Riveting technical work-- I spent the first episode both enraptured and skeptical, trying to find the hidden cuts and stitches before having to accept that no: this really was a one shot frfr. Wow. Kudos to all involved.
Great acting, harrowing subject matter that -as a media studies grad who is also a very perpetually online BW- wasn't surprising (and tbh actually felt almost a half-step behind the times, in terma of what it means to portray / introduce) but…
About 26 minutes in, there's a Black guy in the background of a wedding / party scene hitting the most unenthusiastic cabbage patch I've ever seen.
That's kind of what watching this movie feels like.
A deep, inescapable awareness that I should be having far more fun than I am, but a commitment to not bailing that keeps me in place, cranking my arms in hopes of appearing to enjoy this empty fascimile of a good time.
(without mirth or whimsy) Ayyye, finna see it through for Simone Ashley, y'all!!
Ykw if not for the z¡onist-bitch-who-cant-act casting choice I would've given this a chance, terrible hair and all.
Edit: damn, dwarfism community L too? Nevermind.
Felt like I was trapped within the bowels of 'race relations dead horse discourse" twitter.
Kenya Barris must, must, be stopped.
Rode it out for Eddie. Love him, but I shouldn't have.
