December 21, 2023 • 40 mins
In the season finale of The Scottie & Sylvia Show, the ladies are joined by the ultimate multi-hyphenate herself — writer, actor, and entrepreneur, Issa Rae. The three kick back with a bottle of Viarae Prosecco to discuss their favorite films and music of 2023, Issa's role in the Golden Globes-nominated film American Fiction, why she’s excited to find a stronger work-life balance in the new year, and more. Before they let you go one last time, the ladies close with powerful affirmations for Black women heading into 2024. If you haven't yet, subscribe to Raedio's YouTube channel so you enjoy all 24 episodes of season one of The Scottie & Sylvia Show. Connect with us on social media: @TheRaedio @SylviaObell @ScottieBeam
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All right, god, it's theend of the year. Yeah, final
episode of season one. We drinkit. Yeah, just wait a second.
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Welcome to the Scotty and Sylvia Show, where we speak our minds like
it's our full time job and welove doing it. Okay. I'm Scottie
Bean, and this is my firstsip because it'd be sold out, okay,
right, and we love that.And I would like to just work
document the first sip because this ain'tmy last. And I'm Sylvia Obell.
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This is not my first sip.I am a fan, but I'm excited.
I mean because it's serves. It'sthe black party beverage of choice.
I love that. At several partiesat this point, I haven't heard that
said. And that makes me sohappy. The Black Party beverage of choice.
Like if we're gonna do prosecco,that is all right, okay,
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And we just said and of courseobviously we have said this enough times,
but just in case, we arehere with the one and only. Thank
you so much for joining us.The pleasure is always all mine. It
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is juitely. I love it.I'm excited. So we only start our
episodes with a check in. Yes, so I want to ask you,
how is your heart doing? Myheart is so full. I came back.
I took a page out of youbeen everywhere this year, and I
have been doing a lot of Yes, I listened. I'm like, damn,
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another trip, that's tired. Onetime you came in you clearly did
not want to be I think itwas Buco. But I just came back
from my last international trip of theyear, which sounds like a flex but
it was not. But it wasso fulfilling. I was from in Senegal
and I was like filming something outthere that was really really rewarding and family
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oriented. And so my heart isfull of the memories from that and also
just glad that I get to sitmy own down for a minute. Yes,
yeah see, yes see. AndStie, how are you friends?
I'm great, I'm so blessed.I'm so happy to be here back in
Los angele in Los Angeles yet again. But I've been in Los Angeles for
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every month now, yes, everymonth, but yeah, no, it's
even scenes sounds like you need tomove here, just sounds like it's I
want to say that son, turnit down, But yes, we had
I'm just feeling great. I'm feelingblessed. I'm so happy to be doing
this. This is great, Buthow are you? So I'm good.
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I'm just so happy to be endingthe year here with you guys. Like
this time last year, like wewere like, we're gonna get this project
off the ground, and we didthat. God, so happy did finished
it. Like I'm proud of seasonone and like and then you know,
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I always love working with your friends. So I'm glad we were able to
get in the studio one last timeanyway, because it's at the end of
the year. Yes, I wewanted to talk through some of our favorite
things from twenty twenty three. CanI just ask y'all real quick, y'all
don't especially now, y'all don't everbe worried about seeing the people y'all talk
about. And then and then they'dbe like, hey, I was listening
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to I'm what the fuck? Whydid y'all come for me? Like that?
Yeah, and like smoke is shit. That was. I don't talk
talk about anybody who I wouldn't feelcomfort like, I'm not going to talk
about people who I would like,like enjoy and like see out and stuff
like that in like a negative way. I think if I if we're giving
smoke, it's because like it's beendefinitely earned in a way where I will
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tell you to your face that manwith that, because you're not going to
say anything that you wouldn't say thatsomebody in the face. Yeah, absolutely
not on this podcast. But again, sorry, I talked about her potato
salad being terrible. That was bad. That was a bad thing for the
family, and I want to probablyabsolutely she did, and she was very
hurt about it, and I amso sorry, Auntie, but the truth
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you go down. But yeah,that's what I'm saying, like that's the
only person everybody else to your face, Okay, but yeah, so let's
start. Okay, we didn't makeit very black as always. First we
have to talk about the top threemusic projects of twenty twenty three. The
top three music projects, Okay,yeah, it could be songs, albums,
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concerts. Oh yeah, because baby, the way I hope you say
one of them, because the waythat you smiled throughout that whole performance.
Sure, oh ship that was twentytwenty three. That was so many some
people went I won in twenty twentytwo October. I want yeah, bit
wowod wow, I was like thatwas so thanks to me before. I
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was actually the first person to getsang too so yellow. Yeah, true,
okay, I got it the nameof the top three since you know
so much and I know it'd befucking thing. And no, I mean
definitely Renaissance project and Experience and Renaissancecame out last year, so yeah,
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I don't know. I don't care. I mean, yes, then it
applies back to back album of theyear. Yes, absolutely don't care what
the Grammy said, You're wrong.That was phenomenal. I gotta say Victoria
name. I went to the concertas well. She's just phenomenon. I
loved her interview on y'all show.I'm gonna say something controversial because I think
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he's back. I don't care.I don't care. I love that Daniel
Caesar's album. I was just talkingabout this. I don't even know what
name was gonna come out. TheBlacks are not on board yet. I
don't know because I remember it,but I was like years music, right,
it was so long ago, andI don't want to say this.
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Please forgive that man. Okay,he's from Canada, please, But Daniel
Caesar puts out great, great music, like his last project was really good.
Yes, and no one's talking aboutit, but yeah, I just
want to I want the Negroes back. It's time, please get back to
the top three. Is good.That was a good one. So what
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was your favorite moment from the Renaissanceconcert? Like, like, was there
like a moment where you literally,I mean it's hard to pick, Like
it's like picking your favorite child.It's like so many great moments. Or
do you have a clear favorite track? I mean, I do, Virgo's
Groove is my clear favorite track.But you know what I'm also, I
mean, come on, you alreadyknow always synergy. I guess favorite moment
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was I love like her coming outto the ballads and stuff, and I
love the anticipation of like, okay, let's get dangerously in love out the
way, let's get it. Okay, what else? What else? And
then when it finally came on,that moment of like, oh we're in
it. That was my That wasmy favorite. I will say, I'm
not critiquing my girl, but moveis my favorite breakdown. But I didn't
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I don't want to hear Nina Skyor whatever the sorry culture. Yes,
I wanted that everybody. When Igot my vindication when I saw the Renaissance
film and then they had like allwas like, oh, it was playing
like that that little breakdown, butyou know it was a little blend.
Yeah, let's talk about I mean, Virgo's Groove is my favorite song.
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So my favorite moment in the concertis when she does Virgo's Group and then
hits us with the melody at theend of that amazing run where she gives
us cater to you, dance foryou, and speechless, Yeah, she
said, I was. I literallythought that I was going to pass out,
because it's good for musical arrangement live, but when I tell you just
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I thought that song couldn't get anybetter and she couldn't find any more breath.
She always and turn it around outsidethat and I need that version on
streaming immediately. I didn't do that. And if you're not gonna give us
part two, at least did wewe got a home Do we get the
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homecoming? Ye? Maybe she justhas to travel a little bit more because
Homecoming was so specific to tell andif she releases an album now, I
might spoil it for the other kindof streets or continents that might experience her.
