Here's where I stand with Mo.
She's a Black comedy icon. Point blank, full stop. If you don't know this, you're only telling on yourself. Go do some homework. Don't disrespect the greats.
That said...Mo is a black comedian. She makes comedy for Black American audiences, and unapologetically so. THAT means that, when the time came, she DIDN'T do what Steve Harvey did, or what Wanda Sykes did, or what Dave Chappell did: she didn't cross over to white audiences. And no disrespect to those Black comedians who chose to do that, but people who made that choice shouldn't be shitting on Mo because she made the Choice not to.
That's why I'm of two sides in this. I don't fault Mo for asking for more, she SHOULD have. She's a name regardless of what she's done recently, and I know for damn sure that a comeback special would have had every kid who grew up on The Parker's (and are now in their 30s), and all the aunties who know her standup tuning the fuck in. And I don't know how many times black audiences have to show up with our money before our-of-touch execs learn that if you give us content, we'll consume it.
But Dave Chappelle money? Eh....I dunno about THAT, sis. But definitely more than 500k.
