Katori Hall
@KatoriHall
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Halle-luyeerrrr!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
#WGAStrong
The WGA won. Katori Hall can open up the doors to the Pynk.
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’s been renewed for SEASON 3. Thank you
#PynkPosse
!!! Y’all are our fire. And special thanks to the fuel: everyone who laid hands on this show. From the writers and producers to the cast to the crew to the executives, this show is made with great love, grit and glitter.
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RIP Big Teak Sunrise 1987 - Sunset 2020 - Though this is a fictional character, it still hurts.
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A THREAD
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SEASON FINALE: Tonight’s episode “Mississippi Rule” was written and directed by yuh guh
@katorihall
, cinematography by Rodney Taylor ASC. Endings and beginnings abound in Chucalissa. In this last breakdown, I’ll kiki about both writing and directing. Enjoy!
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Mercedes and Murda meeting in the Paradise Room is deep and complicated. Mercedes having caught a body in that room and Lil’ Murda having caught feelings in that same room. Death and Life. Murder and Love.
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Both Hailey & Mercedes wear red and act as guides for young mothers at difficult crossroads. In motherhood, blood is often shed during the transition as a child crowns and sees the light. In both moments two women carrying children are being brought to the light.
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The fact that our ancestors brought their spiritual practices and beliefs to this country, merging them with their knowledge of the earth in order to survive, is a testament to our resilience and our Africanness. We are a powerful, MAGICAL people.
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In
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Keyshawn’s call to Lil’ Murda is a reflection of their sibling-like bond. Her using the phrase “He tried it” is a reflection of how hard it is to admit even to herself to use the words “attempted rape.” Lil’ Murda hears her loud and clear though despite the euphemism
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Tina Snow and Lil’ Murda (or shall we say BIG Murda) take the stage in our most dynamic music performance to date. “Get It On The Floor” was a collaboration in Pynk Heaven.
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King John Clarence Stewart
@stewart_iii
will be missed but not forgotten. The way you tattooed yourself on the hearts and minds of the
#PValley
Framily &
#PynkPosse
is unforgettable. What a blessing and a joy onset and off. Til we meet again. One of the best in the game.
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A THREAD: ABUSE SIGNS in
#PVALLEY
For Keyshawn her skin showcases the bruises of abuse, but there’s a vast array of levels and we see Keyshawn navigate almost every single one.
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FUN FACT: Before hiring the core bg dancers, I was told that one was pregnant and warned it might be "a hard hire for insurance purposes." With side eye I quickly asked, "If I were pregnant, would you not let me be the showrunner?"
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Auntie Tori got 10 episodes for the
#PynkPosse
this
#PValley
season!!!
say auntie, please tell me you have more than 8 episodes this season… my heart won’t make it another year while y’all filming!!!
@KatoriHall
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Night, Night Rome.
@BlueKimble
is a true king. I gave him the part of Rome Caffey in the room he was so damn perfect. I love it when the stars align. See you in the next galaxy of the Katori Hall universe Miss you already!
#PValley
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FUN FACT: I was given a note to have Diamond or Big L come save Autumn in the Paradise Room. I refused. Mercedes opens the show as a supershero and her intuition is her superpower and I wanted Mercedes to save the day periodt. In
#PValley
women save themselves and each other.
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Despite rumors, due to the
#WGA
#WritersStrike
filming on
#PValley
has been postponed. Like many of my fellow showrunners, I feel as though my writing & producing duties are inextricably linked. We will not be filming until a fair deal is reached.
#WGAStrong
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THE SHOT: The climax of the song aligns with the climax of the dance. When Murda crouches at the foot of the pole on the bridge, from beneath the floor, we see Mercedes at the top of the pole dangling as if she’s gangsta walkin’ on the ceiling. She then makes gravity her friend.
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In
#hoodoo
, bodily fluids like saliva, semen and blood are used to lay down all kinds of roots, especially love spells. Our resident Conjure Man is trying to keep it tight and “expose of his seed.”
#PYNKPOSSE
is he doin’ the most?
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When Big Teak looks in the mirror at his new cut, Mark Hammermeister’s illustration of Robert Johnson with horns behind his head looks back.
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FUN FACT our prod designer Jeffrey Pratt Gordon worked to clear the use of this image right til the moment we yelled “Action!”
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1/5 Domestic violence awareness is repped by the color purple and at Taffe’s both Hailey and Keyshawn wear shades of lavender as both survivor and victim.
#PValley
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Shout out to
@fashionalita
who took the vision of Cinderella blue and made the most magnificent costumes - from floss that drips with shine to a prom dress.