So maybe we're waiting this is businesstalk because I know that. I
know that was happening up and Idon't even want to do that because last
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time I made some ship up.Oh yeah, I remember, I got
mad at me. So let mechick. I don't know anything. I'm
speculating I forgot. Yeah. Firstof all, she said it it was
so strong because I thought the interviewwas over, okay, So I was
like, I was just talking andmind you, I haven't seen the interview.
I'm like, did I even releasedthat actuate interview? I just released
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after it, So I was like, oh no. When I saw that
clip, I was like in theheadlines, like a friend of Beyonce said,
I was like, first of all, I have never been that Unfortunately,
I'll work my way there. Yes, you will, you will,
It's coming. It's on this way, beautiful any albums said, She did
not name that she wanted to addto this top Well, first I need
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to talk about my renaissance. Yes, all right, So first I will
say the beginning of these motherfuckers ain'tstopping me. I don't care if it's
please, it's the need to share. No me, these motherfuckers a stopping
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me. Right there. I startedto crack immediately also, and I saw
it l A. She did theBig three. Yes, because I will
say the way that you played mein Paris, I won't well she played
everybody did not get it and evenall up in your Mind played oh I
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don't said. The concert made melike all up in your mind that was
not my favorite no where. I'mlike, I'm gonna play this out because
I want this to be no skips. But when I got when I heard
it live, like now, itis a full, genuine skip free album.
It is. Yeah, someone renaSun sometimes can get the cut off
running back. I'll just be likegoing back to the top, right in
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the middle, right right, becauseI know that. But Renaissance, I
mean summer renaissance. I enjoy it, and then I have to press stop
before it starts into I'm that girland now I'm stuck back on the road,
like wow, Yeah, so heatis my favorite song, and I
will say so when we talk abouttop three, I think projects Issa that
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rap ship mixtape. Okay, let'sget it. So love mixtapes always.
This is a reminder also for meand people who love hip hop that like
we can still make products like this, you know, Projects like this that
speak to first one thousand different typesof artists and the way that they collaborate,
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collaborate. It reminds me of likethe dream Veiled Revenge of the Dreamer.
And so it was, it's itwas so good. I was working
out and I played it from thetop to the bottom and I was like,
God, yes, yeah, shoutsto radio, putting those people together.
I love Rego Nasty and chanting.Everybody. Everyone in there did the
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think Connie, you know what I'msaying that it's just incredible And to see
all these black women come together andfucking blaze the tracks up. It was
so good. Yes, like itmakes me feel like, yeah, the
whisper Whispers will always do it forit was the song. It's the guarantee
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hit. Yeah, black black whispers, black whisper because it was really low.
Yeah, so yeah, that's whatI would say. Did you do
know I didted projects? I meanshe mentioned Victoria Monday. Yeah. Also
while we're of course pleasure. Itwas a good. Yeah. And I
love a lot of album new albumthat he just so long for him,
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a new and that we could singthe alphabet and I'm like that voice of
an angel and full and just rich. It's so good. I love it.
It's not it's just a single puton the floor again this year and
I love this. Yeah, Ilove me. I don't really a lot
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to be said, lots to besaid about that, a lot of girl
to be said. I love her. She works very hard at her craft.
She's been doing this for a verylong time. I love the cipher
that she put together. Incredible.They and devil like SOE need to hire
her for the rest of is becausethe last time wasn't so great. But
yes, okay, I love it. So let's get to let's get to
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films. Let's get to the films. First of all, congratulations because not
one, but two projects you wereand it's nominated Barbie and American Fiction.
Thank you so much. You gotin the movie in order for you.
Okay, it's just it's just thosethe rules. But so aside from your
own projects, what you love?Why would you? Because I'm so bad
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at seeing movies unless they're on theplane. I will say I saw that
it was from this phenomenal filmmaker whowas also nominated. Uh, and it
was it was like a misconnections lovestory, like wrong place, wrong and
they were going to going to wedding. No, this one was. It
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was. I want to say it'sa Korean filmmaker, but I'm probably wrong.
Y'all know, somebody helped, youknow, And it was Sun Dance
last though it's something like that.But I love that movie. I want
to say the director's name is Selene. I'm saying all this wrong, but
that I also Yago and I'm gonnathink it's gonna make me think. Okay,
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my I mean, American fiction ison all lists. Okay, said
stuff that I'm not in for you. You can watch it The Color Purple.
It's coming out on Christmas. ButI've seen it and it phenomenal.
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I don't feel like crying. Ididn't know. I don't know. I
you know, I cried. Idid cry at the end because but it
was not sad tears. And Iwas worried because I've never gotten to see
the musical on Broadway. I've onlyever seen the original movie, and so
the movie is a lot harder thanthe musical adaptation. And this is an
adaptation of the musical, so it'snot exactly like the play, but it
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is there's more hope in it,and it goes on further than the original
movie, like we're the original movieends and how it ends is not how
this movie ends. Like I thinkwe get to see more of Seely's life.
That's what I'll say it without likesaying too much. And so I
really it's like it's a healing.I think with Fantasia, the reason why
she's singing gospel every time she goestalk about this movie is because it really
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feels like that. I really feltlike I was leaving the church service and
Danielle Brooks's Danielle Brooks just everything andjust so kind and she stole every scene
she was in. It is whatlike I was. It is what it
is. That's what she did.And I was like, babe, it's
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your time. So I'm so gladshe got that wellmation. She deserves it.
It's called Past Lives. Yeah.Is the director's name, Selene m
It is thank you very okay,yes, thanks behind the scenes. So
yeah, the color purple. Doyou have any additional ones? Oh?
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Missing that came up this year too, Yeah, not too much, just
so missing with Stormy love storm readand yeah, great twist and turns.
I love me a twist and aTurner. Okay, okay, I'm not
really big. I don't have thecritic I you watched that, you like
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you watched it like you at myapartment, Like yeah, I tore it
up and I watched it again whenI got home. I need to do
that. So then that and thenm hmm. I watched it on a
plane. A man called Otto shoutout to Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks,
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I wanted to. Every time Isee that, I'll add it to my
cue to watch on the plane,Like, am I'm a crime from I
don't feel like you know, youknow I should. It really clears the
song. It's amazing. It's acleanse. I love a man called and
I'm also very into Tom Hanks metoo. You can't do any wrong.
Remember when he got COVID and everybodywas so scared. I was used him
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and Rita to make us take COVID. Seriously, it's something I will never
forget it. And the fact thatit worked. There's two people to blame
you. I never said thoughts andprayers so quickly. Yeah, they said
everybody's favorite A bipartisan Yeah truly.Yeah. So when we talk about though
because we want to get back intoAmerican fiction, okay, because I loved
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it. Yes, talk about yourtime there working with Sterling K. Brown.
You got Jeffrey right, I lovehim same. Let me tell you,
like so smart, smart, intelligent, can play anything and transform.
I was nervous as hell, youknow, and I met him before,
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but like to know that I wasworking with him and then kind of facing
off with him was just extremely intimidating. But he just makes you feel at
ease, you know. I gotto shoot my scenes in sequence, which
was great because if I had startedwith the scene, you know, just
him, it would have been overwith. But I really got to,
like, you know, get afeel for him, get a feel for
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how he works. And by thetime we did that scene, and I
felt so comfortable because I got achance to watch him work. But he's
just great. And I didn't getto work with the other cast. Eric
Alexander came to visit me, honestsaid, and she's the best. She's
the absolute best. She's so increased. She's always proud of somebody too,
like genuinely and growing up watching Maxineand you know, like I think that
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she's the prototypical like anybody who anybodywho's a black woman who's in law has
looked to Maxine Yep absolutely and justeverything. I love her working this film.
