Timeline for Is Extant only the SECOND national primetime scripted TV-drama with a female African-American lead?
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| Apr 20, 2015 at 17:38 | history | edited | Napoleon Wilson |
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| Apr 20, 2015 at 17:34 | history | edited | user5603 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2014 at 10:56 | comment | added | GwenKillerby | Just imagine this: a mainstream show with mostly black females who all had character development + a young white shirtless dude who only served as a tool for sexually tinted lines. Has there ever been a show like that? Will there ever be one? No. I'm on the fence about Sleepy Hollow cos Beharie doesn't have 1st billing, which is a big deal. "How to get away with murder is refered to as "that Viola Davis show", which is really different. | |
| Oct 22, 2014 at 10:47 | comment | added | GwenKillerby | Nichols, while daring to the white dominance, was pretty token. Did she, other than that kiss, ever get a significant story line, did she ever get a story line that DIDN'T involve men, or romance or seduction or damsel-in-distress? It is sad, but her role wasn't a real role. Just imagine this: a mainstream show with mostly black females who all had character development and a young white shirtless dude who only served as a tool for sexually tinted lines? | |
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| Aug 28, 2014 at 18:49 | comment | added | Oliver_C | How about Nichelle Nichols from Star Trek (1966): "She gained popular recognition by being one of the first black women featured in a major television series not portraying a servant." - Or a more recent example: Nicole Beharie, the female lead of Sleepy Hollow. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:15 | comment | added | CGCampbell | How would you figure in ensemble shows where, for the most part, everyone is the same and individuals gain or lose screen time depending on how the story lines progress? (i.e. Southland, which didn't have a 'lead' per se, but did have two African American detectives partnered, with the female easily considered a primary in multiple storylines) | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:13 | comment | added | GwenKillerby | Why not make Rogue an answer? | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:06 | comment | added | GwenKillerby | Dang, you're right. We could nitpick and say that she's half-white, but then again, Halle, and under Jim Crow, she'd be lynched like the rest of us ... ;) Thanks, i'm downloading it now. Unlike Cult, it's a real lead, and she IS an exceptional actress, better than Halle, but not better than Viola Davis. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:02 | answer | added | GwenKillerby | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 16:27 | comment | added | user1426 | What about "Rogue" with Thandie Newton? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_%28TV_series%29 | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 15:49 | history | edited | GwenKillerby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 28, 2014 at 15:49 | history | edited | Napoleon Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 28, 2014 at 15:42 | answer | added | wbogacz | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 15:32 | history | asked | GwenKillerby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |