How Insecure made TV gold with ‘a show about regular black people being basic’

As the third series is broadcast in the UK, Issa Rae, its creator, is breaking down cultural barriersIn the two years since Insecure premiered on American television, 33-year-old Issa Rae has gone from being the first black woman to create and star in her own cable show to being lauded as one of a handful of black auteurs – including Donald Glover and Shonda Rhimes – to have redefined the parameters of TV.Two more Rae-led HBO series – Sweet Life and Him and Her – are in t