BM/WW IR sightings on TV

The Good Place
Chidi and Eleanor are back together as that corky couple. And they have come up with solutions to save the humanity from being erased and rebooted by the judge.

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ColiBreh1 said:
HOLY SHIT!!! I've always had a thing for Jane Levy.
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darkcurry said:
I had to look up who that was because she is playing the female seducing both of the guys and I did not know that was her on Shameless and in Evil Dead.
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ColiBreh1 said:
Actually the role Jane Levy is most famous for is playing the lead character/narrator, Tessa Altman, on the ABC sitcom "Suburgatory". IDK how you missed that seeing as "Suburgatory" has been brought up multiple time in the IR in TV Shows thread. LOL!
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darkcurry said:
Me either. lol.
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@darkcurry @The Dark King I just watched BGS IBMOR's latest video:


In the 1st half of the video he's giving his thoughts on the black male characters on the new NBC show "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" starring Jane Levy that premiered this week. Based on what BGS is saying I had go look up the cast info of the show because I watched a trailer for this show a month or 2 ago & don't remember seeing a straight BM character let alone a potential BM love interest for Jane Levy's character Zoey. Skylar Astin (The dude who played Anna Kendrick's main love interest in the "Pitch Perfect" movies) seemed to be the main love interest based on the trailer I saw.

Anyways according to Wikipedia, John Clarence Stewart plays the BM love interest Simon, a senior employee at SPRQ Point. He & Zoey bond over their shared experiences of tragedy, but her love for him is challenged by the fact that he is engaged.


Anyways here's the trailer NBC put out back in late November:

 
ColiBreh1 said:
@darkcurry @The Dark King I just watched BGS IBMOR's latest video:


In the 1st half of the video he's giving his thoughts on the black male characters on the new NBC show "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" starring Jane Levy that premiered this week. Based on what BGS is saying I had go look up the cast info of the show because I watched a trailer for this show a month or 2 ago & don't remember seeing a straight BM character let alone a potential BM love interest for Jane Levy's character Zoey. Skylar Astin (The dude who played Anna Kendrick's main love interest in the "Pitch Perfect" movies) seemed to be the main love interest based on the trailer I saw.

Anyways according to Wikipedia, John Clarence Stewart plays the BM love interest Simon, a senior employee at SPRQ Point. He & Zoey bond over their shared experiences of tragedy, but her love for him is challenged by the fact that he is engaged.


Anyways here's the trailer NBC put out back in late November:

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I seen the trailer and a few of the commercials but it didn't give anything that would make one think there is something going on with them. Or had him much in the trailer and commercials. I'll give it a watch, but I feel like I seen this concept before with Soundtrack.

I agree with some of what BGS IBMOR is saying I think there is more to it than that about white, latina, asian women with black men but he was rambling in most of it. lol.

That girl in the beginning of BGS's video. LOL! Heck of an opening.
 
ColiBreh1 said:
@darkcurry @The Dark King I just watched BGS IBMOR's latest video:


In the 1st half of the video he's giving his thoughts on the black male characters on the new NBC show "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" starring Jane Levy that premiered this week. Based on what BGS is saying I had go look up the cast info of the show because I watched a trailer for this show a month or 2 ago & don't remember seeing a straight BM character let alone a potential BM love interest for Jane Levy's character Zoey. Skylar Astin (The dude who played Anna Kendrick's main love interest in the "Pitch Perfect" movies) seemed to be the main love interest based on the trailer I saw.

Anyways according to Wikipedia, John Clarence Stewart plays the BM love interest Simon, a senior employee at SPRQ Point. He & Zoey bond over their shared experiences of tragedy, but her love for him is challenged by the fact that he is engaged.


Anyways here's the trailer NBC put out back in late November:

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darkcurry said:
I seen the trailer and a few of the commercials but it didn't give anything that would make one think there is something going on with them. Or had him much in the trailer and commercials. I'll give it a watch, but I feel like I seen this concept before with Soundtrack.
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LOL, looks like it's gonna be a love triangle.
 
Tsharp99 said:
Ok, just finished all 10 Episodes of "Soundtrack" on Neflix and it was a reasonably decent drama/love story.

First, the lead BM actor(also stared in "The World We Make") has 2 White Love interests.

Second, surprisingly they didn't do any of the "usual" BS when it comes to BM/WW relationships, which was a refreshing change.

Third, the story is told in a non-linear timeframe. I don't want to spoil anything but you'll know what I mean when you watch it.