#PValley
slayage
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To me, Diamond’s release of negative energy from Mercedes’ shoulder on a Satday night aint no different from a pastor helping saints get “happy” on a Sunday morning
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Lil’ Murda has shedded his blonde and green cut, going back to black with his name emblazoned in his hair like graffitti by none other than Uncle Clifford. This hair choice articulates something more profound. This deep dark hue shows us Murda is a man in mourning.
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1/4 Ernestine’s desire for water is a thirst for spiritual salvation. Having never been baptized, she seeks the cleansing power of the Mississippi. But she is stopped by Lil’ Murda and Uncle Clifford
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There might not be no cryin’ at the Pank but I’m CRYIIIINNN!! So honored and thankful!
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#PValley
doesn’t shy away from uncomfortable conversations re: abuse. Keyshawn’s father James is getting handsy in ways we don’t want to imagine. Sexual abuse within families is a very taboo subject esp down South. Having Keyshawn clocking Alisha’s discomfort was impt.
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Lil’ Murda puts butter and sugar in his grits.
#PynkPosse
what say you — how y’all make y’all grits? I’m a butter n’ sugar gal myself…
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No words for goodbye. Sometimes the pitter patter of ready feet are sound enough.
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Without a beat I hired C'Mayla Neal and wrote her pregnancy into the show. On
#PValley
we celebrate what women's bodies can do, including create life.
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The front porch down South is a gathering place for tea sipped slow, gators extinguished, secrets and tales whispered. Both Lil’ Murda and Terricka knock on the front doors of the people who can put them back together again. One brings news of death, the other life
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It’s been an honor to bring
#PValley
to our
#PynkPosse
, our Framily 🙏🏾
Kudos to
@KatoriHall
. You know you’ve made an amazing show when it has created community and “framily”. This truly feels like the bittersweet moment of the last day of school. It takes something really special to achieve that feeling. So proud of a fellow memphian 💖
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A lot of people have asked "Why is Keyshawn letting a white man beat her?" I ask our community would it be better if a black man was beating her? Intimate Partner Violence knows no color or creed. It can be white on black, black on white, Chinese on white, trans on non-binary...
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Mercedes’
#BlackMenDeserveToGrowOld
shirt with Young Dolph’s face was a tribute. Both
@Therealbrandee
and I were heartbroken over the killing of rapper Young Dolph in 2021 and the cycle of violence in our hometown of Memphis that followed.
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There’s a moment in every mother’s life, when they must look in the mirror and ask “am I my mother or am I me?” Seeing Mercedes give the car keys to Terricka and allowing her to decide which direction Chucalissa or Jackson, backwards or forwards, transforms them both.
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Autumn came in on the wind and that is exactly how she left. The strip club is a revolving door, so many women come and go. Autumn was saved by the Pynk and she saved The Pynk. Goodbye, Ms. Autumn Night.
#PValley
will never be the same.
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Our hope is that by looking in this mirror we have created, someone will step into their bravery like Uncle Clifford and LaMarques and love in the light.
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Hailey Colton and Mercedes Woodbine are both the supersheroes of season one. Along with Uncle Clifford they are the true Trinity of this season as the power dynamics of the club have been turned on its head.
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Season 2 finna be crunk, y'all....
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Special thank you to
@jordanmcoxxy
&
@ShannonThornt_n
What they do ain’t easy but they are such professionals and have dedicated themselves to telling this story in an unaplogetic and unflinching manner. I love them both deeply and truly. They are acting they asses off
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Heeeeyyy
@iamcardib
! The doors of the Pynk are always open to you!!
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@PValleySTARZ
#checkyodms
OOOOOOMMMGGG YOU FUCKIN LYING !!!! Really ?let me work on my ssippi accent !
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1/7 Scarface’s “I Seen a Man Die” scores the funeral of Thaddeus “Big Teak” Wilks. The gang members rep their set in red + green and shirts tatted with Teak’s face. We see members line up for the Hurt Village Hustlas “drip ceremony.”
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“The Death Drop” ends with Murda going into the booth after killing Pico. Rage and release can be great ingredients for art. Sorrow, too.
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1. I knew splicing the scene of Miss Ssippi’s dance with the Uncle Clifford and Lil Murda’s sex scene was going to be divisive. Homophobia is rampant in our community however
#PValley
is a show that honestly explores the sexuality of ALL black people.
