So far its better than anything on the STARZ or BET channels. Thank God they are actually showing black people for how we really look. We are not all light skinned with straight hair. Some of us are round or chubby. Im also grateful as heck the plot of this story does not revolve around "life in the ghetto" or something related to hip hop. Its not entirely unrealistic either bc there ARE wealthy black people (De Soto, Atlanta, areas in Maryland) and many of us are trying to or already establishing generational wealth for our families so this is, thank GOD, a fresh perspective. Ironically I had a conversation with an older man a few weeks ago about how its so imperative we leave a legacy to the next generation and Im glad this has been written for a story.
I love Yaya since way back as well as Morris and Papa Pope from Scandal lol. The acting is slightly above average and not amateur. If you could watch One Tree Hill u can watch this with no problem. One minor issue I have with stories about us is sometimes they do too much preaching about our culture rather than just showing. So theres these long matter of fact lines about what hair care means to black women or how we should think or behave as a people-as if we dont already know our culture or how to think for ourselves. Like what is that? But those moments arent as bad as how it is in the show Run the World-good grief.
Anyway, I dont think it'd hurt to give this a chance, especially if u are curious ab black culture or find black ppl attractive bc theres alot of eye candy and good fashion. If u are easily offended by big afro hair, an all black cast, or dialogue inspired by real history, and u really just cant see past all that, then yeah its expected for u to leave an ignorant low rating and think that anything like this is here to "cause division" smh.
I love Yaya since way back as well as Morris and Papa Pope from Scandal lol. The acting is slightly above average and not amateur. If you could watch One Tree Hill u can watch this with no problem. One minor issue I have with stories about us is sometimes they do too much preaching about our culture rather than just showing. So theres these long matter of fact lines about what hair care means to black women or how we should think or behave as a people-as if we dont already know our culture or how to think for ourselves. Like what is that? But those moments arent as bad as how it is in the show Run the World-good grief.
Anyway, I dont think it'd hurt to give this a chance, especially if u are curious ab black culture or find black ppl attractive bc theres alot of eye candy and good fashion. If u are easily offended by big afro hair, an all black cast, or dialogue inspired by real history, and u really just cant see past all that, then yeah its expected for u to leave an ignorant low rating and think that anything like this is here to "cause division" smh.