Yes, that’s Angela Bassett - AKA, the reigning queen of Wakanda - leading the support group of bad bitches, an early sign that ABLSS will attract all of Black Hollywood’s Elite. ![]() ![]() The “Bad Bitch Support Group” is the third sketch of ABLSS’s inaugural run and, right away, it lets you know about what kind of show this is about to be. 2. Bad Bitch Support Group // Episode 101: “Angela Bassett is the Baddest Bitch” Ah, the good ol’ days!” Thede joked during her weekly livetweet of the show. But also because it was the last time you could whoop your kids without getting child services called. “We set ‘Get the Belt’ in 1992, mainly because I wanted to wear this Salt-N-Pepa wig. So doing a good comedic sketch evoking black nostalgia? A difficult needle to thread… and yet, ABLSS manages to do just that with “Get the Belt.” Can something be both slightly traumatic and absolutely hysterical at the same time? Apparently so. It’s why “Make America Great Again” never really had much resonance for our community. Get the Belt // Episode 106:”Born at Night, But Not Last Night”īlack nostalgia is a precarious thing: on the one hand, there’s that sentimentality that comes with remembering our pasts, especially our childhoods, but, on the other, it’s almost inevitable that whatever time’s being reflected on was fraught. Until we get some new episodes, we’ve got to make due with the best sketches from Season One.ġ. The HBO series wrapped up its six episode first season last Friday and, while the sketch series will return for a second season, that debut seems so far away. And we aren’t going anywhere, any time soon.” As Carmen wrote last month, “ ABLSS recognizes that ‘black ladies’ come across a variety of gender identities and sexualities. The show’s creators, Robin Thede and Issa Rae, understand what BET, seemingly, does not: that the stories of “black ladies” are incomplete without black queer women included in them. Thankfully, though, this summer gave us A Black Lady Sketch Show which distinguished itself as a model of inclusivity. ![]() Pose star, Angelica Ross, tweeted her disappointment and the hoteps and herteps have been in her mentions ever since. Last week, BET aired their annual Black Girls Rock Awards and, as is too often the case, black queer girls - particularly black trans girls - were left out of the narrative. The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.
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