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- "High-Like" (Season 3, Episode 5) Writer: Regina Y. Hicks. Director: Millicent Shelton. The only person who can top Kelli is Kelli, which is the only reason “High-Like” managed to beat “Hella LA” for best Insecure episode.
- "Hella LA" (Season 2, Episode 4) Writer: Laura Kittrell. Director: Prentice Penny. There are so many goodies in the gem of an episode that is “Hella LA” that it’s hard to do the entire thing justice.
- "Hella Perspective" (Season 2, Episode 8) Writer: Issa Rae. Director: Melina Matsoukas. If the Season 1 finale is an example of a messy way to end a relationship, the Season 2 finale shows how to do it right.
- "Broken as Fuck" (Season 1, Episode 8) Writer: Issa Rae. Director: Melina Matsoukas. “MALIBUUUU!” is why I knew the movie Girls Trip would be so successful.
- Tracing the path from 'Awkward Black Girl' to HBO. Issa Rae said her jump from YouTube to HBO was “More like a long walk. It’s been a huge learning experience.
- Why isn't Issa Rae a showrunner on 'Insecure'? Rae explained, “I knew I didn’t have the experience and I’d be juggling producing, writing and being in the show.
- How did Prentice Penny get involved? Penny credits his mother for getting him the Insecure gig because she told him about “Awkward Black Girl.” Penny said, “We found out we grew up within a block of each other.
- How do the writers know when they're onto a good story? All the writers concurred with Amy Aniobi’s sentiment that “If we disagree about something or if it makes us uncomfortable, it’s a story.”
Ben Dougan. Producer: Wrecked. Ben Dougan is known for Wrecked (2016), Great News (2017) and Insecure (2016).
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- Ben Dougan
Ben Dougan - Songwriter, Session vocalist from UK, living in Curitiba, Brazil. instagram.com/bendougan_i and 3 more links.
Nov 19, 2017 · “We saw two of the writers, Ben Dougan — he’s a white guy — and he was with Dayna Lynne North, a black woman, and they were having lunch together outside one day,” Rae explained. “We gave...
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Dec 26, 2021 · On ‘Insecure,’ Natasha Rothwell brought depth and heart to Kelli, a character developed for comic relief. Here, Rothwell and writer Ben Dougan trace Kelli’s evolution, from getting fingered ...
Insecure is an American comedy-drama television series created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore, and is partially based on Rae's acclaimed web series Awkward Black Girl. [2] [3] [4] [5] The series is about the awkward experiences of a contemporary African-American woman.
