Because You Demanded It: The Racialicious Roundtable For Flash Forward

Mahsino: Cho’s back must be tired from all that show carrying he’s been doing. I’ll admit the chemistry is there, but I’m pretty meh about Union’s acting in general (I just cannot forgive the crap Bring It On hath spawned and hold her partially responsible).

Andrea: That’s why it was good to see him laying down and laying down Zoey, too. Wait…::blush::

jen*: Once again – I’m on the other side, Mahsino. I soak up all the cheese from the very craziest of the bazillion Bring It On knockoffs. Except I actually agree about Union’s acting, in this show as well as everything else. (I just have a really high tolerance.) But I’ve felt like we’ve needed more of her on the show just to move the story along. This show has some really cool aspects, seems like it’s equal opportunity, but still looks like even boring white people get more play than hot brown people with really cool stories.

Diana: Again, I like Cho and he makes up for a lot that’s lacking. Does anyone know a black woman named Zoey?

Andrea: Stop that, Diana. No vetting proper names for fictional Black women, Ms. Baddie. Beyond my rah-rah-ing their passionate reunion (again, note the hotel room’s state), what fascinated me was a simple, yet repeated, gesture Cho did: he touched Union’s hair. With all this yakkity-schmack about how Black women don’t want lovers touching our hair, especially if it’s a weave, that was a wonderfully normalizing gesture.

The one character I can do without, honestly, is Aaron Stark. His storyline just seems superfluous.

jen*: ditto.

Mahsino: yeah, I don’t get him.

Diana: Me neither. And seeing dead people has been done already.

Andrea: See, he’s so superfluous, I don’t know who he is. But, by that standard, Heroes would have been cancelled by now.

Ok, who’s the more surprising terrorist: Charlie The Hobbit or friggin’ Steve from Coupling?

Mahsino: I refuse to believe that either of these two had anything to due with the blackouts. They don’t fit the stereotypical brand of terrorist that 24 has made me grow accustomed to, I’m confused.

jen*: Steve. Hmm. But I just am not getting how “terrorists” could cause the entire world to blackout. I know it’s scifi, I just need a speedier route to figuring out the mystery. Give me something in the way of explanation, here.

Diana: Too early to say who’s really a baddie.

Andrea: Agreed, Diana.

Open mic!

Mahsino: I feel like this show is the island for actors of color who’ve payed their dues and haven’t been getting their proper shine. Courtney B. Vance, Lynn Whitfield, Gina Torres, that guy from The Famous Jett Jackson, I see what they’re doing here, now all they need is Keiko Agena, and this show will have me invested for its’ inevitable short life.

jen*: That’s where LTY is from! I knew I’d seen him before. And I forgot about Gina Torres [yay for her!]. But still – their stories are flat and unexplored while we see more of the stubborn lead who unilaterally decided to free a Nazi for sketchy news. I’ll be watching as long as Cho stays alive and they keep moving the story forward. But Shakespeare in Love was eleven years ago, and that really was the last time I had any desire to see Joseph Fiennes. Shoot, I’ve been rooting for his wife to leave him since…ep 1? [Two-hands in the air voting for Lane to come to FF!]

Diana: I like Gina Torres –she seems to rotate around sci-fi themed projects: the Matrix trilogy, Serenity. I’m glad these folks are getting a pay check. Hopefully the story lines will become fuller and more compelling.

Andrea: Which means they need to watch Heroes … as a cautionary tale on how not to treat characters of color.

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