Craig Robinson
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
When did you feel the difference, right?
I mean, when did it start feeling like, okay, we're having fun in the basement and doing something we love and now, and we're succeeding?
Yeah.
When did you think you hit your first reality bump?
And what was it?
What was it about the business that made you say, oh, okay, there's more to it than just...
the glory of sharing our gift.
And just so the listeners, assuming that everybody knows what we're talking about, I mean, you had the honor and the privilege of being cast as Ariel and the backlash that came from it.
I mean, it's Disney.
It's a big project.
It was one of the televised versions of Little Mermaid.
Mm-hmm.
And the fact that you as a young, beautiful black girl was cast at what some would say was supposed to be a white role created a level of debate and you're trapped in the middle of it.
because all you're doing is accepting a part that seemed fun and interesting, and you related to The Little Mermaid.
How did you all talk about it in your family?
How did you and Chloe talk about what you were hearing and what you felt?
Yeah.
Now, Real Oak says, so Grandpa Colonel was a truth teller.
Yeah, he's a truth teller.