But I just watched it for thefirst time, like last weekend on
a computer. I can't wait tosee it on a big screen. And
it was just a family stuff touchedme so much. It's so it's so
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pure and you don't get to seeblack families in that way and that like,
you know, I hope people seeit. Yeah, you mentioned that
final film scene with you and Jeffreyat the end, like when you guys
are having that debate during the judgingcontest. Now, I wondered, we're
like, as a writer, youfall on the whole like the film's overall
debate about the type of black contentwe should be producing, because I like,
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obviously you're a character, especially inthe reading that had me the way
when you sat there and said,Yo, I said, she's so un
serious. I was like, she'sso un serious. I were like,
but the point you made about likewhen he was saying, I just feel
like about people have untapped potential,and that line he said about potential means
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that like what you're looking at foris not good enough. Eight eight shout
out to Chord. He wrote that, wrote that, he wrote that,
and he created that whole scene becausein the original book, my character and
his character never meet. So hereally found a way to make that work
in and make a commentary. Buthonestly, when I know, chords work,
and we knew each other from wayback, like socially, we used
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to have like a black film dedicationor Black culture tumbler together, me and
him, remember and some other places, and so when he thought of me
for this role, I was kindof like, what you're trying to say?
What's up? I think I'm heartlike what's up? And then it
just gave me an opportunity to likesit in that and defend it because I've
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definitely been monk where I'm like justconstantly criticizing what I'm not seeing, because
it was also coming from a placeof like I want to be there,
I want a chance to be that, And now being on this side of
it, people come for me allthe fucking time, and I'm like,
you know, instead of taking offense, I'm just like, oh, okay,
I take a lot of the constructionconstructive criticism. But I also remember,
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like, oh, I remember whatit was like to be an aspiring
writer and being like I could takeyour spot and kill it. And for
me coming into it, I recognizethere are so many spots, and you
know, it shifts constantly with theindustry in terms of who gets to be
the golden child and whatnot. Butit's a frustrating place to be in.
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And Monk, you know, Monkdidn't even read Centaur's book. He just
judged it. And I think there'slike a pretentious element that can come with
black even black just criticism any anycritique of black work. And sometimes you
just gotta let people enjoy things,do you right, I agree, it's
a form of expression. Yeah,And so like I would hope that people
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make different types of art for alldifferent types of people, Like You're You're
missing you know somebody like what I'msaying exactly exactly didn't feel good coming out
when you said it didn't make thembetter out. I can't wait. I'm
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gonna watch it right after this.You know. The first thing, Searching
is actually what inspired rap shit ina way, like that format of like
everything is through devices, But Ihadn't seen the sequel, So the sequel
to Searching is missing. Yeah,Searching is missing. So another thing that
happened this year that we as faras the Writers Guild and SAG were both
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on strike for a combined to sixtwo hundred and sixty four days. That
sounds crazy to even say out loud, because we've talked about this before during
the Today Show. We tried iton you about how you're not good at
resting is what you said to me, and like you said, like you
said you tried to take a monthoff and like that, and like,
yeah, did this time make youget any better when having to be still
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in rest more? Like I knowit was forced, but like at day
two hundred, did you feel likeyes? And still? I was actually
in Portugal for a wedding with Sita, who you know I write rap shit
with, and we had just gotthere we got that first alert that it
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might be over, and we wereboth like, really, okay, well
this is good, like had totalk ourselves into being happy that it was
gonna be And so it took awhile. But like for her especially,
she was like, dang, Ijust started traveling like I wasn't doing I
was just I just come to termswith the fact that like, Okay,
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this might go on a while.I need to be taking advantage of it
and like, you know, restingand traveling and doing me. So it
was bittersweet, but I was forsure like frustrated with the studio has.
I'm like, all, don't doy'all know y'all are losing so much money.
I do how we come back fromthis? Yes, so it was
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it was extremely frustrating, but Itook advantage of time, like I went
to different places and things like that, but I'm wanted to be working.
You were traveling to now. Iwas like, I love that she would
like make sometimes to be work.Like then they would be like, oh
this commercial came from when she wasthere, Like they wasn't just turning up
for Oh she was. That's sofair. She probably took a vacation.
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Nothing was work. That was noshe was. That's so funny. Even
when I was like, oh shewent to the non did you just go
somewhere to go? You know what? I always have to justify And my
friend told me that and kind ofwill kind of change my perspective, but
clearly I haven't acted on it.But I was like, oh, we
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can take this trip together, butI'm probably gonna find some work to do
and blah blah blah. And shewas like, you know, you can
just go somewhere and not work likeyou always find work. Yeah, but
I don't after a while doesn't evendon't you get tired and just you know,
just sitting okay, relaxing. Yeah, but do for the sentence after
(26:02):
a while to be true, Ihave to have been doing it for a
while. I don't think you doit. How A while is like a
day, A couple of days,honestly, a couple of days and nothing,
and you're like, oh, okay, I get it, like I
still rejuvenated. You were such aricorthat's crazy. Let's talk about pleasure for
just a second. Pleasure, pleasurewhen we're talking about what? Uh uh
(26:25):
I'm talking about reality TV? Oh? Yes, because, oh my god,
guilty. Pleasure is dating? Yes, dating reality TV shows? Yes.
I will watched every single every singleone. I've watched so many same.
What will you like? What's yourfavorite? I just watched one?
Which one I watched on Amazon?Twin love? You hate it? No?
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I meant to watch it. Ijust watch it. I don't watch
nothing on Amazon. Don't give adon't like I don't Netflix has the best
one they do, hands down.But one told me to watch because I
watched this terrible one on HBO.Max called it was like milk Milk Island
now because I got milk mannor milfmanner. That's d Did you watch that?
(27:12):
Is that the divorce one? Yes, that's the reality it's really good.
Yes, it's reality show. Okay, D. Your mom, my
dad, your mom and dad wouldon hosting. Yeah, so good one.
I love Island of course. Okay, but I haven't watched the UK
one. I'm only watching the Americanone because UK one. That's what everybody
says. But what is it on? And it's on fire? But what
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is the on a different level?Wait, what where do you watch it?
I don't subscribe. I need tookay, I need to get my
Okay. I don't like to havea lot. I have a lot.
I just got Peacock and that's whyI watched it one. And Temptation Island,
please, Tation Island. I justI can't get into it's weird.
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I think it's a weird thing todo. I would never do it.
Yeah, I don't believe, likeI don't have any empathy. I don't
care about the couples, and I'mlike, when I'm really desperate, I'm
going to give it another shot.Yeah, but I have I'm so filled
in The Golden Bachelor. I can't. That's another one I can't watch.
Is it just old people? No? No, no, But in that
case, I don't. If itwas older women, I would be on
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board. But it makes me sadto watch these women and go after one
and you know that breaks so hearty, like we're still doing this. That's
I can't. But if it wasthe Golden Bachelorette, I am signed immediately.
Points do you guys have to show? You'll I've never seen the day
of my life. I watch LoveIs Blind. Obviously I can only do
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one season of the ultimatum. It'sjust the ultimatum. It was okay,
yes, Love is Line is youknow? Yeah? Yes, but and
what's his name? Restored the field? Yeah. I love that Tiffany and
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Brett. Brett love them. They'rethe only couple I believe in there.
