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Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: LGBTQIA+
Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Underrepresented Voices
Yvette Lee Bowser on the legacy of Dear White People 00:24
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Women
Yvette Lee Bowser on working with Onyx Collective on UnPrisoned 01:37
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Yvette Lee Bowser on working with Onyx Collective on UnPrisoned 01:37
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Representation on Television
Yvette Lee Bowser on working with Onyx Collective on UnPrisoned 01:37
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Underrepresented Voices
Yvette Lee Bowser on advice to aspiring writers and showrunners 01:10
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Advice
Yvette Lee Bowser on advice to aspiring writers and showrunners 01:10
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Topic: Television Industry
On her childhood and early influences; on moving to Los Angeles when she was five years old; on her early interests in reading and writing; on television programs she watched growing up; on attending Stanford University; on deciding not to go to USC law school after college and moving into comedy writing instead -- on A Different World; on her first impressions of being in the writers' room during the show's early days and on her early pitches for A Different World 13:06
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser
On her path from an unpaid apprentice writer to a staff writer on A Different World; on the format of the scripts; on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and changes made to the show, including developing the relationship between "Dwayne'" and "Whitley"; on the season two writers' room on A Different World 08:44
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser
On balancing serious subject matter within the context of a comedy on A Different World -- including the episode "If I Should Die Before I Wake"; on writing Part 1 of "Save the Best for Last" - the episode where "Dwayne" and "Whitley" get married on A Different World; on why she left A Different World; on working with guest stars on A Different World; on the legacy of A Different World 15:00
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser
On her experience of working on Hangin' with Mr. Cooper; on the path to creating Living Single, crafting the idea for the show, and creating the core six characters; on pitching her idea for Living Single, pushing back on network notes in order to keep "Maxine Shaw", and finalizing the pilot script for the show; on taking two weeks off from Hangin' with Mr. Cooper to write the pilot for Living Single and on several white male writers getting promoted during her absence; on forming her production company, SisterLee Productions 16:46
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser
Yvette Lee Bowser on her work on A Different World 28:05
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Genre: Comedy Series
Yvette Lee Bowser on her experience of working on Hangin' with Mr. Cooper 03:22
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Genre: Comedy Series
Yvette Lee Bowser on creating Living Single, coming up with the main characters, and forming her production company, SisterLee Productions 13:21
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Genre: Comedy Series
Yvette Lee Bowser on deciding not to go to USC law school after college and moving into comedy writing instead -- on A Different World 02:00
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Bill Cosby
Yvette Lee Bowser on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and on touring HBCUs with fellow A Different World writers That Mumford and Susan Fales-Hill 00:45
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Thad Mumford
Yvette Lee Bowser on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and on touring HBCUs with fellow A Different World writers That Mumford and Susan Fales-Hill 00:45
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Susan Fales-Hill
Yvette Lee Bowser on the transition between seasons one and two of A Different World and on Debbie Allen joining the show as a producer/director 01:27
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Debbie Allen
Yvette Lee Bowser on working with the executive producers of A Different World and great advice she received from Marcy Carsey 01:22
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Marcy Carsey
Yvette Lee Bowser on the path to creating Living Single 00:57
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: David Janollari
Yvette Lee Bowser on the path to creating Living Single and early meetings with Queen Latifah and Kim Coles to create "Khadijah" and "Synclaire" 05:14
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Queen Latifah
Yvette Lee Bowser on the path to creating Living Single and early meetings with Queen Latifah and Kim Coles to create "Khadijah" and "Synclaire" 05:14
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Kim Coles
Yvette Lee Bowser on creating the character "Max" on Living Single 00:34
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Erika Alexander
Yvette Lee Bowser on reaching out to Kim Fields to play a role on Living Single 00:38
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Kim Fields
Yvette Lee Bowser on creating the characters "Kyle and "Overton" on Living Single 00:47
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: John Henton
Yvette Lee Bowser on creating the characters "Kyle and "Overton" on Living Single 00:47
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: T.C. Carson
Yvette Lee Bowser on pitching her idea for Living Single 00:55
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Person: Susanne Daniels
Yvette Lee Bowser on the season two writers' room on A Different World 01:58
Interview: Yvette Lee Bowser | Profession: Writers