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How Issa Rae Gets It Done - The Cut

How Issa Rae Gets It Done - The Cut

How Issa Rae Gets It Done - The Cut
Oct 25, 2021 2 mins, 45 secs

It’s a show that has earned the 36-year-old multiple Golden Globes and Emmy Award nominations and landed her on the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world in 2018.

One of my favorite things in the morning is getting my hair blow-dried.

Sometimes if I’m feeling like a little Mexican spice, I’ll add refried beans.

That’s always at least two hours earlier than the call time, which would be at six or seven.

Then answering emails about costumes and props and all those things throughout the day.

This time around, we were also shooting and prepping another show [Rap Sh*t], and so in the mornings, on the way to set, I would watch those episodes and send notes.

I was like, “Girl, that’s you.

Beyond that, I’m not really a high-stress person.

I’m just like, “Let’s just handle it.

I love writing, but I love when it’s already written and you get to watch other people do what they do best and work their magic, and then just refine.

I’m just like, “Prove me wrong.” And if you do, then we’ll change it.

While there is pressure because there are timelines and things like that, I’d like to think that people feel heard and people get to showcase their strengths and their talents and know that they’re being utilized.

I’ve had instances where some of our closest partners have been like, “Well, Molly wouldn’t wear that.” And I’d be like, “You know what.

It’s gratifying and horrifying at the same time to have people write think pieces on moments that we didn’t think twice about.

The Molly and Issa drama last year — we thought that we would be building to this breakup that would catch people off guard, and we thought it was a slow build.

But from episode one people were keyed in and writing think pieces about why Molly was selfish or why the friendship was going to dissolve.

But yes, people have arguments and discussions weekly about things that we may not have felt as passionate about?

Especially one of my best friends, who Molly is based on — she’s been so gracious about her life and understanding that sometimes when she tells me something I’m going to think about Molly

I’m listening to this story, and I’m thinking about Molly, Sorry, girl, I’m empathizing, I’m sympathizing, but this is too good for me to sit on

There’ve been a couple moments where she’s been like, “Girl, really?” And I’d be like, “I promise, we thought of this for Molly before it happened to you.” It’s been so scary that sometimes things that we think of for Molly were what actually happened to my friend, and she’ll think that I stole an element of her life

I did feel some of that pressure earlier, and that went away, but then it returned this season because it’s the final season and the way we’re ending things and because of the weight that people have put on this show and the way that it’s been so supported and loved

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