Attention Screenwriters: Here’s How You Can Get Lena Waithe to Read Your Script

When Lena Waithe won the Emmy for her “Thanksgiving” episode of “Master of None” last year, she became the first black woman to win a writing Emmy for comedy.

The weight of the moment was not lost on Waithe, who said backstage, “There’s so many other funny women of color.

I hope they will now have an opportunity because this door has been opened.” Waithe is doing her part to make that vision a reality, as she announced today that she and her team would read any script that received an 8 or higher from The Blacklist.“If you put your script up on the @theblcklst site • pay to get an evaluation • and get an 8 or above • my team will read your script,” Waithe tweeted Tuesday morning.

She kindly asked that no one ask her the price of an evaluation, but assured folks that it would be “Less than your phone bill.

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