As the interviewer says, Courtney Kemp Agboh’s career path has been amazing. Noobs and olds can learn a lot from her rise to – can you stand it? – POWER!
by Libby Hill
As Power settles into its second season, the Starz show is amping up both the pace and tension, in an attempt to take the good thing it had in season one and make it great. Showrunner Courtney Kemp Agboh took time to sit down with Vulture at the Austin Television Festival to talk about the show — which was picked up for a third season today — why she doesn’t feel responsible for creating great female characters, and her disappointment at never taking overEntertainment Weekly.
Tell me all your things, because your career path is amazing.
So, my things: I went to graduate school for English literature. I thought I was going to be a professor, then I ran screaming from there into magazine journalism.
As Power settles into its second season, the Starz show is amping up both the pace and tension, in an attempt to take the good thing it had in season one and make it great. Showrunner Courtney Kemp Agboh took time to sit down with Vulture at the Austin Television Festival to talk about the show — which was picked up for a third season today — why she doesn’t feel responsible for creating great female characters, and her disappointment at never taking overEntertainment Weekly.