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A THREAD:
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“ACCENTS” - The “slanguage” of the show continues to irk many of the
#PynkPosse
esp from Da Sip calling it “too country” or “slave talk.” I think we should kiki as I know fa’ sho’ we don’t speak like slaves👇🏿, but the descendants of them
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done started to make up they own Uncle Clifford rules, nanh!!! 😂😂😂 I like it, but sadly this ain’t one of um
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Uncle Clifford rule
#94
:
you can’t keep getting mad at folks for sucking the life outta you when you keep giving them the straw 👏🏾”
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#PValleyStarz
we need that rule book lol
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Uncle Clifford sits at Mercedes’ vanity with Keyshawn’s last words scrawled over her face. She too is their sister. These women the closest framily she’s ever had
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The football players calling Keyshawn a “burnt chicken nugget” is a blunt reality of the colorism darker-skinned women deal with. From media images to comments made by family, Keyshawn has heard the words “you’re pretty for a dark skin girl” more than she can count.
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The symbolism of masks continues as Murda confronts the many versions of himself in a mirror. Blue hair Murda, Blonde Murda, Icy Murda. Durag Murda. Killa Murda. But the reflection that looms largest of all is that of LaMarques, dressed in black leather, a man still in mourning.
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Some members of the
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think it unrealistic for Murda to come out with all that’s at stake for his life and his career.
@PValleywriters
talked about this for years. Our job is to use our imagination to make the unrealistic real.
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It’s the breath control fuh me…
#TinaSnow
@theestallion
🌬🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRIND MODE 🔥🔥🔥ITS ALBUM TIME HOTTIES GO CHECK OUT MY LA LEAKERS FREESTYLE
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Megan Thee Stallion is now an actress. The rapper made a guest appearance in the penultimate episode of
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on Sunday night, playing the role of Tina Snow on the series
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FUN FACT Uncle Clifford’s first time meeting Keyshawn was supposed to be in this episode, but due to schedule had to be cut. I felt that as the 1st GodMuva she had to be present hence the narration that was added after production to make it even more of a fairytale.
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What up my kings and queen! Love my
#PValley
Framily
@TyLepley
@ShannonThornt_n
@JAlphonse_N
🤗🤗🤗🤗
#mybabies
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The overhead shot of her down on the ground with a knee on her neck articulates the power of the police. The feet of her abuser and of the CPS lady (the State) also totter into frame, symbolizing the weight of whiteness this black mother will have to fight.
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#PValley
FUN FACT
@stewart_iii
&
@JAlphonse_N
were told to play a game of “Guess this song?”
@Outkast
’s “So Fresh and So Clean” quickly streamed from Alphonse’s hands. It was a moment of improv that showed the playfulness of Murda and Teak’s relationship before things get dark.
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Woddy let us know that he’s not a White Knight but the Dark Knight. And that’s aight wit’ me.
#NightNightNiggah
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He walks on stage. This ain’t Lil/Big Murda. LaMarques here nanh. The duality continues in our lighting. Two jewel tones of sapphire and magenta split Murda in half. A sign he is embracing his darkness and his light. His devil and angel standing on broad shoulders.
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Always a pleasure my brother
@JAlphonse_N
!! So happy you have Murda in your arms🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thank you
@katorihall
and
@starz
for the opportunity of a lifetime. Cheers to my cast and crew. Big shoutout to all the
@pvalleystarz
fans around the world
#Pynkposse
. 🥂💜 Till next time
#BIGMURDA
x
#LILMURDA
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By this moment, Mercedes has sat on The Throne, ascending to her rightful place in the castle we call The Pynk. The Queen is back, having sat where Montavius once sat. She has conquered her fears, and now it’s time to conquer the pole.
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Lil’ Murda’s emotional breakdown and admitting “I’m not okay” is an answer to Uncle Clifford’s text at the end of 204 “World seem like it fallin’ apart, ain’t it?” We are taught to hold it in, but it is our sincerest hope that our
#PynkPosse
have support after this episode
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Both cloaked in pink, the color of female energy and power, this mother daughter pair heal old wounds and say goodbye.
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Editor Kristina Hamilton-Grobler
@kristina_hg
matched up the moments seamlessly. A theatrical lighting change, slo-mo, doubling, music, sound and production design created an iconic moment that makes this Mercedes Experience go down as one of the best dances in
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history.
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But THIS IS NOT A DREAM. LaMarques slides his hands around her waist, and in the swirling lights beneath a Mississippi moon kisses her passionately. It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for especially after how he refused to claim her on Murda Night. But tonight is the future.
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What about homecoming?
.
@DeionSanders
wants to see the cast of P-Valley at the first JSU home game.
