Lamorne Morris Explains Why Hulu's 'Woke' Is Essential Viewing

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'New Girl' star LamorneMorris talks about his new Hulu show Woke, a comedy that 'has messaging within it.'

to enter the TV lexicon. Inspired by the life of artist, the half-hour comedy follows Black cartoonist Keef on the cusp of mainstream success. But when a public breakdown goes viral, the promising artist's path to success abruptly ends as his future goes up in flames. Set in current times and featuring partially animated characters, Keef is forced to navigate the new voices and confront the racism and injustices he's spent years trying to avoid and failed to acknowledge.

But the caveat here is that he's Black and what's happening out in the world is for Black people, it definitely feels as though we're under attack," thealum explains."Sometimes you have that calling that says you have to say something and some people would describe that as being 'woke,' as 'Wow, now I see the wool has been pulled from over our eyes.'"

The series is dropping at a time when there has been a cultural reckoning in Hollywood and in the world amid the Black Lives Matter movement and continued fights to dismantle racial injustice and systemic racism. Morris said it's"sad" that "On the creative side, you're like, 'Oh, it's perfect timing,' but on the other side you're like, it sucksit's always going to be perfect timing.

 

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