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Michaela Coel On 'Misfits' And 'I May Destroy You'

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You Know, I'm a Young Creative of Color and I've Got Talent, but I Don't Know How to Write a TV Show

A lot of times when these industries take in misfits, they mistake raw charisma and talent for distinct and explicit skills. I might have all the talent in the world, but if no one showed me how to actually write a screenplay in the format of a screenplay, I cannot do it. It's the same thing that is happening across the field. And you know, so far the only way I can think of helping dissolve this is by talking about it and publishing things like the Motakit Lecture 2 try and rinse the nonsense away.

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