Dance Flick Damon Wayans Jr Damien Wayans & Shoshana Bush

The torch has been passed to a whole new group of Wayans. With Dance Flick, the world is introduced to a second generation of Wayans to keep the laughs coming for years to come. BlackTree TV's Jennifer Johnson sits down with Director Damien "Dante" Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr, and Shoshana Bush.
There have been few screen comedy families who have successfully
passed the torch from one generation to the next as the Wayans family has. The
Wayans brothers Keenen Ivory, Shawn, Marlon and Damon along with sister
Kim, first burst onto the screen with 1988s blaxploitation parody, Im Gonna Git
You Sucka, which led to their groundbreaking Fox comedy sketch series, In
Living Color. The show not only brought the Wayans clan into the public
consciousness, but also launched the careers of such other major stars as Jim
Carrey, David Alan Grier, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez. Keenen also wrote
and starred in the film Hollywood Shuffle.
The brothers have continued into the millennium with a string of
successful theatrical comedies, including the Scary Movie horror spoofs, White
Chicks (2004) and Little Man (2006). Additionally, Shawn and Marlon starred
on the hit WB series The Wayans Bros. for five seasons (1995-1999).
The new decade has brought to light a new, and equally talented, Wayans
generation, including Damon Wayans, Jr., Craig Wayans (son of Wayans sibling
Deirdre) and Damien Dante Wayans (son of Wayans sibling Elvira Wayans), all
of whom honed their skills writing and/or directing episodes of My Wife and
Kids, as well as contributing material to the brothers recent feature films. Other
Wayans offspring who have made contributions to Dance Flick include Dwayne
Wayans, Jr., who co-composed some of the films music (with Erik Willis) and
Michael Wayans, Damon Jr.s brother, who appears briefly in the film.
When it came time for a new Wayans comedy, the brothers decided it was
time to showcase the new generation. Were doing with them what my brother,
Keenen, did with Shawn and myself with Im Gonna Git You Sucka, notes
Marlon Wayans. Its kind of like were teaching these guys how to fish, but we
aint going and getting them no fish theyve got to do it themselves. And stay
out of my pond, he laughs.
The film stars Damon Jr. and is executive produced by Craig Wayans,
who also co-wrote the film with his uncles and with cousin Damien, who directed
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the movie. We were talking about beginning the second generation movement,
and weve written other movies, plus Damien and I worked together for three
seasons on My Wife and Kids, explains Craig Wayans. So we said, We want
to present ourselves as the next generation. Adds Damon Jr., Were just trying
to find our own niche, and this is the beginning.

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