Keith Knight’s New Hulu Show 'Woke' Is Evergreen — But Very Timely

'In the pilot episode of cartoonist Keith Knight’s new Hulu show Woke, the main character Keef is putting up posters in a park when police officers show up, draw guns and slam him to the ground. The cops think he is a suspect in a string of muggings because he "fit the description": a six-foot-tall Black male. The nerdy character, played by Lamorne Morris, is understandably shaken after the incident.  After a summer of civil unrest and protests over police brutality and systemic racism the show seems particularly prescient, but the semi-autobiographical plot is in reference to something Knight experienced 20 years ago. He joins The State of Things on WUNC host Frank Stasio to share a preview of the show and to talk about his own "woke" moments. Knight is the co-creator and executive producer of Woke.'