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Yvette Lee Bowser on How Maxine Shaw was a Threat to TV Execs and Leigh Davenport on Changing the Landscape

Yvette Lee Bowser on How Maxine Shaw was a Threat to TV Execs and Leigh Davenport on Changing the Landscape

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BGN interviews EP/Showrunner Yvette Leee Bowser and EP/Creator Leigh Davenport on the Starz series Run The World.

Run The World follows a tight-knit circle of smart, funny, and vibrant thirty-something Black women, as they each take their own path towards a common life goal: running the world. Based in Harlem, these fiercely loyal best friends provide support and honest advice to each other while facing the many challenges life throws their way — complex struggles as Black women, the chaos of living in the concrete jungle, dating and relationships, family drama, and striving for career success — all while endeavoring to make that climb to the top as they build their own empires.

With showrunner and executive producer Yvette Lee Bowser (Living Single, black-ish, Netflix’s Dear White People) and creator and executive producer Leigh Davenport (The Perfect Find, Wendy Williams: The Hot Topic, BET’s Boomerang) at the helm, the new series offers a candid look into Black friendship and the Black female experience.

In the clip below, showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser expands on the character Maxine Shaw from her previous series Living Single, played by actor Erika Alexander. She states how that character at the time was considered “a threat” during the show’s prime.

Interviewer: Jeandra LeBeauf

Video Editor: Jamie Broadnax

Run The World premieres May 16, 2021 at 8:30PM ET/PT on STARZ and internationally on STARZPLAY


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