Rebecca Drysdale.
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After about seven months on the job, a major writer Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon The demonstration was described as a “mutual decision”. He also expressed a desire not to work on a comedy sketch about Donald Trump anymore. According to Chicago Sun Times, November 5, Rebecca Drysdale shared in a private Facebook post that she decided to share Tonight show, Where she was hired as the lead author in April 2020. In a Facebook post – which has since been deleted – Drysdale said his departure was a “mutual decision” with the NBC show, adding: “I wasn’t right for the show, and it wasn’t right for me.”
After thanking her former colleagues on the show, Drysdale also explained in the post that she no longer wanted to get involved in a comedy about Donald Trump, which she later said was not related to her. Tonight show Departure “I am deciding for myself that I will never work, write or be associated with any of Trump’s other sketches. I’ve landed in a lot of jobs and circumstances over the last few years where the project of making fun of Trump, or creating content about Trump, has led to divided creative teams, discomfort, tears and pain. I can’t decide the outcome of this election, but I can make my choice, to vote for him out of my creative life, even if we end up nowhere when this ends, ”he wrote,“ he will never write words out of his mouth To come, discuss how to edit or manipulate his image or make it funny again. “
Drydale ended his post by clarifying his stance on Trump’s jokes. “I believe that Medie is a powerful tool. I believe he can handle anything, no matter how inappropriate he may be. I don’t believe that making fun of this man, impressing him or fooling him is a good use of that power. It just adds to that, ”he wrote. “As we all watch, and wait, and shake hands, waiting to see how this election begins, I am relieved that I can just sit back and feel how I feel about it. What not to do is figure out how to make Donald Trump funny tonight or tomorrow night and I’m really grateful for that. “Before Tonight show, Drysdale had credit writing and production Key and peel, High maintenance, And FX’s Baskets.
This post has been updated with clarification from Driesdale.
