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  • The Akils Return With Black Lightning on the CW

    It has been a banner year for those who love comics and negritude, and now there’s even more to celebrate! Black Lightning will debut on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 9 p.m. after The Flash on the CW. The Wrap reports on the backstory: As “Black Lightning” begins, Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling…

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    Angela Helm

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  • We Need to Talk About Being Mary Jane

    Mary Jane Paul has always been a mess, but her many, many faults are what made Being Mary Jane such an interesting watch. As Kelley Carter wrote in the 2015 BuzzFeed piece “BET’s ‘Being Mary Jane’ Has Started a TV Revolution,” the show was a “revolutionary series about a perfectly imperfect single black woman.” Those…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • Being Mary Jane Recap: M.J. Finally Gets What She Wants, but at What Cost?

    The midseason finale is here, and Mary Jane just might finally have what she’s being working so hard for: Ronda’s anchor chair. Or at least that’s what it’s been twisted into, since Mary Jane was forced to play dirty with the woman who was once her supreme idol. Oh, but it can never be so…

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    Jouelzy

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  • Being Mary Jane Recap: This Isn’t Going to End Well

    I’ll give it to Mary Jane—Justin certainly is a lot more attractive now that he’s dropped the icebox where his heart used to be, but that still doesn’t make up for why Mary Jane and Justin are on the pathway to a hookup. With the midseason finale next week, there will soon be an end…

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    Jouelzy

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  • Being Mary Jane Recap: The Ex Marks the Spot

    When cold-as-freezer-burn Justin becomes the supporter and Lee, the suave, endearing boyfriend, becomes the overly aloof one in one breath while we are being set up for a very obvious and cliché storyline in another, this was one of the more entertaining episodes of this season. I’ll put my dismay at the prospect of Justin…

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    Jouelzy

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  • Being Mary Jane Recap: Is Justin Setting Up M.J.? You Be the Judge

    New phone, who dis? Do we even recognize who this Justin is? Or can we even trust that the man who has so coolly thrown Mary Jane under the bus at every opportunity is now supporting and backing her against Ronda and their boss Garrett? It’s almost unbelievable to think that this might be a…

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    Jouelzy

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  • Being Mary Jane Recap: Lee Meets the Parents

    Tonight, Being Mary Jane was an ode to Black History Month. You could bullet-point all the nods to black history and civil rights leaders that were featured in this episode, because that is how many of the scenes in this episode seemed to be introduced. It was as though the show had a list of…

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    Jouelzy

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  • Being Mary Jane Recap: Are You Man Enough?

    Something about this season of Being Mary Jane is different. I’ve been hoping for it to pick up like past seasons, when complex subjects that black women deal with every day were subtly woven through the storyline. Mary Jane was always over-the-top extra, making her hard to like. But every time you screwed your nose…

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    Jouelzy

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  • Being Mary Jane Recap: Sex in the City

    Being Mary Jane is back for a fourth season, and Mary Jane Paul is still pompously lacking in self-awareness. While we open to M.J.’s 6-inch heels sauntering down the hallway to a sexy song, it doesn’t take long for M.J. to almost completely unravel in her most vulnerable space: her sexuality and pursuit of love.…

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    Jouelzy

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