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It’s been over a year since the trailer for Buppies premiered here on What Would Thembi Do?, and the web series is finally coming to BET.com.Yes, I did say BET, but hear me out – I had a chance to watch the ten episode series in its entirety and it is equal parts fresh, hilarious, smart, and fun.
Think Beverly Hills 90210 or Gossip Girl meets the story of a crew of affluent twenty-something black socialites living in Hollywood (buppies = black + yuppies, get it?), dealing with the highs and lows of finding one’s place in
Long Live the Colored Race!, News, Politics, The Negro Channel »
I’ve always believed that one of the biggest sitcom television bamboozles was the replacement of the original, BROWN, sassy, theater-voiced Aunt Viv with the bland, ALMONDY, acquiescent, merely capable Aunt Viv on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
Our Shame, Review, The Black Version, The Negro Channel »
If I were a space alien who just landed on earth I’d expect a network with the name “Black Entertainment Television” to take responsibility for rejuvenating our fractured culture and blessing our people with as much black artistic expression as resources allowed. But then there’s reality, and as much I didn’t have high expectations for the next black sitcom to hit the airwaves, BET’s Somebodies is somewhere between a step in the wrong direction and thirty tedious minutes on the sitcom treadmill.
The premise and style of Somebodies…
Celebutainment, Haterade, Hip Hop Is Dead., Jet Magazine, My Life, That Not-So-Fresh Feeling, The Negro Channel »
Sometimes things happen that make me lose the ability to conjugate verbs properly.
I tried to write about Bob Johnson and his nonsense last week, but I was just in too good of a mood. Now that the world has smacked me back into my normal sense of disdain, I can finally say “House Negro, is you serious?” to him. He can support Billary or pull a Nino Brown by capitalizing on the crackish yearn for vulgarity in the black community if he likes. But going around pretending that he’s not really one of the Jacksons? Not Ok.…
Our Shame, The Negro Channel »
Anything sponsored by BET is doomed to a special brand of impenetrable coonery. A sort of vortex of porchmonkey-business that envelops every single attendee, if you will. This, therefore, is a somewhat expected result:
Now, on the left we have two of the Jena 6, who were invited…
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At first I was mad about the collaboration between KFC and BET (I don’t see KFC teaming up with Lifetime or even the Country Music Channel). Then I realized that they’re giving away $500 worth of greasy artery clogging fried chicken intended to be eaten at your family reunion. Oh, we WILL eat it, but its still a conspiracy. And for the record, what self respecting black person brings that bootleg KFC chicken to a family reunion?!?!…
