Lisa Kudrow Responds To Friends Diversity Complaints -- Hot Take? Or Spot On??
13.08.2022 - 00:39
/ perezhilton.com
Lisa Kudrow is speaking out about the lack of diversity on Friends — and her take on the sitch could definitely ruffle some feathers!
Over the years, the cast and creators of Friends have been met with backlash for the lack of people of color on the mega-popular sitcom, but now, Lisa is speaking in defense of the show’s creators, Marta Kauffman and David Crane (top inset), who are both white.
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In a new interview with The Daily Beast on Wednesday, the actress expressed:
Fair point!
Brandeis is a private liberal arts university outside of Boston where both showrunners attended, FYI. Although The Comeback star is sticking up for the creators’ decision to focus on a core group of white friends, including Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and Matt LeBlanc, she also pointed out another big issue in the industry at the time, saying:
Very true. Mentorship programs for creatives of color (in front of and behind the camera) would have helped get more BIPOC stories told!
But… is the fact that the creators were white really a good enough excuse not to have had much diversity on the show?? We mean, the series ran for 10 SEASONS from 1994 to 2004. Surely in that decade, they could have hired several writers of color to help develop a wider range of authentic — and diverse — characters! But we guess the execs just weren’t thinking so critically about the problem amid all their success…
That said, it’s not like the show didn’t break boundaries in other areas! In 2020, David told The Guardian he felt the show was revolutionary for the way they depicted sex as well as gay marriage — though they had their weak points when it came to