We watched so many yeah okay,but okay, so also we cannot cannot
not have you here and not talkabout v Ray, not just but talk
(29:22):
to us about bringing the bubbles tolife. Man, it was a it
was a long process. I've beenwanting to do this for years now,
and you know, I'm I loveprosecco. I've tried so many different types.
But and when we have like thebranding and all of that together,
I knew just what I wanted toput out in the world, even visually
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and aesthetically, and so it wasabout just finding the right partner, and
we did with Gallo, and nowit's just been It's so fun to just
pull up with my own bottle offunction. I love it and I love
it. It's so authentic to likewhat you tell us you were drinking like
you and before you had this,like you were a queen of like pour
some liquor in a proseccold glass.This is true. Thank you. I
(30:04):
take that title gladly. Know,like whether it was dark liquor or vodka.
I have my feelings about how youfeel about Voka. The girl.
I'm god damn the break away,like you gotta see it through my You
know it's related and you'll soon seewhy. But I you know what I
(30:26):
mean, don't because I don't wantyou to see you later and be like,
Okay, that's but I do Ifound my tequila choice. Okay,
find out right next. I lovehow audacious so you teach or show black
girls to be a black women tobe because I think also we're just putting
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your name on this battle because yourname is half of that bottle. So
to see that to also be ableto give black women an idea to do
things that we don't normally see thatwe don't see that often. For giving
black girls the privilege and the okayto dream past certain things is incredible to
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see. Thank you so much.I'm going to drink this for real.
Girl, love me saying day partyis just yes home and it's there,
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Yes, Okay, we're gonna beout in the streets. I mean that's
when she'd be having me up atthe time, the bad decisions all night
where energy? Like, where doyou can sleep until eleven? Okay?
I can't. I'm an early riser. I can't stay late at it.
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I can sleep, I can,I'm proud of it. But I'm not
running seventeen businesses. I maybe wouldn'tbe able to sleep in my had that
much. Like I'm not surprised andamongst like running like a thousand businesses,
what are you looking for looks gettinghired right four. Yeah, twenty twenty
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four is so scary because this isthe first time in like ten years I've
looked on my calendar and I'm like, oh, I don't have a concrete
like I have business stuff, butlike projects, I'm like, oh,
they're not I don't have that yet. I haven't had that in a minute
because of the strike, and youknow, a lot of us are going
through that right now. So it'sit's a little exciting because it's like,
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oh, I'm starting over in someways, and then also terrifying because it's
just like, oh, okay,what's next and what am I going to
Passionately? I guess latch Onto asmy next thing. So I'm writing a
lot now and I'm really excited aboutthe stuff that I'm writing. And so
in twenty twenty four, it's justabout like, you know, pigs raw
(33:00):
and what about Lisa is the person, the daughter, wife, sister,
the friend. What am I excitedabout? Like personal life wise? That's
so sad that that never comes tomy She sounded like it was for like,
oh, like for myself, likemaybe I'll rest for more than three
days next year. I don't evenknow, and that's so sad. I
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need to do better. What awhat am I as a person human being
excited about a friend? I alwaysI'm a new Year's resolution gally, and
I'm always like I want to spendmore more time with family and friends,
so like especially my nieces and nephews, like I love them dearly, and
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I feel so bad, Like mymy niece was in uh the nut Cracker,
Debbie Allen's version, and I ain'tgoing to get to go to that
because I was I was gone,and so looking at my brother posting her
and stuff like that and the familygroup chat pictures, like I just want
to be a more present aunt nextyear. I want to be like a
for real auntie. Yeah, Ifeel like you'd be a fun aunt.
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I am when I'm married. Butthat's the thing. We're fun are the
most busiest. The reason why Ican get you these things that your parents
won't give you is because I'm parthere. That's sure. That's true.
You mentioned New Year's resolutions and thingslike that, So before we let you
go, we always like to closewith words of affirmation and seeing how this
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is our final episode of the year, what would be your new Year's resolution,
wish or hope for Black women intwenty twenty four. I always want
the best for us, and Iwant us to center ourselves and want the
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best for ourselves. I know weall know that we put so many others
before us, and for this nextyear, I just want us to be
unapologetic about choosing ourselves first. Fuckeverybody else, you're already here first,
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fuck them, but yourself first.In four? Love that? Yeah?
Love that? Do we have that? Anything? You have anything? Let's
wish for black women? Wish forblack women? Besides us putting ourselves first,
I would say I want us andit speaks to what I said last
week a bit, but I wantus to feel less guilty about not always
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I mean, worry lested about havingto just be good, good, good
all the time, Like get morecomfortable with uncomfortable feelings if you like,
if whether it's like anger, becausewe have so many things to like.
Salams did not lie when she saidyou have the right to be mad,
like I have to remind myself thatall the time, yeause I'd be feeling
guilty for it. So I wantus to feel less guilty about being human
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right. Essentially, the range we'recomfortable with the good stuff. But and
because when you're more comfortable with it, understand that we still deserve to be
loved and accepted even if we're notperfect. Right and right on, just
on the end of that, Ijust want my black girls to feel.
You talked about feeling a lot.I want people to take a moment and
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be able to digest things. Ithink we're moving really fast in this world,
trying to think of what's next allthe time. I want you to
let whatever art, whatever music,whatever interview speak to you, sit with
it, with therapy sessions, allof it. I think when you get
up from the therapy session, youget up really quickly and you go on
about your day. Sit with things, feel things, and allow yourself and
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give yourself that permission to feel.I'm just asked yes, so yes,
cheers to that. Yes, thankyou. I love talking to you.
See I don't even think you sharedany crazy hot takes like it was fine.
See, we want to ask youabout something and hang on. They
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always do. It's always a soundbay, and I just sit back and
wait for it. Not your ownteam, though radio is making a sound
by every time. Lisa, thankyou so much. For helping to make
this show happen for real. Uh, there would be no show without you,
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so we are so grateful and thankyou for sitting with us today.
Y'all. Y'all are amazing and sothanks for stop on the bi Yeah,
and you know, like I said, you gave us so many gems.
As we head into the year,you know, watch more dating reality shows
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like yeah, we love your residenceabout putting ourselves fucking first. So thank
you for all, like, thankyou for your time, thank you for
being here, thank you for yoursupport. Like Scotty said, it means
the world to us. It does. In the meantime, make sure you
keep up with the show using thehashtag Scottie and Sylvia's Show and all the
past shows too, all the pastepisodes because I know y'all got to catch
(38:20):
up. Okay, y'all got thingsto do, so they're evergreens listens so
you can too, and thank youall and thank you guys, like honestly,
it means so much to us,like our listeners, our audience,
like y'all ride for us. Weappreciate all the love, the tweets,
the shares, the reviews, thecomments, like baby I got me going
(38:42):
like, honestly, truly, itmeans the world to us. This season
one was so fun. It wasso fun, right, you know,
thank you guys, because we doit all for you, we do,
and we do it all for youand for each absolutely out to radio.
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Yeah, the chaps are our wholeteam, our production team. Everybody couldn't
love itout you guys. Seriously,Hey, thank you? Where do I
get this rapt this shirt? TheScotty and Sylvia Show is a radio production
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hosted by Me Scotti Bean and meSylvia Obel. Executive producers are also us
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All right, god, it's theend of the year. Yeah, final
episode of season one. We drinkit. Yeah, just wait a second.
(00:31):
Welcome to the Scotty and Sylvia Show, where we speak our minds like
it's our full time job and welove doing it. Okay. I'm Scottie
Bean, and this is my firstsip because it'd be sold out, okay,
right, and we love that.And I would like to just work
document the first sip because this ain'tmy last. And I'm Sylvia Obell.
