Kenya Barris just might be the best confidence man in Hollywood. With the debut of his first Netflix show, Barris has managed to earn millions more dollars quadruple-dipping into his limited storytelling well. But after the fourth time around the playground, it seems he’s running out of steam.is nowhere near the worst show you’ll ever see.
Barris depicts himself as a man who essentially hates his family. He is at once striving for their recognition and approval and also resentful that he cares to have it. He is routinely unkind to and dismissive of his wife Joya and constantly insinuates that she is ungrateful for the life he has provided them. His oldest son Pops is subject to the, and he spends the vast majority of the first two episodes aggressively slut-shaming his eldest daughter Chloe .
What emanates from the screen is a man deeply conflicted about his own obsessions and desires, except this time it’s also working at a meta-level. Barris has been retelling the same stories in different forms for years now.universe, but he is still retreading his trepidation around his conception of blackness and his fixation on the white gaze. It’s only when Barris confronts this idea that.
Wowie wow. I read A LOT of TV reviews and this was just fantastic. I can’t wait to read more from battymamzelle. As a white fan of Kenya Barris I can COMPLETELY see how his work, although about “blackness,” is written for white people. 👏