It's time for storytellers to tell the stories that have not had the privilege of being shown to the world, and the audience will be there.
Interpretation
Storytellers should share untold stories, as there is an audience ready to hear them.
This quote emphasizes the importance of highlighting underrepresented narratives in storytelling. Jon M. Chu encourages storytellers to give voice to those stories that have been overlooked, asserting that there is a receptive audience eager for diverse and authentic experiences.
In practice
In a speech about inclusion in media, this quote can underline the need for diverse storytelling.
Always, when I do a play, there's got to be an equation of risks and potential failure. When you're working on a new play, it's like, 'How the hell do I do this, and do we have the time?' All of these huge questions engage, hopefully, the smartest part of me. And then when you're doing a revival, I went, 'Well, somebody's already solved it.'
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency---half tiger,half poet.
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Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
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