Now, each episode has 2..MUSICAL SCENES, each lasting about 90 seconds. And NO, it's NOT A MUSICAL! So don't let that throw you off, the title of the show is called "Soundtrack"...LOL. My advice is to just fast forward past them like I did.

The first time they broke out singing, I started laughing out loud, but again just fast forward, or watch it, if that's what you like...LOL.

I enjoyed what I saw, give it a shot.


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ryanpaulstewart said:
I started watching it independent of your post and yes, there are some flimsy character plot points, but there are some surprisingly strong elements as well. Not perfect by any standard of measure, but engaging and very watchable because the actors are compelling.
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ColiBreh1 said:
I'm watching the 4th episode of "Soundtrack" right now & I feel like they need to do a better job of establishing timelines. I'm 20 minutes into the episode and somehow Callie Hernandez's character Nellie is familiar & comfortable with Sam's cousin & friends even though Sam hasn't introduced her to his family/friends before this episode. And Nellie is ready to introduce Sam to her parents. There seems to be some type of time jump.


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LOL, I just remembered 1 of y'all mentioned in this thread that the storytelling on this show is non-linear. That explains a lot.
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darkcurry said:
Sometimes shows do that. That's why you have to pay attention. I've been confused by time jumps before thinking that I missed an episode. lol.
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I finished "Soundtrack" last night. Do y'all think they can squeeze a 2nd season out this story or is it just a 1-season show? I feel like there was bunch of stuff from the past timeline that didn't show during this 1st season.
 
darkcurry said:
The Good Place
Chidi and Eleanor are back together as that corky couple. And they have come up with solutions to save the humanity from being erased and rebooted by the judge.
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The Good Place has the only IR love story that I can think of that is both a fundamental part of the narrative, but the IR component isn't the story. Eleanor told Chidi she loved him at the end of episode 6 and it has deepened every season since.

The early optics of the show seemed like he was being setup to get played, but the exact opposite happened. The show plays with perception and expectation.
 
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ColiBreh1 said:
I finished "Soundtrack" last night. Do y'all think they can squeeze a 2nd season out this story or is it just a 1-season show? I feel like there was bunch of stuff from the past timeline that didn't show during this 1st season.
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I'll tune in for a season 2.
 
ryanpaulstewart said:
The Good Place has the only IR love story that I can think of that is both a fundamental part of the narrative, but the IR component isn't the story. Eleanor told Chidi she loved him at the end of episode 6 and it has deepened every season since.

The early optics of the show seemed like he was being setup to get played, but the exact opposite happened. The show plays with perception and expectation.
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Probably and arguably the most well written IR love story on TV right now.
 
ColiBreh1 said:
@darkcurry @The Dark King I just watched BGS IBMOR's latest video:


In the 1st half of the video he's giving his thoughts on the black male characters on the new NBC show "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" starring Jane Levy that premiered this week. Based on what BGS is saying I had go look up the cast info of the show because I watched a trailer for this show a month or 2 ago & don't remember seeing a straight BM character let alone a potential BM love interest for Jane Levy's character Zoey. Skylar Astin (The dude who played Anna Kendrick's main love interest in the "Pitch Perfect" movies) seemed to be the main love interest based on the trailer I saw.

Anyways according to Wikipedia, John Clarence Stewart plays the BM love interest Simon, a senior employee at SPRQ Point. He & Zoey bond over their shared experiences of tragedy, but her love for him is challenged by the fact that he is engaged.


Anyways here's the trailer NBC put out back in late November:

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darkcurry said:
I seen the trailer and a few of the commercials but it didn't give anything that would make one think there is something going on with them. Or had him much in the trailer and commercials. I'll give it a watch, but I feel like I seen this concept before with Soundtrack.
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ColiBreh1 said:
LOL, looks like it's gonna be a love triangle.
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meowkittenmeow said:
@darkcurry reacting to this news like:
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I just watched the series premiere of "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist". Jane Levy's character Zoey & John Clarence Stewart's character Simon definitely gotta will they-won't they connection. But like the Wikipedia character description says, Simon is engaged (India de Beaufort plays Simon's Fiancee, Jessica).

Skylar Astin's character, Max, is basically Zoey's effeminate male BFF. If the trailers/promos didn't promote him as the main love interest, you'd just assume he's gay. A love triangle between Zoey-Simon-Max is going to look laughable onscreen with how effeminate Max came off in this Pilot. Max is the 1 who encouraged Zoey to go finally talk to Simon, like a female (or gay male) BFF would do, even though later in the episode it's revealed Max is secretly in love with Zoey. Zoey-Simon-Jessica seems to be a more legit triangle based on what I saw in most of this pilot.

