The the new fresh female voice in comedy: Sasheer Zamata

SNL has taken a big step towards equality in comedy by bringing on a woman of color: Sasheer Zamata. This is the first time they have had a black woman on the show since Maya Rudolph left, and its about time.And even better, Sasheer is incredibly talented and funny, and has a fresh new voice to bring to both the African American and Female comedy communities. Here is a video of her early stand-up, and her timing is impeccable. Not to mention, how poignant the topic she discusses is. I have always felt that comedy is at its best when it making jokes about things that are viewed to be "inappropriate". Those things we don't want to talk about can be discussed in the forum of comedy, forcing people to laugh and pay attention to those things they don't want to here.

Since joining the SNL cast, I don't feel they have used her talents as well as they could. While they have increased the number of jokes about race and gender inequality, I feel they continue to use her as a backup to senior member of the cast, Kenan Thompson and Jay Pharoh. This is understandable as she is a newbee, but she clearly has a voice that needs to be heard. I hope in the coming season, they give her a chance to show the world her comedy. Here is sketch from her work on Saturday Night Live.

Sasheer is definetly worth checking out if you have some time, her channel is under her name "Sasheer Zamata" and she has some great sketches and stand-up posted. Get ready, cause this girl is taking the comedy world!