The most recent episode of "Insecurity" revolves around the local games Issa (Issa Rae), Molly (Yvonne Orji), Tiffany (Amanda Seales) and Kelli (Natasha Rothwell). Their game is called "The Problem of Wearing a Hat", basically The truth is that there is no guts. The ladies gathered in Issa's apartment, suitable for half an hour with the title "Chillin', okay?!", they had a warm booze and weed buzz, except for "Cali-Sober" Kelli, she was worried that the game might be released Out of dangerous juju.
Many of the questions they raised were comical and harmless. But one person directly hit Issa in the chest. The note read: "How would you feel if you could only spend the rest of your life with the last person who slept?"
Even before this hang, Isa had been thinking about it. This season Isa began to cancel the game again with her old lover Lawrence (played by Jay Ellis). Her reason is understandable: Lawrence moved to San Francisco for his career and is having a baby with his predecessor, Condora (Christina Elmore), a former friend of Issa. Their business will never be a simple matter.
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Her current lover, Nathan (Kendrick Sampson), is loyal, reliable, and importantly, he is a native. One might say that he is suitable for the current Issa brand, because she has consolidated her love of South Los Angeles art, food, fashion and culture into a promotional business called The Blocc. Nathan, who cut his hair at a local barber shop, fits perfectly.
At the end of the story, the love life equivalent to "let's make a deal" is the main content of romantic comedies. The protagonist or heroine usually asks to choose between dull stability or a leap of love, equipment or mystery in hand Hidden behind that door.
Real life has never been so clean. It's refreshing to see "insecure" compose the scene in a more primitive way. The problem with Nathan or Lawrence is not the end of the show, just like other HBO comedies, such as the question about the four New Yorkers, they designed a thing for Cosmos, and the shoes are ridiculously expensive. But these women always have the option to fall into their circles. Issa and Molly must run for their goals.
When revisiting this season, the word "choice" appears again and again. Sometimes it appears as part of a conversation between friends, but usually it is inserted into a script running in Issa's head.
One of the things I miss most about this show is Issa’s exhilarating inner dialogue with the mirror self, or her crazy daydreams, when she launches Lawrence and Condora’s cute babies into the air, she relaxes instead of Keeping true feelings is like making a three-pointer in a Lakers game.
In return or confession, Dream Condola kicked Issa into a pile of garbage bags as revenge. "Have your choice," Issa's opponent murmured as she opened her feet.
Distressed by a general indulgence, which is part of the tyranny of choice once called the scourge of millennial survival. The "insecure" spin on this shows that for Issa and Molly and everyone around them, life is a feast of choices, and only their extra effort can be enriched and broad.
Not long ago, Isa wondered if he was really heading in the right direction in front of the crowded auditorium. Even so, her path is being consolidated, thanks to a successful block party that attracted the attention of a major corporate sponsor.
But this road is never a straight line. At the beginning of the show, Isa worked in We Got Y'all, a stupid urban non-profit organization, and worked hard to help this place fulfill its mission of promoting black youth. In a place where confused white liberals doubted her qualifications, as the only black employee would pay a price, she resigned.
From there, she worked as a carpool driver and accepted other opportunities she could seize, until in the end, she performed an activity that actually improved the community, not just talk about it. We saw her promoting literary activities and art walks that attracted the attention of the main media; more importantly, we saw her beating on the sidewalk to make them happen.
Of course she will. Issa is an extension of her creator.
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When "Insecure" started in 2016, it was the second comedy created and starred by a black woman after Wanda Sykes' 2003 Fox comedy "Wanda Getaway". It is one of the few that exists today because Rae took that picture.
Now she is one of the most popular talents in the entertainment industry and a prolific producer. Unlike the stories behind other shows about young women’s lives, "Insecure" was not given to her. She had to create opportunities through the web series "The Unlucky Encounter of the Embarrassing Black Girl", which was discovered by Larry Wilmore, her co-creator of "Insecure."
Keeping this in mind is crucial to understanding the evolution of Issa and Molly's respective careers and their approach to interpersonal relationships. Rae understands that the most interesting part of any great success story is the appearance-not necessarily the story of the ramen era, but it takes people 20 dollars to eat the exploration and discovery of the noodle soup recipe.
Issa's position at We Got Y'all was an important stepping stone for the founding of The Blocc. The downside of Issa is that when one of the artists she collaborated with, Crenshawn (Kofi Siriboe), attacked her on social media, the weak momentum she built would encounter speed bumps, and she could barely take the risk. Risk her credibility against his defamation activities.
The career of Molly's transformation from a symbolic assistant in a white law firm to an important contributor to a black boutique company is easier to track. But they are all examples of women trying to work in a system that will never make them outstanding. They must go their own way and establish their own definition of success. When her mother had a stroke, Molly's trajectory this season moved her away from the wheel of dating and closer to her family, making her career more turbulent than expected, while also taking her work/life balance into perspective. The lessons she learned from it are also related to choices. "You have to be true to the one you love," she told her daughters.
This is back to Nathan/Lawrence's dilemma, she nurtured two options, each of which is good. But this will get her where she needs to go. In addition, does "unsafe" have to land with one of them to provide adequate closure for its audience?
This is not a question of wearing a hat. Rae has no obligation to answer. Nevertheless, as the show enters the last three episodes, this is something worth considering. .. Start this week with the title "Choose, okay?!".
The new episode of "Insecure" premiered on HBO at 10 PM on Sunday night and aired on HBO Max.
Melanie McFarlane is Sharon's TV critic. Follow her on Twitter: @McTelevision
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