LOWKEKE: THE SILENT BAG GETTER

LOWKEKE

November 9, 2021

A prominent figure in popular culture and a coveted artist in the black community, Keke Palmer deserves even more bundles of praise for her recent career moves. The other day I was scrolling on the gram and I saw that she had a series picked up by Amazon. I was like boy Keke stay getting to that bag.

I. INSTAKEKE.

But her getting to the bag is not necessarily the focal point of this article but its how she is getting to that bag. Starting with her Amazon series which is based on her Southern Bell archetype character that was just for funnies on instagram. Something that she was genuinely doing to entertain her audience but she was probably entertaining herself mostly the whole time. She continued to prove that even something that start out as “not a big deal” can turn into something bigger with enough consistency and I recalled seeing those southern belle insult videos enough to actually be convinced that this was something that she cared about. Not to mention the videos were actually funny.

II. INSEKEKE

What I’m really proud of Keke the most is her willing a role onto the hit HBO series INSECURE , that stars breakout mogul Issa Rae and the rising comedian, Yvonne Orji. Keke once again demonstrated the same genuineness that she showed with her instaseries. She genuinely was a fan of the show, joining the rest of us in negatively talking about Cambodia ( sorry I’ll never say her name right and you know Lawrence can do no wrong beloved. #LawrenceHive or pay Wesley Snipes’ backtaxes). Anyways, after trash talking Can Opener, she tweeted about her desire to actually be a character on the hit series. After shooting her shot, lord beholds Keke actually makes an appearance on the show! The irony is she plays Granola’s sister! The person she talked so bad about lol.

We can all take something from Keke. Its not a revolutionary lesson but just an old age adage. Nothing beats willing your desires into existence, it starts with being genuine, casting your faith out into the sea of opportunity, and being consistent! I’m ready to put these actions to work even now! I’m gonna say something crazy for the heck of it, I’ll have a cameo appearance in a MCU film! Let’s see what happens lol.

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A SHOW IN THE SHOW THAT'S THE WAY TO GO

A SHOW IN THE SHOW THATS THE WAY TO GO

 With heavy content driven shows it can be troublesome driving all the ideas through the limited box of storytelling. I noticed when themes that are apart of the show but not necessarily central to the plot, a satirical show is created to help dive into those story points.

INSECURE

 During season 2 of HBO’s INSECURE, the satirical show in the show was called “Due North”. Due North was about a love affair during slave times in which a slavemaster was in love with one of his slaves.

 One of themes in the show deals with White and Black people relationship in the work space. In the show, Issa (main character) works for a white boss and Molly (Issa’s best friend) is a lawyer in a very white firm who doesn’t get the respect she deserves. 

 While the show is an essentially a love comedy drama it has other themes that deal with race relations and the fake show is used to dive deeper into those themes that can’t be handled by the characters due to story restrictions.

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE

Defamation, the satirical take on ABC’s Scandal

 In both seasons NETFLIX’s Dear White People had two shows that dealt with satire. More specifically it deals with how Black People are perceived in the media. The first show featured a parody of Scandal, which featured an over exaggeration of the show’s popular character, Olivia Pope. Her character is used to show how interracial relationships are perceived. This is used to vicariously highlight the feelings surrounding the relationship between two characters in the show (Gabe-white male and Sam- black female).

Breakout star/writer, Lena Waithe, stars in Trap House Tricks

 The other show trap house tricks, features a parody of Love & Hip Hop. Another show used to explore the exaggeration of black portrayal in mainstream media. Being that the basis of the show stems from the results of white students holding a black face party, perception of the black community is a major theme in the show and it takes different avenues of storytelling to explore all realms of a theme with such depth.

TAKEAWAY

 The inside shows are a wonderful tool of storytelling and showrunners/creators should think about including them more to explore subplots/themes that central to the story but aren’t the focal point of the story.