Thursday, January 16, 2014

Getting Thier Act Together: SNL Finally Hires Black Female Comedian Sasheer Zamata




Amongst criticism of the lack of black female comedians on Saturday Night Live or SNL, the show finally came to terms and hired Sasheer Zamata, the first woman of color on the show since Maya Rudolph left in 2007.

The shows newest addition is a comedienne from The Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre and a University of Virginia alum. She will making her debut on SNL on January 18 with Drake as the musical guest. Will you be watching???

Another thing to note is that SNL also hired two black female writers, LaKendra Tookes and Leslie Jones.

Watch some of Zamata's work below:

 
 
 



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