All American

First things first, I am genuinely happy to see another predominately black teen drama, I just wish more things were happening on this show. I know it is based on a true story, but it doesn’t need to reflect exactly what happened — I want to be entertained.  When I saw the previews of All American I was reminded of The Game from the early 2000’s. That was centered around football too, but the characters were adults, so the themes were more scandalous. After watching the previous episodes of All American, I feel like we’re still scratching the surface with […]

So, we’re back at it again. Spencer (Daniel Ezra) is still trying to adjust to living in Beverly Hills and tending to his family and friends in Crenshaw. “99 Problems” — Episode 2 of The CW’s All American — deals with a huge lesson to be learned for Spencer, who wants it all for himself, family, friends and team, but finds the weight of the world is becoming too heavy for the star high school football player. It seems that Spencer is trying to replace his father with himself. As a young African American man it can feel like the logical thing to […]