Literary legend Toni Morrison once called racism a distraction. “It keeps you from doing your work,” she said during a 1975 speech. “It keeps you explaining, over and over ag…
,” based on Zakiya Dalila Harris’ best-selling novel of the same name, opens with two Black women walking similar paths in different timelines. In 1988, Kendra Rae Phillips is the sole Black editor at the prestigious Wagner Books in Manhattan. She is distraught when she first appears onscreen, scratching furiously at her scalp and apparently hanging on to her sanity by a thread. In the present day, viewers are introduced to editorial assistant Nella Rogers .
Unfortunately, things quickly sour between the women after Hazel purposely sabotages Nella, throwing her under the bus during a conversation regarding the racist novel. Meanwhile, some strange occurrences around the office put Nella on edge, making her suspicious of Hazel’s true intentions. The themes in “The Other Black Girl” are as weighty as the mystery surrounding Hazel, and the secrets that ended Diana and Kendra Rae’s friendship back in the day. The series speaks to feelings of othering, powerlessness and kinship. Black people often extend their hands to one another out of recognition and obligation.That is seen here in the instant chemistry and rapport between Nella and Hazel.
While the entire cast is engaging, Murray’s uncanny ability to switch on a dime from nice to nasty underscores the genre-bending whimsy of the show. And Brittany Adebumola’s hilariously brash outbursts as Malakia, Nella’s best friend, makes her another standout here. Infusing these moments of levity with dramatic and horror elements, “The Other Black Girl” walks the same thought-provoking line between terror and comedy that makes Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” so brilliant.
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