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Quinta Brunsonknows that Janine Teagues isn’t perfect because that’s the way she wrote her.
“Ill be real with you,” Brunson began.
“Shes a Black character.
Quinta Brunson in ‘Abbott Elementary’.Credit:Disney/Gilles Mingasson
Black audiences have so few representative characters on screen, and Black womanhood alone is so touchy.
I think it creates layers for us, not only on TV but in the public eye.”
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Four seasons into its run,Abbotthas amassednumerous accoladesand a dedicated fanbase.
Tyler James Williams and Quinta Brunson on ‘Abbott Elementary’.Gilles Mingasson/ABC via Getty Images
This is going to go for seasons, I want to tell stories here.'
We gotta start somewhere."
But not everyone has been pleased with Brunson’s choices, which she is all too aware of.
It’s insane!"
Watch Poehler and Brunson’s full conversation in theGood Hangepisodeabove.
