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She’s a plus-size Black woman who is trying her best, searching for love and fulfillment. “How to Die Alone” is new, but it’s part of a recent batch of Black-led drama-comedies popping up across the small screen. Vanessa Clifton/NetflixThis moment is spurred by the previous success of other Black creators and Black-led shows. For Black-led shows on broadcast television, they still must seemingly place its Black characters in the context of White characters, Durham said. Black-led shows are no different, and some might argue they’re more likely to be let go.
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Being a regular cast member for four years has given him financial security and made him a star in his native Nigeria, where the show is wildly popular. But Mr. Akinfemi and 10 of his castmates were told this year that the only way the half-hour show was going to get a fifth season was if budgets were cut. How the actors were paid was going to change. Instead, Mr. Akinfemi and his castmates would be reclassified as recurring cast members. “It was a bit surprising, for all of 10 seconds,” Mr. Akinfemi said in an interview before SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, went on strike.
Persons: Bob Hearts Abishola ”, Akinfemi, Billy Gardell, Bob, Folake Olowofoyeku, Abishola, Mr, Organizations: CBS, Akinfemi, SAG Locations: Nigeria
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