By Alethia Kasben
Managing Editor
Posted: September 10, 2018 1:45 PM

During the summer an episode of Comedy Central’s “Detroiters” included a brief appearance of Detroit’s Rep. Leslie Love, who has a Master of Fine Arts from Wayne State University’s Hillberry Theatre Program.

The show is bizarre and goofy and Ms. Love’s appearance is no different. Ms. Love plays a character named Kathy, who is working on an advertisement for her company Sidewall Windows. Ms. Love doesn’t say much but her facial expressions are gold. The episode aired on August 2.

“Detroiters” follows Sam and Tim as they operate their underdog ad agency and includes several inside jokes for those who live in the Detroit area, like “Farmer Zach’s” and Mort Crim.

Ms. Love used the opportunity to advocate for the now-ended film incentives, which she opposed getting rid of and the show used during its first season.

She argues the incentive put more than $105 million into the local economy. The Legislature got rid of it in 2015 after a push from the House Republicans.

Ms. Love has also played the mayor of Metropolis in “Batman Vs. Superman,” which did some filming in Michigan.

“As a performing art professor and creative, I know how these incentives were able to create jobs and pump money into the economy,” Ms. Love says in a statement from the summer. “I was stunned then and still am that we ended such a valuable tool while we continue to offer huge tax breaks and sweetheart incentives to other industries.”