Issa Rae Is ‘Never Going to Stop’ Using Her Power for Good, Even as Mergers and AI Disrupt Hollywood: ‘This Is All Men’s Fault’
Issa Rae received Variety’s Entertainment Entrepreneur of the Year Award and used her acceptance speech to address instability in Hollywood and wider society, including industry mergers, artificial intelligence, politics and climate disasters. After joking that wealthy white men were responsible for much of the turmoil, she spoke seriously about feeling powerless and argued that people should focus on the influence they still possess.
Rae said she can choose who to work with, support, invest in and give a platform to, using her success to benefit her Los Angeles community. The Emmy-nominated creator of *Insecure* has worked across film and television, including *Barbie*, *American Fiction*, *Black Mirror*, *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* and *One of Them Days*, and is preparing a new HBO comedy pilot about male friendship.
- Issa Rae accepted Variety’s top entrepreneur award.
- She criticised Hollywood’s turmoil and broader social instability.
- Rae urged people to use their influence to support their communities.
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