Not like this, Kenan. Not like this.
Kenan Thompson at Nickelodeon's Party with Victorious premiere in Los Angeles in June.
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Hey, funny, talented black women! Did you know you don't exist?! It's true! That's why you're not on Saturday Night Live!
At least that's the takeaway from longtime SNL cast member Kenan Thompson's chitchat with TV Guide, in which he kind of blames the show's lack of diversity on the lack of talented black comedic actresses.
Instead of blaming showrunner Lorne Michaels or the series, which currently only employs three actors of color out of 16 cast members (Thompson, Pharaoh and the Iranian Nasim Pedrad), Thompson blames the lack of quality black female comedians. "It's just a tough part of the business," Thompson says. "Like in auditions, they just never find ones that are ready."
The article ends with Thompson describing the newest cast additions — six very white, mostly male actors — as "very, very smart and talented." He then comments, "That's the kind of people that get the job, I guess."
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