The trailers & promos for this show are misleading AF (probably on purpose) since Simon is nowhere to be found in them.
 
JUANMACKER said:
the witcher...a new series from netflix...

troll turned beauty has a nude sex scene with a brotha her character name is : Yennifer

Anya Chalotre / Royce Pierrson

Young blond princess named Ciri has a budding relationship with a black elf

Freya Allen / Wilson Radjou Pujalti
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So has anyone had time to process this signature show of the season from Netflix?? I'm surprised none of you have commented on this intriguing new series. It has tremendous rewatch value because it is so well written and has several black characters too. What is everyone's take on "The Witcher" I'm dying to hear?
 
Young Herschel said:
So has anyone had time to process this signature show of the season from Netflix?? I'm surprised none of you have commented on this intriguing new series. It has tremendous rewatch value because it is so well written and has several black characters too. What is everyone's take on "The Witcher" I'm dying to hear?
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I think I gave mines already. I have to go back and see if I did. lol. But I liked it.
 
ColiBreh1 said:
I just watched the series premiere of "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist". Jane Levy's character Zoey & John Clarence Stewart's character Simon definitely gotta will they-won't they connection. But like the Wikipedia character description says, Simon is engaged (India de Beaufort plays Simon's Fiancee, Jessica).

Skylar Astin's character, Max, is basically Zoey's effeminate male BFF. If the trailers/promos didn't promote him as the main love interest, you'd just assume he's gay. A love triangle between Zoey-Simon-Max is going to look laughable onscreen with how effeminate Max came off in this Pilot. Max is the 1 who encouraged Zoey to go finally talk to Simon, like a female (or gay male) BFF would do, even though later in the episode it's revealed Max is secretly in love with Zoey. Zoey-Simon-Jessica seems to be a more legit triangle based on what I saw in most of this pilot.

The trailers & promos for this show are misleading AF (probably on purpose) since Simon is nowhere to be found in them.
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I saw it earlier and you took the words right out of my mouth. Although I'm not feeling that either. Overall the show was alright. I'm not feeling Zoey's character there was nothing that made me go "I like her" in this pilot. I did get annoyed a couple times by her. lol.

BTW India De Beaufort is BEAUTIFUL!
 
ColiBreh1 said:
Netflix dropped the trailer for season 2 of "Sex Education" today:


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darkcurry said:
Looks like the only IR(bm/ww) on this show is dunzo, over, finished. lol.

The Jackson character just seems to be fading in this show by the looks of this trailer.
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The Dark King said:
Oh another.Netflix film where the only black people who get to be in love are black girls and gay black people. Straight black men are only a proxy for love triangles where the girl picks a white dude. Smh
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Netflix just dropped trailer #2 for season 2 of "Sex Education":


Welp...this trailer is even more obvious than the 1st trailer where this upcoming season headed.
 
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ColiBreh1 said:
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Netflix just dropped trailer #2 for season 2 of "Sex Education":


Welp...this trailer is even more obvious than the 1st trailer where this upcoming season headed.
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okay, tinfoil hat on, I think they do this INTENTIONALLY to garner an audience in the first season as a "look at us, don't ignore us we've got D-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-Y" But then once they've gotten that established mainstream audience, they shelf the black character and go with the white male they always wanted.

and remember, they could've shown where it was headed obviously in season 1 trailers. but they didn't.

it was a draw to them as a way to mislead the audience and secure their spot in the minds of the mainstream.

now that the mainstream crowd is fully on board, there's no need to keep up the charade of their ACTUALLY being a black male character that matters -- THEIR AUDIENCE ALREADY LOVES THE SHOW AND WILL BE ON BOARD REGARDLESS OF THEIR SMALL NITPICKS LIKE A CHARACTER BEING SHELVED.

they know this.

I've been seeing it with numerous shows.
 
ColiBreh1 said:
Netflix just dropped trailer #2 for season 2 of "Sex Education":


Welp...this trailer is even more obvious than the 1st trailer where this upcoming season headed.
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The good news is there are shows and movies that counters this crap. So they are dividing people's view of black men and IR involving black men. But like we said there are still folks in the industry that are still out of touch when it comes to black men and IR love involving black men and white women.
 
ColiBreh1 said:
I'm SURPRISED y'all watch all those other disappointing Netflix shows, but still pass on watching "Friends from College". It ain't perfect (In fact it completely messy) but it ABSOLUTELY shits on the other shows when it comes to a straight BM having love interests.
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I remember DWP the flick where that gay homie let a wg touch his hair. No doubt a brother didn't get lovin from a wf.
 
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