David Spade and Dana Carvey call out Hollywood's focus on race and gender.In a recent episode of their "Fly on the Wall" podcast, the two comedians questioned Hollywood's emphasis on race and gender, with Spade arguing that the industry should "stop separating us like that" by highlighting those distinctions."On race, let me just say at any of these award shows, I saw a clip the other day saying, 'And this gentleman won, and he's the first black director to win for this documentary,' I wish they would quit saying that because I think everyone we can't all be equal to you," Spade said."'Oh, the first in 30 years to have a black actor win this.' If you just say we're all actors .
..now this is my point of view, that it just makes it more even and not, we're all just the same.
We're all acting."Carvey then joked that when he won his Emmy Award, they announced that he was the "198th straight white male that has won this award."Spade called out the focus on race and gender in Hollywood during a recent podcast episode.(Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Netflix)ISSA RAE SAYS DEI HAS BECOME A 'BAD WORD' IN HOLLYWOOD AS EXECUTIVES OF COLOR 'TIPTOE' TO KEEP JOBSSpade also pointed out that while he was working on the hit NBC show, "Just Shoot Me," from 1997 to 2003, they would inform him anytime they would be working with a female director that week."I [would] go, 'That's fine.
Just is it a director? Yeah.Okay, we got it.' Like you don't even have to say that," Spade said.
"Female director.It feels like a little, not condescending, but a little diminishing.
That's a good word.It's a little 5%.
Instead of going, 'We don't have a regular director,' you know what I mean? So, I was a big proponent of fighting that."Carvey agreed with his co-host, mentioning that "female director" is "a funny thing to say."In a previous episode of their podcast released in March, Spade gave his candid opinion on the state of Hollywood under the leadership of Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Ka...