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To this day, it is a testament to the healing power of joy.
On VulturesGood Onepodcast, Richardson discussesDetroiters, his relationship to Robinson, a lack of cynicism, and poop.
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Comedic soul mate [is right].
Its the person who completely gets even your slightest joke like your half jokes and you get theirs.
Its being fully understood.
You kind of become a comedian because nobody understands you, so there is a beauty in that.
He is my best friend in the world.
Its an incredible thing.
Hes the funniest person in the world.
Ill recognize atoneof a bit weve been working on for a long time.
An energy of something that weve played with for years and years.
OnDetroitersand Detroit
We would always get frustrated and annoyed with the depiction of Detroit in most things.
the idea that its the most dilapidated, dangerous place.
I still get visibly mad when people do that, because it ignores the people there.
But if you look at depictions on television, you think that thats all it is.
We were like, Detroit deserves a fun comedy.
But we knew that we wanted to come back withsomethingand dosomethingwhen we came back.
And like, Yeah, you know!
And then we start crying.
In Ghana, everybody is Black, except for the people who are immigrants.
In Africa, youre not like, Oh, look, a Black guy.
So that was very important for us to reflect that in the show.
It wasnt going to be a white guy and a Black guy in the sea of white people.
No,Detroitersis a Black show that has Tim in it.
And that was very much on purpose.
On Poop Jokes
Theres no funnier joke or thing than poop.
It is a concentrated shame.
Im like, Haha.
Rug pulled out from under you.
I can see your entire anus.
I can see your butt.
As highfalutin and as much of a majestic creature as you are, there is your asshole.
People need to see that.
Nobody has the capacity to only absorb nothing but negative.
It affects us; we are what we take in.
WhenDetroitersopened, the show aired and then we were flying to Detroit to do a screening.
Literally getting off the plane, theres a guy on the tarmac who has the wheelchairs and stuff.
That guy was like, Hey,Detroiters!
I was like,Wow, the very first step.
It was like out of a movie, really.
So they were like, Oh, what is this?
Youre trying to make Detroit silly.
But then the more people watch it, the more theyre like, Oh, this is just heart.
Theyre so used to the depiction of Detroit being a tough-guys city.
And itisa tough-guys city, but weve seen that.
Our point was to show another facet of Detroit.
Detroit has drug dealers, but it also has my mom and my dad, my grandmother.
It was important for us to have that energy to it.
No, dont do that.
Tell everybody to watch the show!
Everybody can watch the show.
