Hello peoples. I just wanted to shout out one of the funniest and freshest comedies I've seen in a while. Its a web show called Awkward Black Girl, about a twenty-something, LA native trying to find her way with her self-conscious, witty, insecure self. It's kind of like "The Office" meets "Seinfeld" but in an urban way. I discovered it a couple of weeks ago and have watched all 7 episodes at least twice.
For one thing it broadens the canvas that we're always painted on. There are no cultural stereotypes or buffoonery that sometimes we ourselves find too much comfort in viewing. Sometimes it feels like we don't want to see depictions of ourselves in never-before seen, broader ways. Sadly, we like to stay in the box sometimes. But thanks to its creator and lead actor, Issa Rae, we get a chance to take a fresh look at people we all know or are ourselves (at least a little). Yes, there's still a little awkward black girl in me even though I'm a fully-formed black woman. Hey, this show makes me a bit proud to be that awkward black chick. Afterall, it gave me a mountain to climb, I never try to "fit in", I'm a more compassionate person for it and I rarely take myself too seriously.
As for the show, to start, the protagonist is a Black woman who sports a short cropped natural. That's damn near amazing since most sisters on TV have to wear a weave or have that "mixed hair" effect going on. How refreshing it is to see a cocoa brown woman with natural hair being romantically pursued. Then to take it a step further the lead character, "J", is forced to deal with the curiosity of natural black hair on the job with her crazy-ass white supervisor and with the sexual rejection from her ex beause of it, all in the first episode. I even think her name, Issa Rae, is genius. She's like the antidote to Lisa Raye. So if you're tired of the bad reality shows, "Single Ladies" or just "black women behaving badly tv", then take a watch. Just go to http://www.awkwardblackgirl.com/.
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