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The comedian talks to David Marchese on becoming a different person after unimaginable loss.

'The Interview': Marlon Wayans Lost Nearly 60 Loved Ones. Comedy Saved Him.

Just popping in here to remind you that every weekend on Saturday,

we're going to be sending you episodes of a new show our colleagues are making.

The show is called The Interview. This weekend, David Marquesee talks to comedy

star Marlon Wayans. A quick warning, there's some swearing in references to sex and sexual assault.

From the New York Times, this is the interview. I'm David Marquesie.

It's not easy to make what some people might call dumb comedy,

because if it were, more people would have a career as successful as Marlon Wayans.

Wayans broke out in the early 2000s when he co-wrote and co-starred in slap sticky parody comedy

movie hits like Scary Movie One and 2, White Chicks,

which for those of you who don't remember,

is one in which he plays an adult, masquerading as a baby.

Marlin is the youngest of 10 children, and he's a member of the Wayans Family Comedy Dynasty,

which also includes his successful siblings, Damon, Sean, Kim, and Keenan Ivory Wayans.

They all had a hand in the groundbreaking 90s sketch comedy show in living color.

Marlon went from there to later starring on five seasons of the W.B.

He made all those hit movies I mentioned.

And then on top of all that, he's also built a nice career for himself

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0:00.0	Hey everybody it's Sabrina.
0:03.0	Just popping in here to remind you that every weekend on Saturday,
0:07.0	we're going to be sending you episodes of a new show our colleagues are making.
0:11.0	The show is called The Interview. This weekend, David Marquesee talks to comedy
0:17.4	star Marlon Wayans. A quick warning, there's some swearing in references to sex and sexual assault.
0:24.8	Okay, here's the show.
0:27.5	From the New York Times, this is the interview. I'm David Marquesie.
0:35.0	It's not easy to make what some people might call dumb comedy,
0:41.0	because if it were, more people would have a career as successful as Marlon Wayans.
0:46.0	Wayans broke out in the early 2000s when he co-wrote and co-starred in slap sticky parody comedy
0:51.5	movie hits like Scary Movie One and 2, White Chicks,
0:55.0	and my personal favorite little man,
0:57.0	which for those of you who don't remember,
0:58.5	is one in which he plays an adult, masquerading as a baby.
1:02.0	He spends most of the movie in a diaper.
1:05.0	Marlin is the youngest of 10 children, and he's a member of the Wayans Family Comedy Dynasty,
1:10.0	which also includes his successful siblings, Damon, Sean, Kim, and Keenan Ivory Wayans.
1:15.0	They all had a hand in the groundbreaking 90s sketch comedy show in living color.
1:19.0	Marlon went from there to later starring on five seasons of the W.B.
1:23.3	sitcom, The Wayans Brothers.
1:24.8	He made all those hit movies I mentioned.
1:26.8	And then on top of all that, he's also built a nice career for himself
	...

'The Interview': Marlon Wayans Lost Nearly 60 Loved Ones. Comedy Saved Him.

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