#BlackAF - Netflix TV Series (Kenya Barris & Rashida Jones/April 17th)

[Atsym Sknyfs]

its basically Black-ish from the dad's point of view..
Rashida even sounds and acts like Traci's Bow sometimes.

 

[Sterling Archer]

“...Somebodies gonna fukk you up one day. Watch. I mean, I hope not, because I love you but....it’s gonna happen. “

how you say that to your daughter?

 

[Guvnor]

Oh snap Jay Rock got a look in this shyt lol.

 

[satam55]

The Chi is on TV

And I'm not saying regular Black ppl are hood, but it's more of them irl than bougie nikkas

We had movies like Boys in The Hood, which wasnt just about gangs

The funny shyt is you probablyncantneven do movies like that convincingly any more because of the actor and directors that are getting put on

Yes, shyt is make believe but someone on set has to have an actual frame of reference

According to Eugene Robinson's 2010 book "Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America" he classifies Black America in 4 groups:

* a Mainstream middle-class majority with a full ownership stake in American society

* a large, Abandoned minority with less hope of escaping poverty and dysfunction than at any time since Reconstruction's crushing end

* a small Transcendent elite with such enormous wealth, power, and influence that even white folks have to genuflect

* two newly Emergent groups-individuals of mixed-race heritage and communities of recent black immigrants-that make us wonder what "black" is even supposed to mean

Hood black people are a minority in black America according to his book.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

According to Eugene Robinson's 2010 book "Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America" he classifies Black America in 4 groups:




Hood black people are a minority in black America according to his book.

fukk that nikkas book

I live in real life

 

[Mickey Kane]

The Will/Jaden Smith/international box-office analogy in episode 4 to Pops

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Best episode so far is #5
Let's not forget this show is really a more adamant portrayal of what he wants to be seen as a black man working in entertainment. A. Anderson in Blackish is a more toned-down version.
It's like this is what he couldn't ultimately portray on Blackish because...D̶i̶s̶n̶e̶y̶ Slavery (wassup with that lazy gimmick. Are all episodes really titled like that?)
So I kinda understand why he plays himself. I bet he would have his real kids play if they could and were photogenic enough. Hes certainly not a natural but it doesn't feel too forced so it's bearable.
I still feel he's doing an extreme caricature of himself with sports apparel and brand porn...well I hope
Will resume today with episode 6

It's actually a shot at Disney over the shelving of the Kaep episode that led to him leaving ABC. They didn't want them talking slavery because it would make white people uncomfortable.

 

[PortCityProphet]

The irony of ep 5. This show getting bashed by black folk and the whole ep is about being honest about black media
Good stuff

 

[PortCityProphet]

It's actually a shot at Disney over the shelving of the Kaep episode that led to him leaving the show. They didn't want them talking slavery because it would make white people uncomfortable.

So that explains why he got the Kap count on the whiteboard in the office
Levels

 

[Henry Orbit]

I'm a need that pic of Rashida dressed up as Lil' Kim's Hard Core album cover

 

[PortCityProphet]

Finished it. Overall i liked it.
I felt they really got a storyline flow going with the later eps.
Hope they continue that direction in the 2nd season. Also hope they break away from themes that blackish has already touched on and expand more out of that so it can stand alone. Maybe even take a storyline of him trying to write his next show or movie something like that. Have the kids get into some fukkery (Chloe gotta get arrested for something ) etc

Show aint perfect but it's definitely not as bad as folks making it out to be. I think people had missed expectations more than anything.

 

[Discipline]

After the first two episodes it finds its rhythm. Episodes 5-8 were VERY good in my opinion.


Maybe its because I knew what to expect going in, but the only thing I found cringe was the kids being so disrespectful. I understand being a teen but calling your FATHER a dikk? Call me old fashioned but thats not something i’ve ever seen in even the most liberal of black families.


Other than the over the top disrespect from the kids, its what everyone else already said, its the “Real” Black-ish. And thats not a bad thing. Episode 5 was the best episode, and you can tell its one Kenya felt strongly about the subject matter. I feel like the show would be best served in later seasons by being more of a “fly on the wall of successful black creator in Hollywood” than as “Black Modern Family”. The scenes with the writer’s room, the scenes with Tyler Perry, the scenes with dissecting his feelings on the film he hated, the scenes with Will Packer, Ava Duvernay, Issa Rae, and Lena Waithe. THAT was unique, fresh, and interesting in perspective and execution.

Agreed. Episode #5 is definitely a turning point in the show, and the show comes into its own in the last half of the season. I also appreciate the complicated dynamic between Kenya and his wife: their love, resentment, jealousy, competitiveness, and search for identity within the "power black couple."

 

[patscorpio]

I'm a need that pic of Rashida dressed up as Lil' Kim's Hard Core album cover

rashida was pretty funny...that black joya shyt had me

 

[Da Jungles]

I fux with it. I never watched Blackish

When the lil brother thought he was the older brother tho


And the Kaep count was dope too

 

[MikelArteta]

its basically Black-ish from the dad's point of view..
Rashida even sounds and acts like Traci's Bow sometimes.

yeah seems exactly like a uncut blackish but the family has more money