Tag Archives: Girlfriends
Telling Our Own Stories, Black People
Khalil Kain, late of the brilliant television show Girlfriends, has a fascinating interview on Ebony.com promoting his new role in the classic 1970s Negro Ensemble Company play, The Great MacDaddy. I was struck most by this exchange: EBONY: How do you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Film, Television
Tagged African-American culture, African-American film, African-American history, African-American plays, African-American theater, black culture, black history, black plays, Broadway, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Girlfriends, Khalil Kain, Nelson George, Nicole Ari Parker, Paul Carter Harrison, Tennessee Williams, Wood Harris
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Five Things That Will Fix ‘Reed Between The Lines’
My five suggestions for fixing “Reed Between The Lines.”
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Posted in Television
Tagged Anna Maria Horsford, BET, Betty White, black family sitcom, black sitcom, blended family, comedian, comic actor, Dr. Alex Reed, Dr. Carla Reed, family sitcom, Gabriella, Girlfriends, Happy Endings, House of Payne, Kellie Griffin, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Melissa DeSousa, Miss Helen, Nadji Jeter, Reed Between The Lines, sitcom, The Bernie Mac show, The Cosby Show, The Reeds, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tyler Perry, Zoe Borde
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‘Single Ladies’: Season Finale Review
My thoughts on episode eleven of “Single Ladies.”
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Posted in Single Ladies Episode Reviews, Television
Tagged Akeem Smith, All of Us, Anthony Montgomery, April, Atlanta, black bourgeoisie, black television, black upper middle class, boughetto, bougie, boy band, Charity Shea, Chilli, Christina, Common, D.B. Woodside, Dee LaDuke, Designing Women, Eve, Girlfriends, Jackie's Back, Kassandra Clementi, Keisha, Kelly Rowland, Kelsey Grammar, Kim Porter, LisaRaye McCoy, Mara Brock Akil, Mark Alton Brown, Omar, Queen Latifah, Sex and the City, Shakim, showrunner, Single Ladies, Stacey Dash, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Take 5, Tilky Jones, Travis Winfrey, Tyler Hilton, Tyler Perry, Val, VH1
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‘Single Ladies’: Episode 10 Review
My thoughts on episode ten of “Single Ladies.”
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Posted in Single Ladies Episode Reviews, Television
Tagged Akeem Smith, All of Us, Anthony Montgomery, April, Atlanta, black bourgeoisie, black television, black upper middle class, boughetto, bougie, boy band, Charity Shea, Chilli, Christina, Common, D.B. Woodside, Dee LaDuke, Designing Women, Eve, Girlfriends, Jackie's Back, Kassandra Clementi, Keisha, Kelly Rowland, Kelsey Grammar, Kim Porter, LisaRaye McCoy, Mara Brock Akil, Mark Alton Brown, Omar, Queen Latifah, Sex and the City, Shakim, showrunner, Single Ladies, Stacey Dash, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Take 5, Tilky Jones, Travis Winfrey, Tyler Hilton, Tyler Perry, Val, VH1
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