>> OUR GUEST IS AN EMMY AWARD WINNING ACTOR,
WRITER, PRODUCER YOU KNOW FROM KEY AND PEELE, TOW STORY 4 AND
SO MUCH MORE, THE INSTAINLY TALENTED KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY IS
HERE.
HEY, KEEGAN, HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M OKAY, JAMES, HOW ARE YOU DOING.
>> James: IT'S SO NICE, OBVIOUSLY YOU WERE BOOKED TO
COME ON THE SHOW, TO TALK ABOUT THIS HUGE NEW ENTERTAINMENT SHOW
YOU HAVE QUKS GAME ON "WHICH IS GOING TO BE A GLORIOUSLY
UPLIFTING LIGHTHEARTED CHAT.
AND THE WORLD HAS CHANGED BETWEEN YOUR BOOKING AND NOW.
I MEAN HO HOW ARE YOU FEELING? HOW ARE YOU FEEL BEING WHAT IS
HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW?
>> I AM, YOU KNOW, I'M FEELING-- I'M FEELING A BIT
FRUSTRATED.
I'M FEELING FRUSTRATED.
AND THERE IS SADNESS TO WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN
OUR NATION, 50 YEARS AGO, AND THEN IT IS STILL HAPPENING
TODAY.
AN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I FIND, THAT I FIND A LITTLE
DISCOURAGING.
BUT THERE IS ALSO-- I HAVE BEEN SEEING HOPE.
I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH MY SOCIAL MEDIA A LOT AND I HAVE
BEEN LOOKING FOR THESE PHOTOS AND FINDING, WHICH IS LOVELY,
PHOTOS OF SOLIDARITY AND UNITY AND SEEING POLICE OFFICERS ARM
IN ARM WITH PROTESTORS AND SEEING THEM PUT DOWN THEIR RIOT
GEAR.
PEOPLE KNEELING AND REALLY HAVING ORGANIZED AND SILENT
PROTESTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
TO ME.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS, IT ST LADERN, IT FEELS VERY HEAVY
RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE SIFTING THROUGH A LOT WITH THEIR
FEELINGS.
AND LIKE THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT
AGAIN.
WHAT IS INTERESTING, I READ SOMETHING TODAY THAT I THINK IS
APPROPRIATE.
AND WHEN WE HEAR THE PHRASE ALL LIVES MATTER, IT IS LIKE SAYING
ALL LIVES MATTER AS A RESPONSE TO BLACK LIVES MATTER.
IT IS LIKE SAYING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOULD SPRAY DOWN ALL
HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVEN IF ONLY ONE MOUSE IS ON FIRE
BECAUSE ALL THE HOUSES MATTER.
AND YES, YOUR HUSBAND DOES MATTER, 100%, BUT YOUR HOUSE IS
NOT ON FIRE.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT KIND OF RESONATED WITH ME TODAY.
THAT IT IS JUST LOOKING, LET'S JUST LOOK FOR UNITY AND SEE
WHERE PEOPLE ARE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THAT IS
PROTECT-- PROACTIVE AND HELPFUL IN THIS MOMENT.
THAT IS WHY I KEEP FINDING MYSELF GOING BACK TO LOOK FOR
THOSE PICTURES.
>> YOU ARE IN NEW YORK.
YOU ARE JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE THE PROTESTS WERE LAST
NIGHT.
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING THESE THINGS
UNFOLD.
>> I THINK SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY COMING TO ME NOW IS THIS
SENSE OF FRUSTRATION, AND SEEING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, HAPPENING,
RIGHT.
I'M SEEING THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROTESTING AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE
SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE TRYING TO PEACEFULLY
PROTEST.
THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF PROTESTING AND LOOTING,
AND I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING, THE LOOTING IS LIKE, IT'S A
MANIFESTATION OF THIS FEAR.
THIS FEAR AND THIS ANGER AND FRUSTRATION BECAUSE PEOPLE, IT'S
INTERESTING.
WE WERE TOLD, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE'RE ALL EQUAL AND
WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE FOUND OUT THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE FOUND OUT THAT DOESN'T
APPLY TO THEM.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS WHAT IS REALLY GETTING EVERYBODY, THERE
IS THIS SENSE OF ANGER.
THE AMERICAN DREAM WAS SUPPOSED TO APPLY TO ALL OF US AND IT
DOESN'T APPLY TO ME.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES UNDER THE AMERICAN
DREAM.
AND THEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT FRUSTRATION
ORTHOS FEELINGS.
AND STH THIS IS THE MANIFESTATION OF IT IN SOME
PARTS.
SO I THINK, ARE THERE MORE PRODUCTIVE WAYS OF DOING THIS,
BUT THAT IS WHAT I AM SEEING.
THAT IS WHAT I AM SEEING WHEN I SEE PEOPLE, YOU WERE SEEING THAT
FRUSTRATION.
WE'RE SEEING THAT.
>> WELL, WILSON SAYS RACISM HASN'T JUST ARRIVED, IT IS JUST
BEING FILMED NOW.
>> RIGHT JAZ IS THERE A SENSE WHEN YOU SEE THESE LIKE YEAH,
NO, I KNOW, IT IS JUST BEING FILMED NOW.
>> NO, I DO GET THAT SENSE OF ALMOST, YOU START TO FEEL
YOURSELF, AND HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAPPENED AND WE HAVE NOT
WITNESSED IT.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THIS HAPPENED AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN
AN EYE WITNESS.
AND THAT GIVES YOU PAUSE, SO I DO GET THAT SAME FEELING. AND
IT'S CRAZY.
IT'S INTERESTING, I JUST MENTIONED THE LOOTING.
BECAUSE THERE IS THIS ISSUE HERE THAT IS JUST COMING TO THE
SURFACE, SIMILAR STO WHAT WILL IS SAYING OH NO, YOU ARE JUST
SEEING IT, IT HAS BEEN HERE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.
AND THIS OTHER ISSUE OF BEING DISENFRANCHISED AND NOT BEING
GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHERS ARE BEING GIVEN.
IT IS JUST COMING TO THE SURFACE NOW.
WHAT IS SO INTERESTING TO ME IS I THINK PART OF THE FRUSTRATION
COMES FROM THE FACT THAT WHEN CORPORATIONS ARE GETTING
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN STIMULUS MONEY, WHEN A LOT OF THESE
COMPANIES ARE NOT EVEN PAYING TAXES OR GIVING THEIR EMPLOYEES
A FAIR WAGE, I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A WORD FOR THAT TOO.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
MAYBE THEY SHOULD CALL THAT LOOTING.
AND PEOPLE ARE GOING WAIT A MINUTE, I'M GETTING THIS, AND
THE COMPANY IS GETTING THAT, AND IT IS JUST ALL BUBBLING UP.
I THINK IT IS JUST ALL BUBBLING UP.
>> James: STICK AROUND, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING WITH KEEGAN
RIGHT AFTER THIS BREAK.