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Reviews
The Chi (2018)
My favorite show
I love this show so much! Just finished season 2. I like that they ended it on a (mostly) positive note. The main characters are growing, succeeding and overcoming. Hope there is a season 3 (with all of the original cast).
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Watchable, but lacking
Being an 80s baby, I was so excited to watch this movie. Once I saw that Pharrel Williams, Forrest Whitaker, and Nia Long were involved I got even more excited. Once I actually started watching--whole different story. The movie felt so disjointed. We never even really get to see WHY she was the best. In the opening scenes, we see Chante as a little girl going to battle a grown man, but then...nothing! It cuts to another, unrelated scene. I enjoyed seeing her home life and the relationship with her mom and sisters, but that should've been the backstory. As a pioneer for females in hip hop, I think she deserved better. The movie should've been written in such a way that a millenial could watch it and get a feel for the 80s hip hop scene and what truly made Roxanne Chante significant. This feels like just another hood movie.
On a positive note, the acting was great. Nia Long and Mahershala Ali were phenomenal like always. Chante Adams was good, but the story didn't let her shine like she could have.