![]() They’ve given us this incredible platform to share our culture and share our stories, which in turn makes the show so relatable. Mowry-Hardrict: The thing that I love about Netflix is they understand the value of black culture, and, with that said, they’ve allowed us to express ourselves authentically. Is that because, being a streamer, Netflix can do that, whereas networks might shy away to a degree for various reasons? Thompson: The show tackles a lot of issues but does it in a slightly different way. It happens very often, to be honest, and that helps make the show authentic. In my mind, I was going, ‘That was a great joke, it’s going to get a lot of laughs,’ but I’m sitting there trying not to crack up and carry on with the scene. With that one, we were doing another line the whole time, and then Loretta comes out of leftfield with what she says, and I was trying not to lose it. Sometimes I hear a piece of dialogue or a joke for the first time as we film. If it doesn’t affect the timing of the other actor or cause any issues, they won’t tell the other actor the line. Do you ever change lines to try and catch each other out?Īnthony Alabi: Meg DeLoatch, who created the show, and the writers do this thing where a lot of times they will tell one us that we have a new line. Thompson: In the second episode, Loretta says something to Anthony, and he appears to genuinely corpse with laughter. Devine as M'Dear, Jordyn Raya James as Ami and Talia Jackson as Jade in 'Family Reunion Part 3.' Netflix (Left to right) Anthony Alabi as Moz, Mowry-Hardrict as Cocoa, Richard Roundtree as Grandpa, Loretta.
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