Families need to have something to watch together. We fit right into what the world is about right now. It’s a different world now with the internet, with all of the information and things like TikTok. Whoever we are, it’s easy to see how much alike all families are and how much alike our mothers are. Thompson: Loretta, do you get a lot of mothers relating to M’Dear?ĭevine: When I hear you talk about the show, it makes me realize how much we want everybody to watch the show, not just black people. ‘Huh, okay.’ I mean, Moz is a 15-year vet in the NFL, so I think guys look at that and go, ‘We can do all this.’ If he can do it, they could do, and that’s what the show likes to do, show that it is okay for guys to be okay or not have all the answers. I thought I had all the answers as a parent, but I clearly don’t.’ Whether they want to admit it or not, men who watch the show are going. It allows the audience to come into our home and see Moz tell Cocoa that he doesn’t know where they’re going to get the money they need from, or my character Moz says he’s really sad because my friend is gone, or even with the kids say,’ I don’t know what to do. I think this show kind of turns that on its head. Many never want to show any weakness or insight into how they truly feel about something, whether it’s anxious or nervous or even frustrated with a particular thing.
Thompson: It’s not just issues to do with race or culture because this season also tackles things such as masculinity.Īlabi: Men essentially want to show this hardened exterior. We are not only funny and entertaining, but it’s very educational about black culture. If you don’t understand a lot about black culture, especially in the environment that we’re living in right now, and I’ve heard people say they want to be anti-racist, this is a great platform to do just that. They’ve given us this incredible platform to share our culture and share our stories, which in turn makes the show so relatable. Mowry-Hardrict: The thing that I love about Netflix is they understand the value of black culture, and, with that said, they’ve allowed us to express ourselves authentically. Is that because, being a streamer, Netflix can do that, whereas networks might shy away to a degree for various reasons? Thompson: The show tackles a lot of issues but does it in a slightly different way. It happens very often, to be honest, and that helps make the show authentic.
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In my mind, I was going, ‘That was a great joke, it’s going to get a lot of laughs,’ but I’m sitting there trying not to crack up and carry on with the scene. With that one, we were doing another line the whole time, and then Loretta comes out of leftfield with what she says, and I was trying not to lose it. Sometimes I hear a piece of dialogue or a joke for the first time as we film. If it doesn’t affect the timing of the other actor or cause any issues, they won’t tell the other actor the line.
Do you ever change lines to try and catch each other out?Īnthony Alabi: Meg DeLoatch, who created the show, and the writers do this thing where a lot of times they will tell one us that we have a new line. Thompson: In the second episode, Loretta says something to Anthony, and he appears to genuinely corpse with laughter. Devine as M'Dear, Jordyn Raya James as Ami and Talia Jackson as Jade in 'Family Reunion Part 3.' Netflix (Left to right) Anthony Alabi as Moz, Mowry-Hardrict as Cocoa, Richard Roundtree as Grandpa, Loretta.
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