is a prime-time procedural drama set on the east coast, and its lead character's family has lived in this country for generations. Like Annalise Keating — who helped chart the path of success for prime-time dramas starring Black female leads — Marcie Diggs is a lawyer. But according toshowrunner and creator Floyd Kane, that's where the similarities between the two characters begin and end.
I'd like to hope that audiences are intrigued by her just by virtue of the fact that we haven't seen a Canadian Black female lawyer who is surfing in the fucking Atlantic Ocean. From my perspective, if we get nothing else right, the idea of just putting that out there into the world, that image, to me is awesome.I'm from Nova Scotia originally. I love Martinique Beach. I have a friend who is an editor who used to go surfing in Martinique Beach in the wintertime.
Yeah, we wanted all of the music in her world to reflect her. I knew that I wanted to have a hip hop, R&B song that just was really strong and powerful off the top. My conversation with the music supervisor was we want to have jazz, blues, hip hop, gospel — basically every form of Black music. We want to have that represent the show.The first episode touches on the politics of privilege and the way that it can be leveraged and the way that it can be denied.
VinessaAntoine Arts CBC is proud of being 45 years behind ABC? Teresa Graves starred in “Get Christie Love!” in 1974. She was the first black actress to lead a TV drama (after Diahann Carroll became the first black actress to lead a non-stereotypical sitcom in “Julia.”)
VinessaAntoine Arts Loved the premier!! But please teach cast how Nova Scotians pronounce the word 'premier'. Everything else was perfect!!
VinessaAntoine Arts The show was excellent!!!!
VinessaAntoine Arts Go Canada!
VinessaAntoine Arts How sad is that CBC? Shame on you.
VinessaAntoine Arts Have to wonder what stopped this happening years ago? Policy of the CBC only having occasional Canadian TV shows with 'tokenism' with black actors on various series? Really have to wonder. At last however and hope the show has great success. I'll be watching.
VinessaAntoine Arts And you didn’t use the brown hand emoji?! 👏🏾
VinessaAntoine Arts CBC is the bastion of identity Olympics. Canada's own: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda. National Socialism at work. Only this time it is a global agenda being promoted from the inside.
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