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Courtney Kemp Agboh: Power

Power creator Courtney Kemp Agboh discusses Shakespearean influences and her love of New York, making the city just one of the multi-dimensional characters in her Gatsbyesque crime drama.

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By Elvis Mitchell • Aug 19, 2015 • 29m Listen

Starz crime drama Power, created by Courtney Kemp Agboh and produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, has achieved record-setting viewership and continues to thrive with its renewal of a third season. Today, Courtney Kemp Agboh explains how her own family’s generational transformations are reflected in the storylines and the benefits of “tradition” in creating television.

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