The Black Sterring

It's not right and it's not okay and writers will not make it anyway! Let's talk about the Writers Strike, shall we?

...or rather, where is the line with you?  This week we hop scotch over the minefield that is SWARM! Eminem gave us the Stan the Fan. Now we meet Dre.    Listen. To. Us. 

Y'oll the rumours are true, we're a radio ting now. Nothing much's changed, just more carrying on, but sometimes dedicated to music, art and other stories we like.  To start us out, we're talking firsts. Stay! Phuzani lapho? 

After many twists and turns, we're finally having look-see at Wakanda Forever next to The Woman King.  S/O to all this gaddam black pigment, okey?  Get into this gossip.   

We're taking a sexy tangent this time as we put our private eye on Showmax Original, This Body Works For Me.  This one is only for fans.   Listen. To. Us. 

Our two penny-farthings on the Grammy's, but mostly everything else.    Listen. To. Us. 

1st off, 2 things...  "Happy New Year everybadeh! Happy New Year to the gworls out there!" -  Happy Summer Song TKZee "Every nigger is a star!" - Boris Gardiner Get in to the material mngerr. We're catching up and talking awards.  Welcome to Black Sterring Radio. Let's go. 

A round  up... well, round about of what we fux'd with this year.  Clap for us, we appropriated the cool lingo of the kids today, yay!    Merry merry you Black Stars! 

What happened to theme music? We sure do miss a good old title track. The famous era of UPN sitcoms like Moesha, Girlfriends, Fresh Prince (you know, the ones we're always carryin' on about) gave us jingly bops, but we also talk stylistics and the many devices that add value to screen play. Lez gow!   Listen. To. Us. 

Gather around now children, it's a teaching moment. Starring the hilarious, laugh out loud cast of ABC's Primetime Emmy Award winner, Abbott Elementary, it's our first peep into mockumentary as genre. Created by Quinta Brunson. What a stand up, stand out cast!    Listen. To. Us. 

One thing about that Issa, Miss Rae... she's a giver. Back with another fighter. HBO original RapSh!t transports us to the black side of Miami where palm trees meet a hustling-ass reality for Mia, Shauna, Chastity and the girls.   Seduce, schemers!  #Issa #RapShit  

Bazalwane, our journey today brings us to the end, to endings. But also to beginnings.   "We spend the rest of our lives looking back, trying to be back in time." -Jack Pearson  This Is Us, it's a wrap. When did you not cry?    Listen. To. Us. 

Show runner and #Girlfriends creator Mara Brock Akil is a black woman as well as a writer, which means we're already on the same winning team. But, even as we look up to her, we take a look at the comrade's body of work and ask Mara why? and other bad puns.    Listen. To. Us. 

Rotten Tomatoes calls Run The World (Starz) a series about black women striving for world domination but wethinks Beyonce left out the part about how tricky it is for us to get in formation! Okay enough. Listen. To. Us. 

Rebooting the eighties and nineties is a tall ask. But when you replace boots with imagination, Fresh Prince spin off Bel Air is what you get. Lez diggy in! 

Another two-parter, in this episode we take a closer look at the new wife and the politics of the matriarch. What does it really mean to be a wife in this very South Africa context? It's a long story ya'll.    Ziyakhala more!    #TheWifeShowmax #Hlomu  

We are gathered here today, to witness a marriage of wives, their abusers, a brotherhood and other tales from Showmax's hotly original, The Wife. Adapted from Dudu Busani-Dube's Hlomu Series.  Ziyakhala la!    #TheWifeShowmax #Hlomu 

Can the real master please stand up?  We're looking at Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang's Master Of None and the grey areas that gave birth to even more grey areas. Love a good set of grey areas!  ~ consent, love, modern romance,    Listen to us everywhere: linktr.ee/blacksterring  

"if you knew the end was coming, how would make the most of your time left?" - Kelli Prenny insecure, endings, beginnings

Season five is here and almost out of the door! But before the end, we look back at our day ones, their arcs, lows and pivots... and reflect. It's a long goodbye in three parts. For part three, we're looking at the family that carried us through. Where would we be without Kelly, Tiffany, Derek, Chad, Ahmal and lest we forget, Daniel? We've been spoilt!    Listen to us everywhere: linktr.ee/blackst...

Season five is here and almost out of the door! But before the end, we look back at our day ones, their arcs, lows and pivots... and reflect. It's a long goodbye in three parts. Next on the hit list is Molly Carter! Now, was she always the best friend from hell or what?   Listen to us everywhere: linktr.ee/blacksterring   Follow us on @blacksterring   #InsecureHBO    

Season five is here and almost out of the door! But before the end, we look back at our day ones, their arcs, lows and pivots... and reflect. It's a long goodbye in three parts. Starting us out is the man with(out) a plan Lawrence Walker (did you know he was related to the whiskey? Hmm...)   Listen to us everywhere: linktr.ee/blacksterring   Follow us on @blacksterring   #InsecureHBO    

A lot happens on Jiva. We sit down with the Netflix Mzansi original and wonder out loud whether we should be dancing rather? Either way, we break it down. Listen to us!   Listen to us everywhere: linktr.ee/blacksterring   Follow us on @blacksterring   #JivaNetflix

Blood gets messier than water on season 2 of homegrown Netflix whodunnit, Blood & Water. All our homegirls put on their Sunday Best and gave us some answers and a whole lot more. Please note: there are spoilers everywhere so proceed with bravery!   Listen to us everywhere: linktr.ee/blacksterring follow us on @blacksterring #BloodandWater  

New season, who det!?  Like sands through the hour glass, so are our rambles on this award-winner!    PS. The Black Sterring awards are cooking in kitchen...