(00:54):
This is not my first sip.I am a fan, but I'm excited.
I mean because it's serves. It'sthe black party beverage of choice.
I love that. At several partiesat this point, I haven't heard that
said. And that makes me sohappy. The Black Party beverage of choice.
Like if we're gonna do prosecco,that is all right, okay,
(01:19):
And we just said and of courseobviously we have said this enough times,
but just in case, we arehere with the one and only. Thank
you so much for joining us.The pleasure is always all mine. It
(01:40):
is juitely. I love it.I'm excited. So we only start our
episodes with a check in. Yes, so I want to ask you,
how is your heart doing? Myheart is so full. I came back.
I took a page out of youbeen everywhere this year, and I
have been doing a lot of Yes, I listened. I'm like, damn,
(02:02):
another trip, that's tired. Onetime you came in you clearly did
not want to be I think itwas Buco. But I just came back
from my last international trip of theyear, which sounds like a flex but
it was not. But it wasso fulfilling. I was from in Senegal
and I was like filming something outthere that was really really rewarding and family
(02:25):
oriented. And so my heart isfull of the memories from that and also
just glad that I get to sitmy own down for a minute. Yes,
yeah see, yes see. AndStie, how are you friends?
I'm great, I'm so blessed.I'm so happy to be here back in
Los angele in Los Angeles yet again. But I've been in Los Angeles for
(02:47):
every month now, yes, everymonth, but yeah, no, it's
even scenes sounds like you need tomove here, just sounds like it's I
want to say that son, turnit down, But yes, we had
I'm just feeling great. I'm feelingblessed. I'm so happy to be doing
this. This is great, Buthow are you? So I'm good.
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I'm just so happy to be endingthe year here with you guys. Like
this time last year, like wewere like, we're gonna get this project
off the ground, and we didthat. God, so happy did finished
it. Like I'm proud of seasonone and like and then you know,
(03:28):
I always love working with your friends. So I'm glad we were able to
get in the studio one last timeanyway, because it's at the end of
the year. Yes, I wewanted to talk through some of our favorite
things from twenty twenty three. CanI just ask y'all real quick, y'all
don't especially now, y'all don't everbe worried about seeing the people y'all talk
about. And then and then they'dbe like, hey, I was listening
(03:50):
to I'm what the fuck? Whydid y'all come for me? Like that?
Yeah, and like smoke is shit. That was. I don't talk
talk about anybody who I wouldn't feelcomfort like, I'm not going to talk
about people who I would like,like enjoy and like see out and stuff
like that in like a negative way. I think if I if we're giving
smoke, it's because like it's beendefinitely earned in a way where I will
(04:13):
tell you to your face that manwith that, because you're not going to
say anything that you wouldn't say thatsomebody in the face. Yeah, absolutely
not on this podcast. But again, sorry, I talked about her potato
salad being terrible. That was bad. That was a bad thing for the
family, and I want to probablyabsolutely she did, and she was very
hurt about it, and I amso sorry, Auntie, but the truth
(04:35):
you go down. But yeah,that's what I'm saying, like that's the
only person everybody else to your face, Okay, but yeah, so let's
start. Okay, we didn't makeit very black as always. First we
have to talk about the top threemusic projects of twenty twenty three. The
top three music projects, Okay,yeah, it could be songs, albums,
(04:56):
concerts. Oh yeah, because baby, the way I hope you say
one of them, because the waythat you smiled throughout that whole performance.
Sure, oh ship that was twentytwenty three. That was so many some
people went I won in twenty twentytwo October. I want yeah, bit
wowod wow, I was like thatwas so thanks to me before. I
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was actually the first person to getsang too so yellow. Yeah, true,
okay, I got it the nameof the top three since you know
so much and I know it'd befucking thing. And no, I mean
definitely Renaissance project and Experience and Renaissancecame out last year, so yeah,
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I don't know. I don't care. I mean, yes, then it
applies back to back album of theyear. Yes, absolutely don't care what
the Grammy said, You're wrong.That was phenomenal. I gotta say Victoria
name. I went to the concertas well. She's just phenomenon. I
loved her interview on y'all show.I'm gonna say something controversial because I think
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he's back. I don't care.I don't care. I love that Daniel
Caesar's album. I was just talkingabout this. I don't even know what
name was gonna come out. TheBlacks are not on board yet. I
don't know because I remember it,but I was like years music, right,
it was so long ago, andI don't want to say this.
(06:33):
Please forgive that man. Okay,he's from Canada, please, But Daniel
Caesar puts out great, great music, like his last project was really good.
Yes, and no one's talking aboutit, but yeah, I just
want to I want the Negroes back. It's time, please get back to
the top three. Is good.That was a good one. So what
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was your favorite moment from the Renaissanceconcert? Like, like, was there
like a moment where you literally,I mean it's hard to pick, Like
it's like picking your favorite child.It's like so many great moments. Or
do you have a clear favorite track? I mean, I do, Virgo's
Groove is my clear favorite track.But you know what I'm also, I
mean, come on, you alreadyknow always synergy. I guess favorite moment
(07:17):
was I love like her coming outto the ballads and stuff, and I
love the anticipation of like, okay, let's get dangerously in love out the
way, let's get it. Okay, what else? What else? And
then when it finally came on,that moment of like, oh we're in
it. That was my That wasmy favorite. I will say, I'm
not critiquing my girl, but moveis my favorite breakdown. But I didn't
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I don't want to hear Nina Skyor whatever the sorry culture. Yes,
I wanted that everybody. When Igot my vindication when I saw the Renaissance
film and then they had like allwas like, oh, it was playing
like that that little breakdown, butyou know it was a little blend.
Yeah, let's talk about I mean, Virgo's Groove is my favorite song.
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So my favorite moment in the concertis when she does Virgo's Group and then
hits us with the melody at theend of that amazing run where she gives
us cater to you, dance foryou, and speechless, Yeah, she
said, I was. I literallythought that I was going to pass out,
because it's good for musical arrangement live, but when I tell you just
(08:26):
I thought that song couldn't get anybetter and she couldn't find any more breath.
She always and turn it around outsidethat and I need that version on
streaming immediately. I didn't do that. And if you're not gonna give us
part two, at least did wewe got a home Do we get the
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homecoming? Ye? Maybe she justhas to travel a little bit more because
Homecoming was so specific to tell andif she releases an album now, I
might spoil it for the other kindof streets or continents that might experience her.
So maybe we're waiting this is businesstalk because I know that. I
know that was happening up and Idon't even want to do that because last
(09:11):
time I made some ship up.Oh yeah, I remember, I got
mad at me. So let mechick. I don't know anything. I'm
speculating I forgot. Yeah. Firstof all, she said it it was
so strong because I thought the interviewwas over, okay, So I was
like, I was just talking andmind you, I haven't seen the interview.
I'm like, did I even releasedthat actuate interview? I just released
(09:33):
after it, So I was like, oh no. When I saw that
clip, I was like in theheadlines, like a friend of Beyonce said,
I was like, first of all, I have never been that Unfortunately,
I'll work my way there. Yes, you will, you will,
It's coming. It's on this way, beautiful any albums said, She did
not name that she wanted to addto this top Well, first I need
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to talk about my renaissance. Yes, all right, So first I will
say the beginning of these motherfuckers ain'tstopping me. I don't care if it's
please, it's the need to share. No me, these motherfuckers a stopping
(10:18):
me. Right there. I startedto crack immediately also, and I saw
it l A. She did theBig three. Yes, because I will
say the way that you played mein Paris, I won't well she played
everybody did not get it and evenall up in your Mind played oh I
(10:43):
don't said. The concert made melike all up in your mind that was
not my favorite no where. I'mlike, I'm gonna play this out because
I want this to be no skips. But when I got when I heard
it live, like now, itis a full, genuine skip free album.
