Robin Thede, creator and star of ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show,’ debuts the season 4 trailer, which features more than 20 guest stars.
“A Black Lady Sketch Show” is back for a fourth season and, according to series creator and star Robin Thede, the comedy is bigger and broader than ever. In fact, internally, they’ve been referring to this season in multiversal terms.
“These women play hundreds of characters in so few episodes, and they’re so talented, we keep talking about the Black Lady Cinematic Universe,” Thede tells Variety, exclusively debuting the trailer for Season 4 and promising that this six-episode season utilizes its stars’ unique abilities more creatively than ever.
“It’s about expansion and what our creativity can create, for good or for evil,” Thede explains, winking at the return of the devil, who she also portrays. “It feels like we’re in an era of self-creation, of defining what this universe can be and removing any limitations that we may have had.”
Or as the clip proclaims: “The award-winning series is back because three Emmys isn’t enough.”
In fact, the first three installments of “A Black Lady Sketch Show” have garnered 13 Emmy nominations and three wins, with Season 3 netting trophies for outstanding picture editing for variety programming (which the series has won in back-to-back years) and outstanding directing for a variety series (Bridget Stokes). Starring alongside Thede are Gabrielle Dennis and Skye Townsend, with three new featured players — DaMya Gurley, Tamara Jade and Angel Laketa Moore — joining in the Black lady fun.
“I’m so in awe of this cast, who all offer each of their own talents and skills in such unique ways,” Thede says, teasing that this season’s interstitials “gave us a little bit of room to play with their endless abilities.”
(Given that the show’s interstitials began as an end-of-the-world scenario that went on to involve literal puppet versions of the core cast and the unlikely — and short-lived — election of Dr. Haddassah as president, audiences will just have to watch and see what complex zaniness Thede has up her sleeve.)
The trailer clocks in just shy of two minutes long but features about 18 sketches — with returning favorites like Courtroom Kiki (a.
