article_snippet: But Tituss Burgess, who plays Kimmy's black gay roommate, Titus (whom some have called a stereotype), says the whole controversy is "ridiculous.
article_snippet: Such is the life of Titus, Kimmy's roommate, a gay black man from Mississippi, trying to make an acting career in New York.
article_snippet: Kimmy and " Titus have a conversation about race, as if over cups of Starbucks coffee.
article_snippet: Lillian, Kimmy and " Titus loony landlord, schools Lillian young tenants on race relations of past and present.
highlights_snippet: Actor Tituss Burgess says the controversy is "ridiculous" 