BOSSIP & Cassius Speak ‘A Completely different World’

Showrunner Felicia Delight’s expertise and Debbie Allen’s involvement lend credibility to the sequel’s basis.
Panelists mirror on beloved characters like Freddie and Whitley, highlighting the present’s enduring cultural impression.
The sequel should stability respecting the unique whereas carving out a brand new path for a brand new era.

From the yard to your display screen, Hillman’s homecoming is on the best way to Netflix and we’re weighing in.

At this time, the manufacturers launched a brand new episode of The Black Watch, an editorial-led sequence inspecting the most important cultural moments in movie and leisure.

The newest installment of the sequence brings collectively BOSSIP’s Managing Editor Dani Canada, iONE Digital Vice President of Video Tanya Hoffler-Moore, iONE Digital Director of Content material for the Males’s Division Alvin Blanco, and producer Xavier Francis for candid commentary on A Completely different World.

As beforehand reported, the sequel, which is able to span 10 half-hour episodes in a single-camera format, follows Deborah, the rebellious daughter of Dwayne Wayne and Whitley Gilbert, as she begins her freshman yr whereas grappling together with her dad and mom’ legacy.

That legacy looms massive over the panel’s dialogue.

“I don’t know but,” admits Tanya. “Typically when we’ve superb reveals like A Completely different World, it’s like depart it alone.”

“Expectations are lofty,” stated Alvin. “I need it to succeed, I need it to be nice. The unique is sort of a traditional Hip-Hop album, it impressed me to wish to go to varsity.”

“I feel it’s wanted on this time,” provides Xavier. “I’m gonna watch it, it doesn’t matter what, I’m gonna trip for it however I’m hoping it does what it must do for this era and generations forward.”

Nonetheless, amid the cautious optimism, Dani gives a observe of reassurance in regards to the inventive staff steering the sequel.

Pointing to showrunner Felicia Delight, whose credit embrace Bel-Air and Gray’s Anatomy, alongside returning govt producer Debbie Allen, Dani makes it clear she feels assured within the challenge’s basis.

“She understands the load of this… how massive that is for the tradition,” Dani says of Delight, including that Allen’s involvement additional solidifies the present’s credibility and connection to the unique.

The dialog additionally highlighted why the present stays so beloved, with panelists reflecting on their favourite characters from the unique sequence.

“It’s completely Freddie,” says Xavier. “I had the most important crush on Freddie. She was the one.”

“I’m a Whitley lady, I really like me some Whitley Gilbert,” says Dani. “I really like the ridiculous accent, I really like how she dressed, I really like how they beautiful a lot made her an AKA. I fell in love with Whitley.”

Others pointed to Dwayne Wayne as the center of the present.

“He was our Zack Morris…he was the star of the present in my eyes. it didn’t really feel like an episode with out him,” says Tanya.

“His sneaker recreation, we locked in. It was the present the place we checked in,” provides Alvin.

Finally, the group agrees that they’re emotionally linked to the present that was an essential a part of their upbringing.

That emotional connection is strictly what the Netflix sequel is aiming to faucet into, mixing returning forged members with a brand new era of expertise. Legacy stars together with Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Man, Darryl M. Bell, and Cree Summer time are set to reprise their roles, joined by newcomers like Cliff “Technique Man” Smith and Norman Nixon Jr.

Finally, the consensus is evident: the sequel should honor what got here earlier than whereas carving out its personal lane.

Will YOU be watching the A Completely different World sequel?

Should you loved BOSSIP and Cassius’ take, you’ll want to tune into new episodes of The Black Look ahead to extra conversations on the tradition’s greatest moments.