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I’m glad MVJ is leading this project. She was a writer on B&B during some of the most offensive, one-dimensional storytelling about Black characters the genre has ever seen. Who knows if she complained about an impotent Eric whoring Quinn out to Carter, for example? But, obviously, if she did, Bradley could (and did) overrule her. It’s one thing to have Black writers in the room but if they’re not empowered, it’s all for nothing. The NAACP involvement could be a blessing or a curse. Black folks aren’t a monolithic group who all share the same experiences. I don’t want to see storytelling hemmed in by respectability politics (or the unsubtle, repetitive Black trauma porn that’s become so commonplace in recent years) nor do I want the stereotypes that Tyler Perry and his ilk trot out. The burden of representation is real.

Grigor won Cincinnati in 2017, beating Kyrgios in the final:

Aw. And his cousin is Robert Gossett, a.k.a. Marshall Ashford on GH. He’s such a bold, politically incorrect presence in An Officer and a Gentleman. He’s been in so much that it’s hard to know where to start. He beat some heavy hitters that year. He looked so nervous:

Prakash is serving body-oddy-oddy.

Jesus, take the WHEEL!

I’d be interested only if the two producer’s pets—Gizelle and Ashley—really turned on each other. They never really ever had real beef, aside from Gizelle’s distaste for Michael and them taking opposite sides on Monique. I want to see them throwing rockets at each other.

There was a podcast a few years back that talked about how many black audiences (particularly older ones) loved watching white folks act a fool on soaps because it gave them the thrill of watching the truth be exposed in the way only the intimacy and domesticity of serialized drama could really put across—they weren’t more “civilized” and “well-behaved.” And they preferred NOT to see black people involved in such scandalous stories because it appeared to confirm tawdry stereotypes. However, I feel like that has shifted over the generations. I do wonder how much LGBTQIA+ representation this will have. Tyler Perry has “embraced” it in his typically unseedy way.

Candiace is not the person I’d let go first (and she was becoming more popular with fans since the “incident”). I’d glad it appears that this is really her decision. It’s probably for the best. If Robyn goes, it balances everything out. Ashley should get her walking papers too honestly. If she had legitimately left her marriage, I’d maaaaaybe feel differently, even though I despise her. She’s obviously a producer’s favorite, but she’s so unsubtle and mercenary about her “producing.” I’m surprised, given the response here, that Mia didn’t get more attention last night. Never cared for her. She’s not entertaining to me.

Phyllis is such a loser. If this is the best they can do for her, she can go.