From the costuming and how the bountiful colors bounce off the screen to use of flashbacks to further a concept this show is brilliant and I’m glad it won the Golden Globe for Best Television Series in the comedy category.
If you haven’t seen it search for the pilot on YouTube and try out Amazon Prime to enjoy great writing played by terrific actors.
With memorable hosts SNL legends Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the always entertaining Ricky Gervais and the looser atmosphere and two consecutive years of controversy with #OscarsSoWhite campaign the ‘Biggest night in film’ was playing catch up and battling being dismissed as antiquated
From a ten year period (1989-1999) Disney had unparalleled success.
Box office records, critical acclaim, Academy Awards.
This period of time was called the Disney Renaissance
Fans who have been clamoring for what’s next for Donald Glover are greeted with a reverse edited 30 second promo with the protagonists walking throughout the capital of Georgia.
Every time someone tries to put him in the box he changes.
Even the title of ‘triple threat’ is lacking.
He’s a screenwriter, producer, actor, singer, composer, comedian, rapper.
Blacks have been portrayed in media since cinema has begun.
Starting from minstrel shows, complete with blackface, working actors like Mantan Moreland & Stepin Fetchit kept working by taking the only roles available but even with the degrading roles their talent shone throughout.
Decades after the groundbreaking Beulah & controversial Amos & Andy the birth of The Jeffersons, spinning off from All In The Family, was arguably one of the first examples of a black American family prospering on television. This Emmy award winning show is one of the longest running shows in American television history.
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