“The whole video was a product of me being like, 'Man, I miss dating,' because dating was easier in Philadelphia and was much harder when I first moved to L.A.," she says. And the memoir transfers Brunson's wit and energy into yet another medium.Īfter taking improv classes, turning down a prank-show gig and doing a brief stint as a phone sex operator, she found her tribe in L.A., a close group of friends that helped her develop her self-produced Instagram series, “ A Girl Who Has Never Been on a Nice Date." The skits, in which she played a woman marveling over acts of minor generosity from a man ("He got money!" was her catchphrase), became her first viral hit in 2014. Viral fame led to roles in both film and TV more recently, she created the forthcoming ABC comedy "Abbott Elementary," in which Brunson will star. There's plenty of hustle and grind in Brunson's career. Maybe that's the privilege of a career in L.A."
Yes, people still do hustle and grind, but I learned to appreciate taking my time a little bit more. L.A., on the other hand, "has a little bit more of a relaxing energy. Philly, which is kind of a hustle and grind city, is great, and I'm happy that I was born there and it made me who I am." "I think that’s a little cliche, but it’s true. has made me more of a calm and free spirit," she says during a recent phone call. By the time she finished the book, Brunson had lost and then rebuilt her identity on the West Coast. It took about three years to write the personal essays in “She Memes Well," which document her journey into an industry that could be welcoming one minute and alienating the next, especially for Black women.
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