@JAlphonse_N
,
@AllDayNicco
,
@Therealbrandee
.
(🎥:
@KThompsonTV
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Uncle Clifford’s Paradise Room customer is none other than Corbin Kyle. We first met Corbin in S1Ep2 “Scars” as he was being serviced by Keyshawn and Mercedes. At first glance, he looked like a white man playing out a role reversal where black women whip him like a slave
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Hailey’s plans to tell Andre about possibly being pregnant was thwarted by being caught by the wife. Regardless, her gift of cigars is a low-key nod to what she’s holding in that belly of hers as old tradition demands that new fathers be gifted cigars upon birth of their kiddos.
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Tonight’s
#PValley
episode “Snow” was written by me
@katorihall
, directed by
@JeneeLaMarque
and dp’ed by
@richardvialetdp
. “Second chances rarer than snow in Mississippi.” And yet…
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I love the fact that Gidget and Keyshawn were homegirls when she first relocated to Chucalissa as a junior in high school.
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SAD FACT they were supposed to go to the Pynk together to see Gidget’s mom Deanna Jackson perform, but due to schedule that scene had to be cut
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1/6 Flickering fluorescents illuminate a young man heavy with woe. Lil’ Murda tenderly runs his finger along the entry wound on Big Teak’s face. As Woddy promised, F & G do good work. This scene about the dead reveals so much about the living.
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“7 lbs of Pressure” by
@IamDavidFuller
, Deante’ Hitchcock
@DeanteVH
,
@FMNewMoney1
and produced by Brandon Phillips-Taylor is part challenge, soliloquy, slam poetry and blues. Having went into the booth after killing Pico, this is the most raw we’ve ever heard Murda.
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Prayers for this beautiful life taken from us too soon. Prayers for his family. May those in my city of Memphis hold space for the much-needed difficult conversations on true systemic change. There are “some difficult days ahead.”
#TyreNichols
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FACT It takes a victim on average 7 times to leave an abusive partner And when they does it increases the likelihood that they will be killed by their partner.
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While this moment is influenced by my theatrical stage craft, I gearshift into music video style, as we swirl inside the performance. Having Murda look into the camera makes it feel more intimate for the viewer at home and reflects how
#PValley
breaks the 4th wall.
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Kitchens continue to be places of confrontation in “Snow.” Keyshawn finding Diamond there before practice is a callback to a scene last season from 103 “Higher Ground”, when he used his rootwork to attend to her sprain.
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Absolutely one of my favorite scenes of the entire series. Mercedes and Murda. Icons talking
#iconshit
#7LbsofPressure
#ReReReWatch
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#PValleySTARZ
#Snow
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Checking in on you
#PynkPosse
after last night’s
#PValley
episode of “Savage.” While we’re using fiction to tell the truth, we know that very real feelings have been stirred up re: mental health. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to these resources below. 🙏🏾
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During her dark fairy tale, Hailey speaks of her baby drowning in her tears which echoes Terricka splashing in a pool. Water in “Jackson” is a space for all the women to be cleansed of past mistakes so they may birth new versions of themselves for a brighter future
#PValley
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Lil' Murda's grillz are real for acting purposes. With the Chucalissa dialect being non-rhotic, clarity can be an issue. So the grill must fit an actor's teeth perfectly for greater control of elocution, especially with the rapping. Shout out to ATL’s Warren Grillz!
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Thank you Framily!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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#PVALLEY
#FAQ
Unfortunately, with COVID-19 still making it hard to shoot, it will take awhile to gear up for production. We will keep y’all posted tho. Until then
#MaskUpYall
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Don’t Mess With Megan Thee Stallion
“This young lady has swag. She has power. She has something to say…This is a young artist.”
@KatoriHall
Love to see Queen
@theestallion
continuing her ascent. 🚀🚀🚀🚀
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SZN 2 has embraced visual tropes common to horror movies from dutch angles to anonymous POV. This accompanied with a heavier score has created a sometimes unsettling visual experience. This is all intentional.
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Gidget driving a group of black folx in a golden hearse is heavy with symbolism. Whiteness has been taking black bodies to an early grave ever since we stepped on American soil in 1619.
@pvalleywriters
initially had Teak as the driver, but felt this choice spoke volumes
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We find Diamond preparing to do the deed for Keyshawn when he is attacked by none other than BIG BONE.
#PynkPosse
y’all called it!! She ain’t been up to no good. Sent by the Delta Devoted to find info on their fallen soldier Montavius. She’s NOT his sister.
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