander Lehmann, a white man.
Then, Lehman was out, too—replaced by Jay Dyer, who is black.
'Jay was brought on toward the end for optics,' a black writer on the show said. 'Any black guy would do. That was the energy I got.'
The quality of the scripts suffered, and the show, which premiered in September 2020, landed a 53 percent 'green splat' average audience review on Rotten Tomatoes.
In late 2020, Hulu renewed 'Woke' for a second season. It also replaced Dyer with a fourth showrunner—Anthony King, who is white.
Tl;dr black foid cooks up a light hearted comedy that targeted everyone for the woke movement. Show is taken from her and replaced with rotating door of showrunners who make it overly serious and mostly pooping on mayo moids
The premise itself from the first sentence declares wokeness as mental illness. A guy gets hit in the head and turns woke. The first season was dope and is one of my guilty pleasures
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Theres a good article on how this very show suffered from wokeness:
Producers = Jewish executives and white women
Tl;dr black foid cooks up a light hearted comedy that targeted everyone for the woke movement. Show is taken from her and replaced with rotating door of showrunners who make it overly serious and mostly pooping on mayo moids
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The premise itself from the first sentence declares wokeness as mental illness. A guy gets hit in the head and turns woke. The first season was dope and is one of my guilty pleasures
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