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    Kyo Soma A.Maiysha Kai
    11/17/17 9:51am

    My boyfiend’s friend is on the show, and when I met her she asked me if I would watch it. I told her I couldn’t get though the original film first time around. So, I don’t think I could explore the second go around. Do we need black voices in media to explore the non monolith that we are. Totally! I am all for it, however, there is something about Lee’s examination on Black women that has always irked me. Even from the trailer alone it felt forced. I AM PANSEXUAL, POLLYAMROUS BLACK WOMAN. AND I AM NOT GONNA TAKE FLACK FROM ANYONE. ( I was like ooookkkaayy great, but that’s not really a shocking thing anymore) I mean you live in NYC. It’s kind of like one of the first things you have to be when living here. Even now with new generation of black kids, being all loving is not a big thing anymore. It’s just...a....thing. So in my heart of hearts I know it means well, I just think that pushing the envelope would be better, that resolving to memba the 90's aspect of life. We are living and breathing in too much nostalgia in media and we need to be careful of that. Someone said they should have focused the character on an older Nola, I would have loved to have seen that. Considering there is more weight on an older Nola, for one economic of older black women. Agism, Sexual views on older black women, health care, ect. There could have been more meat to the story.

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      Maiysha KaiKyo Soma A.
      11/17/17 10:46am

      All of this. That’s a series I would’ve enjoyed, rather than just watched.

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      burnthismuthadown deux electric boogalooKyo Soma A.
      11/17/17 3:42pm

      I love your comment, especially the consideration of a mature Nola.

      there is something about Lee’s examination on Black women that has always irked me.

      There was something “off” about Girl 6. I think I turned She Hate Me off.

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    kaizenMaiysha Kai
    11/17/17 10:46am

    While I love your parallel about cover songs and movie reboots (I too was/am a singer), it falls short in that movie rebooters rarely seem to invest the same efforts into reinterpreting the meanings behind the message. SO rarely in fact, that I’d have to be honest and say that I wouldn’t be willing to give this reboot a chance.

    There are so many stories to be told, especially in a community as underserved by the entertainment industry as POC are. Can’t we tell new stories instead of trying to ‘update’ old tropes?

    ‘Hidden Figures’ comes to mind. Now THAT was a story that needed to be told.

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      Maiysha Kaikaizen
      11/17/17 10:49am

      I was being fair. It felt hypocritical to be a musician who covers songs, critiquing an artist revisiting his own original work. He has that right before anyone, regardless of the result.

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      kaizenMaiysha Kai
      11/17/17 11:26am

      Wasn’t a criticism, but I’m really glad you responded because that explanation helped me to understand it even better. Thanks!

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    Gunrock ForeverMaiysha Kai
    11/17/17 11:40am
    Of course, at the tender and thankfully inexperienced age of 12, what I recall most is that it was the first time I saw sex between black people depicted on-screen (Purple Rain only half counted in that respect)

    Mannnnn. This really sucks for me to read as an Afro-Latino man. One who grew up identifying more with DeBarge and Prince than MJ physically. I get it, but...

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      Maiysha KaiGunrock Forever
      11/17/17 11:53am

      I was referring to Apollonia, who identifies as 100% Mexican.

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      Gunrock ForeverMaiysha Kai
      11/17/17 3:04pm

      Oh seriously? I always thought she was also biracial/Afro-Latina. I take it back.

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    Bmore GirlMaiysha Kai
    11/17/17 5:45pm

    To answer your question - Yes, we need this! I am sort of confused by this review. Do we need more stories of Black women? Absolutely! I am trying to recover from losing my favorite show; Being Mary Jane.

    We need to support our own. Folks got time for Tyler Perry’s foolishness, but come down on a remake of She’s Gotta Have It! Really?

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      Maiysha KaiBmore Girl
      11/17/17 5:52pm

      I don’t have time for either, but you should definitely watch all 10 of these episodes, if you do.

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    HuskyBroMaiysha Kai
    11/17/17 9:14am

    Wouldn’t it be cool there was re-do of the series with Tracy Camilla Johns reprising her role? Oh wait, she’s “old” now, who wants to see that?

    me. 

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      EvenBaggierTrousers7HuskyBro
      11/17/17 9:19am

      Could she play this new character’s... older sister? Aunt? .... um, Mother? Giving some sage advice from one who knows? Either way, she should have a part. She virtually disappeared from acting after that which should NOT have happened.

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      HuskyBroEvenBaggierTrousers7
      11/17/17 9:22am

      She showed up in New Jack City and did some TV work after but not much more until recently, which is a shame, indeed.

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    JamieMaiysha Kai
    11/17/17 9:24am

    I’m probably going to agree with your review when I do see it, but I’m learning that I have gotten to an age where tv shows and movies are not being made for me. What I mean is I’ve aged out of the 18-35 year demographic that shows want to attract. So maybe, this show will appeal to that demographic. I love Insecure, but there are several times while watching where I’ve rolled my eyes and say “youngins” I just hope this demo can have the shows and movies that touched my generation. Living Single, A Different World, and Girlfriends to name some. Everything is not everybody.

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    borgohurisMaiysha Kai
    11/17/17 10:27am

    I liked the André 3000 quote but I do think there is space for seasoned artists to offer freshness (in hip hop and elsewhere)...for Lee, this isn’t it. His work lately just lacks maturity and self awareness when it comes to concepts. His techniques have clearly improved and he has the resources but the heart and voice is missing. Or maybe it’s there and all we get is an immature old man who wants to just lecture. I’ll give this a shot but for some reason I haven’t been able to bring myself to watch. Probably because Lee is such a let down now. Art is for the young at heart no matter what the age.

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    SheyMaiysha Kai
    1/05/18 11:58am

    I love your article and I totally agree. I felt like the reboot did not shed light into the evolving sexual liberation of women particularly Black women. Nola, from my perspective comes off insecure and not sure of how to express her sexuality. Where she props herself as being confident (e.g. the black dress episode), she’s actually uncertain and feeds off the confusion and uncertainty of her paramours. I feel that the Millennial Nola was coined best by Opal when she identified her a “try-sexual”. She experiments, dabbling in whatever seems attractive and appropriate at the time and expects her unwitting participants to fall in line or bounce. In many ways, Nola’s dating practices are quite similar to men; who progressive women deem them to be dogs; preying on the sensitivities of women to get their fill and/or “have fun”. And then find ways to evade responsibility, blaming the woman for not exercising proper choice.    

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    hillratMaiysha Kai
    11/17/17 9:23am

    Yeah, I can’t see what a reboot of this brings to the table. IMHO it’s just another indictment of the entertainment industry that, instead of nurturing new talent and ideas, just recycles things until they’ve been run into the ground and there’s not another penny to be extracted from it. Then and only then, will the industry move on to new ideas.

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    SteadysoulMaiysha Kai
    11/17/17 12:19pm

    Spike Lee and Kevin Smith are weirdly parallels She’s Gotta Have it and Chasing May are similar but different enough. I think about how Kevin has kinda continued to make what he wants regardless of what others think. I do get the sense that Spike is on a never ending quest to relive his glory days. I have no desire to see this show mostly because no matter how flawed the movie is, it stands on it’s own. it didn’t need to be made into a TV.

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