Though it is a satirical comedy unlike anything ever seen before, real issues are explored in each episode. Unlike other shows, the characters don’t get it right most of the time. And showing stories from this lens is something the entire cast agreed to do.

“Any chance Black people get to see ourselves as silly and problematic and complicated is great,” Kerman said. Going from one show highlighting the Black experience on Insecure to helping create Bust Down made him see how much shows like this are needed. “We saw it on Insecure where people are dealing in relationships and sort of the complexities of this or on our show being able to see the silliness of kicking each other in the d**k. I think all of it is important. It’s great.”

The different perspectives each character brings is what Knight is excited for audiences to see. “There’s four different points of views going on these crazy ass subjects,” he said. “They’ll be super duper tight that we get to have characters like Sam being a woman misogynist or me being covered in man juice.”

Bust Down premieres on Peacock on Mar. 10.

Langston Kerman