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Editor & Multimedia Storyteller
VanDevere
MJ is a Jersey girl who comes from a long line of women who don’t hold their tongue. While her bark is big, her bite is practically nonexistent. Behind her acerbic wit is a true sweetheart who lives off laughter, finding the funny in any situation, with a twisted but entertainingly magical sense of humor.
A highly adaptable writer with a penchant for the comedic, Dr. MJ blends techniques from various genres to produce meaningful and engaging content. She is currently looking to leverage her mosaic writing style and her research savviness in a collaborative setting to co-create intentional and nuanced stories highlighting the hilarity and humanity of people of color.
She is presently penning the pilot for “Undisciplined,” a dramedy about three generations of black women navigating the challenges of class climbing in their new Southern context.
Open to collaboration, writing projects, and ghostwriting.
mjvediting@gmail.com
Articles, Op-eds, Reviews, & Interviews
Fiction & Comedy
You never know what you will experience in the ER, especially during the night shift.
Dre struggles to accept newly discovered information about his heritage.
Two estranged sisters from Jersey, Edyie and Jasmine, are forced to live together and care for their disabled mother as they fight for financial security and creative independence while residing in their new Southern context - Nashville, TN.
Sketches and Stand-up
Taking the Greyhound
Public transportation always brings out the characters
Producer, Writer, Actor
The Light Skin I'm In
A satirical look at the challenges of being a lightskinned person.
Producer, Writer, Actor
These Crazy Eyes
A seemingly casual interaction takes an unexpected turn.
Producer, Writer, Director
Caucasian Confusion
From creating their own vocabulary to going above and beyond for their job, in this stand-up, MJ explains why she just doesn't understand white culture.
EXPLICIT CONTENT
Writer, Performer
OkCrackr, the dating app you didn't know you needed.
Co-written with Vivian Orr
A sketch featured on Episode 1 " The Big O" on CNT Productions' "The Sex Scene," an interactive live series that explores how women’s sexual pleasure is represented on screen & how it affects our actual sex lives under the sheets.
Co-written with Vivan Orr
Academic
Performing Double Consciousness in Stand-up Comedy
A practice of arrogant and unashamed personae in the work of Dave Chappelle and Gina Yashere
My Dissertation aka A Love Letter to my Dad
A mini-documentary detailing my doctoral research on African and Asian American stand-up comedy. It also serves as a tribute to my community, namely my father, Bobby Scottie, my first comedy advisor.
Producer, Writer, Actor, Editor
Screenwriting
Here we explore how women’s sexual pleasure is represented on screen & how it affects our actual sex lives under the sheets.
In this episode, we'll be talking about "Happy Endings:" Who gets them? Who doesn't? And why?
In this episode, we will discuss the problematic ways in which marginalized persons are sexually objectified onscreen.
Here, we’ll be exploring the romanticization of sexual harassment and sexual assault on screen.
mjvediting@gmail.com