Jamie foxx reflects on his iconic role wanda in 'in living color,' and the debate over black male performers dressing as women. Jamie foxx became a feature player in the cast from the second season and his most memorable character was the extremely over confident, outspoken and facially challenged wanda. For today’s feature of our sketch spotlight, we take you back in time to the height of fox ‘s new show, in living color A comedian at the time named jamie foxx was just making a name for himself and with several sketches, including this one of him as wanda had the country talking and laughing hysterically Foxx went on to be one of the hottest comedians in the country and one of the. While reflecting on his “in living color” character wanda, jamie foxx shared that he faced “complications” over the role.
Ugly wanda, played by foxx, was based on a character lawanda page played in a sketch on redd foxx (1977).
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