It is. Yeah, someone renaSun sometimes can get the cut off
running back. I'll just be likegoing back to the top, right in
(11:05):
the middle, right right, becauseI know that. But Renaissance, I
mean summer renaissance. I enjoy it, and then I have to press stop
before it starts into I'm that girland now I'm stuck back on the road,
like wow, Yeah, so heatis my favorite song, and I
will say so when we talk abouttop three, I think projects Issa that
(11:30):
rap ship mixtape. Okay, let'sget it. So love mixtapes always.
This is a reminder also for meand people who love hip hop that like
we can still make products like this, you know, Projects like this that
speak to first one thousand different typesof artists and the way that they collaborate,
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collaborate. It reminds me of likethe dream Veiled Revenge of the Dreamer.
And so it was, it's itwas so good. I was working
out and I played it from thetop to the bottom and I was like,
God, yes, yeah, shoutsto radio, putting those people together.
I love Rego Nasty and chanting.Everybody. Everyone in there did the
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think Connie, you know what I'msaying that it's just incredible And to see
all these black women come together andfucking blaze the tracks up. It was
so good. Yes, like itmakes me feel like, yeah, the
whisper Whispers will always do it forit was the song. It's the guarantee
(12:37):
hit. Yeah, black black whispers, black whisper because it was really low.
Yeah, so yeah, that's whatI would say. Did you do
know I didted projects? I meanshe mentioned Victoria Monday. Yeah. Also
while we're of course pleasure. Itwas a good. Yeah. And I
love a lot of album new albumthat he just so long for him,
(13:03):
a new and that we could singthe alphabet and I'm like that voice of
an angel and full and just rich. It's so good. I love it.
It's not it's just a single puton the floor again this year and
I love this. Yeah, Ilove me. I don't really a lot
(13:30):
to be said, lots to besaid about that, a lot of girl
to be said. I love her. She works very hard at her craft.
She's been doing this for a verylong time. I love the cipher
that she put together. Incredible.They and devil like SOE need to hire
her for the rest of is becausethe last time wasn't so great. But
yes, okay, I love it. So let's get to let's get to
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films. Let's get to the films. First of all, congratulations because not
one, but two projects you wereand it's nominated Barbie and American Fiction.
Thank you so much. You gotin the movie in order for you.
Okay, it's just it's just thosethe rules. But so aside from your
own projects, what you love?Why would you? Because I'm so bad
(14:18):
at seeing movies unless they're on theplane. I will say I saw that
it was from this phenomenal filmmaker whowas also nominated. Uh, and it
was it was like a misconnections lovestory, like wrong place, wrong and
they were going to going to wedding. No, this one was. It
(14:41):
was. I want to say it'sa Korean filmmaker, but I'm probably wrong.
Y'all know, somebody helped, youknow, And it was Sun Dance
last though it's something like that.But I love that movie. I want
to say the director's name is Selene. I'm saying all this wrong, but
that I also Yago and I'm gonnathink it's gonna make me think. Okay,
(15:09):
my I mean, American fiction ison all lists. Okay, said
stuff that I'm not in for you. You can watch it The Color Purple.
It's coming out on Christmas. ButI've seen it and it phenomenal.
(15:30):
I don't feel like crying. Ididn't know. I don't know. I
you know, I cried. Idid cry at the end because but it
was not sad tears. And Iwas worried because I've never gotten to see
the musical on Broadway. I've onlyever seen the original movie, and so
the movie is a lot harder thanthe musical adaptation. And this is an
adaptation of the musical, so it'snot exactly like the play, but it
(15:54):
is there's more hope in it,and it goes on further than the original
movie, like we're the original movieends and how it ends is not how
this movie ends. Like I thinkwe get to see more of Seely's life.
That's what I'll say it without likesaying too much. And so I
really it's like it's a healing.I think with Fantasia, the reason why
she's singing gospel every time she goestalk about this movie is because it really
(16:14):
feels like that. I really feltlike I was leaving the church service and
Danielle Brooks's Danielle Brooks just everything andjust so kind and she stole every scene
she was in. It is whatlike I was. It is what it
is. That's what she did.And I was like, babe, it's
(16:36):
your time. So I'm so gladshe got that wellmation. She deserves it.
It's called Past Lives. Yeah.Is the director's name, Selene m
It is thank you very okay,yes, thanks behind the scenes. So
yeah, the color purple. Doyou have any additional ones? Oh?
(17:00):
Missing that came up this year too, Yeah, not too much, just
so missing with Stormy love storm readand yeah, great twist and turns.
I love me a twist and aTurner. Okay, okay, I'm not
really big. I don't have thecritic I you watched that, you like
(17:26):
you watched it like you at myapartment, Like yeah, I tore it
up and I watched it again whenI got home. I need to do
that. So then that and thenm hmm. I watched it on a
plane. A man called Otto shoutout to Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks,
(17:48):
I wanted to. Every time Isee that, I'll add it to my
cue to watch on the plane,Like, am I'm a crime from I
don't feel like you know, youknow I should. It really clears the
song. It's amazing. It's acleanse. I love a man called and
I'm also very into Tom Hanks metoo. You can't do any wrong.
Remember when he got COVID and everybodywas so scared. I was used him
(18:12):
and Rita to make us take COVID. Seriously, it's something I will never
forget it. And the fact thatit worked. There's two people to blame
you. I never said thoughts andprayers so quickly. Yeah, they said
everybody's favorite A bipartisan Yeah truly.Yeah. So when we talk about though
because we want to get back intoAmerican fiction, okay, because I loved
(18:33):
it. Yes, talk about yourtime there working with Sterling K. Brown.
You got Jeffrey right, I lovehim same. Let me tell you,
like so smart, smart, intelligent, can play anything and transform.
I was nervous as hell, youknow, and I met him before,
(18:55):
but like to know that I wasworking with him and then kind of facing
off with him was just extremely intimidating. But he just makes you feel at
ease, you know. I gotto shoot my scenes in sequence, which
was great because if I had startedwith the scene, you know, just
him, it would have been overwith. But I really got to,
like, you know, get afeel for him, get a feel for
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how he works. And by thetime we did that scene, and I
felt so comfortable because I got achance to watch him work. But he's
just great. And I didn't getto work with the other cast. Eric
Alexander came to visit me, honestsaid, and she's the best. She's
the absolute best. She's so increased. She's always proud of somebody too,
like genuinely and growing up watching Maxineand you know, like I think that
(19:41):
she's the prototypical like anybody who anybodywho's a black woman who's in law has
looked to Maxine Yep absolutely and justeverything. I love her working this film.
