According to comedian-actor Zainab Johnson, the earnings hole between the wealthy and poor retains getting wider on daily basis. And this is one thing that she feels must be addressed by way of the tales being churned out by the leisure world.
“I’m sure (class disparity) is an issue around the world, but (it is big) specifically in the United States (too). The income gap just gets wider and wider, with the rich getting richer, and the poor, poorer,” Johnson tells us.
And that’s why is glad she may tackle the subject via her character of Aleesha Morrison in satirical sci-fi comedy, Upload, by Greg Daniels.
“The show is extremely relevant now as we explore class disparity. It deals with income disparity when we see the fictional world, Horizon, because you need money to be there, and even when you are there, there are several in app purchases,” she says, asserting that they sort out the subject by turning the lens away from the digital world, and into the actual world.
“It matches with what is happening in the world right now. And income disparity is not an issue (which is coming) in the near future, but mirrors what is happening right now, in terms of the socio economics situation (around the world and in the US),” provides the actor, who gained reputation when she starred in season 8 of Last Comic Standing, she went on to characteristic in All Def Comedy, Avant-Guardians, and 100 Humans.
On a lighter word, Johnson admits she is able to dump her cellphone as a change in the actual world.
“I’m ready to not have a phone. Just like I no longer need keys or anything because everything is digitised. (It will be great) if I don’t have to even carry my phone… If I could just put on like a bracelet, and have the world at my fingertips. I’m ready for that,” she indicators off on a hopeful word.