I really don’t view Dani as a heroine

8 hours ago, melanatedbtgfan said:

Chelsea was supposed to be the hot mess party girl influencer. Basically her mom but young all over again and much more experimental sexually. The problem is the writers forgot that. Her trying to get rid of the party girl lifestyle while trying to be a legit businesswoman and a real fiancé could be something to examine. I would've preferred that over the Alison kidnapping b.s.

On paper, Chelsea is interesting. But the story (or lack thereof) and the acting (at times) leave a lot to be desired. BTG is really handicapped by the NAACP seemingly only wanting respectable negros onscreen. Chelsea should've been a mess from the start, not pivoting from her partying. She's just a parrot of whatever is going on. She could've relapsed after being kidnapped. She and Naomi are the weakest of the younger female leads.

10 hours ago, ReddFoxx said:

I'm not sure if some of the cast utilizes acting coaches, but many of the cast members with few IMDB credits have shown growth. Alegria has indeed shown no growth and I have to wonder if Tomas did have scenes looking for Kat during the tornado, but he bombed bad enough to have them edited out. I think it was a mistake to drop Ben Gavin and not Alegria, because Gavin did find his strong space by acting with Tricia and Ambyr. I never like to see anyone fired especially in a bad economy, but sometimes the acting is just too subpar to keep an actor on.

I want everyone to have a job in this bad economy, but you should be able to do your job. AA is horrific. Recast or send him to an actor's boot camp.

On the other end of the spectrum, Timon Durrett is perfection as the charming but unrepentant Bill. As with Kat, I think his characterization is by accident since most of the men on the show are soft and worship whatever woman they're with. It really is a woman's fever dream in the writer's room but TD injects Bill with some needed alpha male energy, tempers it in a way that only a seasoned actor can. He's not a cartoon like Leslie or raging like Martin, which I appreciate.

Bill is my favorite male character on the show, despite being a jerk, and the dull pattern that he's in with Hayley.