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I Watched Netflix’s Step Sisters. It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

Spoiler alert: There will be spoilers and a plot review in this write-up. Netflix’s controversial original movie Step Sisters finally debuted on Jan. 19. After it dropped, Lena Waithe hit the tweets to ask folks what they thought about it. Those opinions ranged, but it didn’t seem like anybody was ready to call for a…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

January 22, 2018
Entertainment

Lena Waithe Asks Twitter to Weigh In on Netflix’s Step Sisters … and They Tell Her

We here at The Root have already weighed in on Step Sisters, the Netflix movie in which a black woman teaches white coeds how to step, the African-American cultural tradition where one’s body is used as an instrument. Frankly, many were looking at the flick with the side eye because … more cultural appropriation. But…

By

Angela Helm

Published

January 20, 2018
Very Smart Brothas

10 Reasons I’m Most Likely Going to Watch Netflix’s Step Sisters

On Jan. 19, Netflix is going to set Twitter afire with the release of its original film Step Sisters. I remember when Drumline: A New Beat (effectively Drumline 2) came out on VH1 (and was terrible), black folks had a field day tearing it to shreds. But this shit right here? This shit right here,…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

January 3, 2018