But I just watched it for thefirst time, like last weekend on
a computer. I can't wait tosee it on a big screen. And
it was just a family stuff touchedme so much. It's so it's so
(20:03):
pure and you don't get to seeblack families in that way and that like,
you know, I hope people seeit. Yeah, you mentioned that
final film scene with you and Jeffreyat the end, like when you guys
are having that debate during the judgingcontest. Now, I wondered, we're
like, as a writer, youfall on the whole like the film's overall
debate about the type of black contentwe should be producing, because I like,
(20:26):
obviously you're a character, especially inthe reading that had me the way
when you sat there and said,Yo, I said, she's so un
serious. I was like, she'sso un serious. I were like,
but the point you made about likewhen he was saying, I just feel
like about people have untapped potential,and that line he said about potential means
(20:48):
that like what you're looking at foris not good enough. Eight eight shout
out to Chord. He wrote that, wrote that, he wrote that,
and he created that whole scene becausein the original book, my character and
his character never meet. So hereally found a way to make that work
in and make a commentary. Buthonestly, when I know, chords work,
and we knew each other from wayback, like socially, we used
(21:10):
to have like a black film dedicationor Black culture tumbler together, me and
him, remember and some other places, and so when he thought of me
for this role, I was kindof like, what you're trying to say?
What's up? I think I'm heartlike what's up? And then it
just gave me an opportunity to likesit in that and defend it because I've
(21:33):
definitely been monk where I'm like justconstantly criticizing what I'm not seeing, because
it was also coming from a placeof like I want to be there,
I want a chance to be that, And now being on this side of
it, people come for me allthe fucking time, and I'm like,
you know, instead of taking offense, I'm just like, oh, okay,
I take a lot of the constructionconstructive criticism. But I also remember,
(21:53):
like, oh, I remember whatit was like to be an aspiring
writer and being like I could takeyour spot and kill it. And for
me coming into it, I recognizethere are so many spots, and you
know, it shifts constantly with theindustry in terms of who gets to be
the golden child and whatnot. Butit's a frustrating place to be in.
(22:14):
And Monk, you know, Monkdidn't even read Centaur's book. He just
judged it. And I think there'slike a pretentious element that can come with
black even black just criticism any anycritique of black work. And sometimes you
just gotta let people enjoy things,do you right, I agree, it's
a form of expression. Yeah,And so like I would hope that people
(22:38):
make different types of art for alldifferent types of people, Like You're You're
missing you know somebody like what I'msaying exactly exactly didn't feel good coming out
when you said it didn't make thembetter out. I can't wait. I'm
(23:06):
gonna watch it right after this.You know. The first thing, Searching
is actually what inspired rap shit ina way, like that format of like
everything is through devices, But Ihadn't seen the sequel, So the sequel
to Searching is missing. Yeah,Searching is missing. So another thing that
happened this year that we as faras the Writers Guild and SAG were both
(23:29):
on strike for a combined to sixtwo hundred and sixty four days. That
sounds crazy to even say out loud, because we've talked about this before during
the Today Show. We tried iton you about how you're not good at
resting is what you said to me, and like you said, like you
said you tried to take a monthoff and like that, and like,
yeah, did this time make youget any better when having to be still
(23:51):
in rest more? Like I knowit was forced, but like at day
two hundred, did you feel likeyes? And still? I was actually
in Portugal for a wedding with Sita, who you know I write rap shit
with, and we had just gotthere we got that first alert that it
(24:11):
might be over, and we wereboth like, really, okay, well
this is good, like had totalk ourselves into being happy that it was
gonna be And so it took awhile. But like for her especially,
she was like, dang, Ijust started traveling like I wasn't doing I
was just I just come to termswith the fact that like, Okay,
(24:32):
this might go on a while.I need to be taking advantage of it
and like, you know, restingand traveling and doing me. So it
was bittersweet, but I was forsure like frustrated with the studio has.
I'm like, all, don't doy'all know y'all are losing so much money.
I do how we come back fromthis? Yes, so it was
(24:53):
it was extremely frustrating, but Itook advantage of time, like I went
to different places and things like that, but I'm wanted to be working.
You were traveling to now. Iwas like, I love that she would
like make sometimes to be work.Like then they would be like, oh
this commercial came from when she wasthere, Like they wasn't just turning up
for Oh she was. That's sofair. She probably took a vacation.
(25:17):
Nothing was work. That was noshe was. That's so funny. Even
when I was like, oh shewent to the non did you just go
somewhere to go? You know what? I always have to justify And my
friend told me that and kind ofwill kind of change my perspective, but
clearly I haven't acted on it.But I was like, oh, we
(25:40):
can take this trip together, butI'm probably gonna find some work to do
and blah blah blah. And shewas like, you know, you can
just go somewhere and not work likeyou always find work. Yeah, but
I don't after a while doesn't evendon't you get tired and just you know,
just sitting okay, relaxing. Yeah, but do for the sentence after
(26:02):
a while to be true, Ihave to have been doing it for a
while. I don't think you doit. How A while is like a
day, A couple of days,honestly, a couple of days and nothing,
and you're like, oh, okay, I get it, like I
still rejuvenated. You were such aricorthat's crazy. Let's talk about pleasure for
just a second. Pleasure, pleasurewhen we're talking about what? Uh uh
(26:25):
I'm talking about reality TV? Oh? Yes, because, oh my god,
guilty. Pleasure is dating? Yes, dating reality TV shows? Yes.
I will watched every single every singleone. I've watched so many same.
What will you like? What's yourfavorite? I just watched one?
Which one I watched on Amazon?Twin love? You hate it? No?
(26:48):
I meant to watch it. Ijust watch it. I don't watch
nothing on Amazon. Don't give adon't like I don't Netflix has the best
one they do, hands down.But one told me to watch because I
watched this terrible one on HBO.Max called it was like milk Milk Island
now because I got milk mannor milfmanner. That's d Did you watch that?
(27:12):
Is that the divorce one? Yes, that's the reality it's really good.
Yes, it's reality show. Okay, D. Your mom, my
dad, your mom and dad wouldon hosting. Yeah, so good one.
I love Island of course. Okay, but I haven't watched the UK
one. I'm only watching the Americanone because UK one. That's what everybody
says. But what is it on? And it's on fire? But what
(27:33):
is the on a different level?Wait, what where do you watch it?
I don't subscribe. I need tookay, I need to get my
Okay. I don't like to havea lot. I have a lot.
I just got Peacock and that's whyI watched it one. And Temptation Island,
please, Tation Island. I justI can't get into it's weird.
(27:55):
I think it's a weird thing todo. I would never do it.
Yeah, I don't believe, likeI don't have any empathy. I don't
care about the couples, and I'mlike, when I'm really desperate, I'm
going to give it another shot.Yeah, but I have I'm so filled
in The Golden Bachelor. I can't. That's another one I can't watch.
Is it just old people? No? No, no, But in that
case, I don't. If itwas older women, I would be on
(28:17):
board. But it makes me sadto watch these women and go after one
and you know that breaks so hearty, like we're still doing this. That's
I can't. But if it wasthe Golden Bachelorette, I am signed immediately.
Points do you guys have to show? You'll I've never seen the day
of my life. I watch LoveIs Blind. Obviously I can only do
(28:41):
one season of the ultimatum. It'sjust the ultimatum. It was okay,
yes, Love is Line is youknow? Yeah? Yes, but and
what's his name? Restored the field? Yeah. I love that Tiffany and
(29:02):
Brett. Brett love them. They'rethe only couple I believe in there.
We watched so many yeah okay,but okay, so also we cannot cannot
not have you here and not talkabout v Ray, not just but talk
(29:22):
to us about bringing the bubbles tolife. Man, it was a it
was a long process. I've beenwanting to do this for years now,
and you know, I'm I loveprosecco. I've tried so many different types.
