Co-showrunners Justin Simien and Jaclyn Moore break down a script page featuring the musical debut of a new character.
“I wanted to go out with a bang,” creator/co-showrunnerJustin Simientells EW.
More substantially, the producer ended up finding comfort in this ambitious twist.
Logan Browning and John Patrick Amedori in ‘Dear White People.'.Netflix
“Frankly, I needed something really joyful to come to work and do.
The show is always sort of a bit of a backdoor diary for me.
When does it become joyful?
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When am I not just mining my own trauma?
And so the characters began to grapple with that in all of my iterations this season.
And musicals, for me, have always been best suited for those kinds of scenarios.”
Read the scene below, and then check out their annotations under it.
“It just felt like the beginning of a musical.
Moore went on to tease Sam and Iesha’s contentious dynamic.
D.“It also has melancholy [undertones],” says Simien.
“Because going round and round doesn’t feel like going forward.
It doesn’t feel like growing up; it feels like we’re spinning our wheels.
Dear White People’s 10-episode final season premieres Wednesday on Netflix.
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