Brown Girl Swagger

Hello everyone,

I have to tell you something. I tried. I tried really, really hard. I tried really hard for good and bad reasons. I tried with optimism. I tried because I am Black. I tried because I am working on getting to comfortable, useful, productive outside my own bubble, fabulosity. I tried to relate to Harlem Heights. I really really did. I tried to like it. I went to the premiere. I talked to some of the cast. I had an optimistic open mind. I spoke to different friends and random folk. I watched it with the mister (after much pleading on my part and trying to hear over his frequent interjections of “this shait ain’t real” and repeated snickers). I watched more than one episode.

And well y’all.

I just can’t jump on the “good show” bandwagon. The only things that I may have in common with the portrayal of these folks is the fact that we live in the same city, although I am a native as opposed to the cast of transplants; we are close in age; and ummmmmm (thinking really really hard right now) that is it.

My political soap box is in the closet and is not even needed for why I can’t get with the show. There is very little about the show, their chemistry, their clothes, their friends, their jobs, that is not manufactured and contrived for the sole purpose of being packaged for you to watch. I don’t know ANYBODY who interacts the way they do, both with each other and their surroundings. Their dramas are so pointless, especially in this day and age, that I wonder if any single person related to the show thought that anyone would get it. But there isn’t much to get… I am hoping and praying that one of the camera men will accidentally catch the cue card guy in a shot so that I can jump up and scream I told you so to anyone within 3 feet of me. I’d rather watch Keeping up with the Kardashians because at least I can like Kim’s makeup and won’t be subjected to a nasal scripted narration. I can even get with Baldwin Hills before this show because at least I know that they are immature and are trying to be adults and outright enjoying the fact that they are on TV.

Am I telling you not to watch?

Well don’t give up your bedtime for it. Maybe you could watch it because it is raining terribly outside and you cable signal went down and the only channels that you are able to receive are BET and Slavic International Network. Otherwise, go be your age and do something productive.

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