But and when we have like thebranding and all of that together,
I knew just what I wanted toput out in the world, even visually
(29:44):
and aesthetically, and so it wasabout just finding the right partner, and
we did with Gallo, and nowit's just been It's so fun to just
pull up with my own bottle offunction. I love it and I love
it. It's so authentic to likewhat you tell us you were drinking like
you and before you had this,like you were a queen of like pour
some liquor in a proseccold glass.This is true. Thank you. I
(30:04):
take that title gladly. Know,like whether it was dark liquor or vodka.
I have my feelings about how youfeel about Voka. The girl.
I'm god damn the break away,like you gotta see it through my You
know it's related and you'll soon seewhy. But I you know what I
(30:26):
mean, don't because I don't wantyou to see you later and be like,
Okay, that's but I do Ifound my tequila choice. Okay,
find out right next. I lovehow audacious so you teach or show black
girls to be a black women tobe because I think also we're just putting
(30:47):
your name on this battle because yourname is half of that bottle. So
to see that to also be ableto give black women an idea to do
things that we don't normally see thatwe don't see that often. For giving
black girls the privilege and the okayto dream past certain things is incredible to
(31:07):
see. Thank you so much.I'm going to drink this for real.
Girl, love me saying day partyis just yes home and it's there,
(31:29):
Yes, Okay, we're gonna beout in the streets. I mean that's
when she'd be having me up atthe time, the bad decisions all night
where energy? Like, where doyou can sleep until eleven? Okay?
I can't. I'm an early riser. I can't stay late at it.
(31:52):
I can sleep, I can,I'm proud of it. But I'm not
running seventeen businesses. I maybe wouldn'tbe able to sleep in my had that
much. Like I'm not surprised andamongst like running like a thousand businesses,
what are you looking for looks gettinghired right four. Yeah, twenty twenty
(32:14):
four is so scary because this isthe first time in like ten years I've
looked on my calendar and I'm like, oh, I don't have a concrete
like I have business stuff, butlike projects, I'm like, oh,
they're not I don't have that yet. I haven't had that in a minute
because of the strike, and youknow, a lot of us are going
through that right now. So it'sit's a little exciting because it's like,
(32:37):
oh, I'm starting over in someways, and then also terrifying because it's
just like, oh, okay,what's next and what am I going to
Passionately? I guess latch Onto asmy next thing. So I'm writing a
lot now and I'm really excited aboutthe stuff that I'm writing. And so
in twenty twenty four, it's justabout like, you know, pigs raw
(33:00):
and what about Lisa is the person, the daughter, wife, sister,
the friend. What am I excitedabout? Like personal life wise? That's
so sad that that never comes tomy She sounded like it was for like,
oh, like for myself, likemaybe I'll rest for more than three
days next year. I don't evenknow, and that's so sad. I
(33:23):
need to do better. What awhat am I as a person human being
excited about a friend? I alwaysI'm a new Year's resolution gally, and
I'm always like I want to spendmore more time with family and friends,
so like especially my nieces and nephews, like I love them dearly, and
(33:45):
I feel so bad, Like mymy niece was in uh the nut Cracker,
Debbie Allen's version, and I ain'tgoing to get to go to that
because I was I was gone,and so looking at my brother posting her
and stuff like that and the familygroup chat pictures, like I just want
to be a more present aunt nextyear. I want to be like a
for real auntie. Yeah, Ifeel like you'd be a fun aunt.
(34:05):
I am when I'm married. Butthat's the thing. We're fun are the
most busiest. The reason why Ican get you these things that your parents
won't give you is because I'm parthere. That's sure. That's true.
You mentioned New Year's resolutions and thingslike that, So before we let you
go, we always like to closewith words of affirmation and seeing how this
(34:27):
is our final episode of the year, what would be your new Year's resolution,
wish or hope for Black women intwenty twenty four. I always want
the best for us, and Iwant us to center ourselves and want the
(34:50):
best for ourselves. I know weall know that we put so many others
before us, and for this nextyear, I just want us to be
unapologetic about choosing ourselves first. Fuckeverybody else, you're already here first,
(35:12):
fuck them, but yourself first.In four? Love that? Yeah?
Love that? Do we have that? Anything? You have anything? Let's
wish for black women? Wish forblack women? Besides us putting ourselves first,
I would say I want us andit speaks to what I said last
week a bit, but I wantus to feel less guilty about not always
(35:36):
I mean, worry lested about havingto just be good, good, good
all the time, Like get morecomfortable with uncomfortable feelings if you like,
if whether it's like anger, becausewe have so many things to like.
Salams did not lie when she saidyou have the right to be mad,
like I have to remind myself thatall the time, yeause I'd be feeling
guilty for it. So I wantus to feel less guilty about being human
(35:59):
right. Essentially, the range we'recomfortable with the good stuff. But and
because when you're more comfortable with it, understand that we still deserve to be
loved and accepted even if we're notperfect. Right and right on, just
on the end of that, Ijust want my black girls to feel.
You talked about feeling a lot.I want people to take a moment and
(36:20):
be able to digest things. Ithink we're moving really fast in this world,
trying to think of what's next allthe time. I want you to
let whatever art, whatever music,whatever interview speak to you, sit with
it, with therapy sessions, allof it. I think when you get
up from the therapy session, youget up really quickly and you go on
about your day. Sit with things, feel things, and allow yourself and
(36:44):
give yourself that permission to feel.I'm just asked yes, so yes,
cheers to that. Yes, thankyou. I love talking to you.
See I don't even think you sharedany crazy hot takes like it was fine.
See, we want to ask youabout something and hang on. They
(37:06):
always do. It's always a soundbay, and I just sit back and
wait for it. Not your ownteam, though radio is making a sound
by every time. Lisa, thankyou so much. For helping to make
this show happen for real. Uh, there would be no show without you,
(37:28):
so we are so grateful and thankyou for sitting with us today.
Y'all. Y'all are amazing and sothanks for stop on the bi Yeah,
and you know, like I said, you gave us so many gems.
As we head into the year,you know, watch more dating reality shows
(37:58):
like yeah, we love your residenceabout putting ourselves fucking first. So thank
you for all, like, thankyou for your time, thank you for
being here, thank you for yoursupport. Like Scotty said, it means
the world to us. It does. In the meantime, make sure you
keep up with the show using thehashtag Scottie and Sylvia's Show and all the
past shows too, all the pastepisodes because I know y'all got to catch
(38:20):
up. Okay, y'all got thingsto do, so they're evergreens listens so
you can too, and thank youall and thank you guys, like honestly,
it means so much to us,like our listeners, our audience,
like y'all ride for us. Weappreciate all the love, the tweets,
the shares, the reviews, thecomments, like baby I got me going
(38:42):
like, honestly, truly, itmeans the world to us. This season
one was so fun. It wasso fun, right, you know,
thank you guys, because we doit all for you, we do,
and we do it all for youand for each absolutely out to radio.
(39:02):
Yeah, the chaps are our wholeteam, our production team. Everybody couldn't
love itout you guys. Seriously,Hey, thank you? Where do I
get this rapt this shirt? TheScotty and Sylvia Show is a radio production
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hosted by Me Scotti Bean and meSylvia Obel. Executive producers are also us
Scotti Bean and Sylvia Obel. Iknow that's right, I am. And
Executive producers from Radio are Gifa Yador, Benoni Tago, and Everyone's favorite girl,
Isa Ray. Associate producer from radiois May say Hi, Our senior
(39:45):
producer is Gabrielle Horton, sound engineeris Ian Tacne, and our video editor
is Jay Kenrich. And a bigthank you to all the brilliant minds across
the radio universe who make this dopeas show possible
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