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    Kenya Barris Dragged Over Biracial Couple in 'Cheaper by the Dozen' Reboot

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    The ‘Black-ish’ creator is under fire as Twitter users accuse him of pushing a mixed family again in his upcoming project starring Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union as a couple.

    Jan 30, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Kenya Barris’ upcoming project has received strong opposition just as it’s begun taking shape. Following the casting of Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union in Disney+’s “Cheaper by the Dozen” movie remake, the prolific writer/producer has been dragged online for featuring a biracial couple instead of a black couple.
    Reacting directly to the casting news, one Twitter user wrote alongside a report of the article, “It’s time to file a class action lawsuit against Kenya Barris.” Another pointed out the problem with the project, “Just stop with f**king remakes, stop making it seem as though every relationship must be Black & white. This ain’t f**king unity. It’s pandering.”
    A third commenter added, “Like…somebody needs to do a study on this because lord. And it’s not even like they getting creative with it. It’s the same damn black + white/and or bi-racial formula. Like can he come up with something else????”
    A fourth one asked, “Now why is it ALWAYS a white man with a black woman when the family is ‘multiracial’.” Another felt “personally attacked by Kenya Barris” for pushing a mixed family in his upcoming project, while someone else offered a way out, “If they’re gonna continue to shove multi racial down our throats could they at least do sumn other than white with black….”

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    Barris has not responded to the backlash.
    The forthcoming “Cheaper by the Dozen” is described as a reimagining of the family comedy that centers on a multiracial, blended family of 12, navigating a hectic home life while managing their family business. Braff is set to play the father, with Union as the mom.
    “I dreamt I married @gabunion and had 12 kids,” Braff celebrated landing the part in the project via Instagram on Thursday, January 28. “It came true!!!! Written by Kenya Barris!!!!! Let’s GO!” Barris added in the comment section, “This is gonna be AWESOME!!!!!”

    It is written and produced by “Black-ish” creator Barris, with Gail Lerner on board as director. Shawn Levy and Union will serve as executive producers. The movie is expected to be available to stream sometime in 2022.

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      '#blackAF' Creator Explains Why He Believes His Show Deserves an Emmy

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      Kenya Barris, who is also behind the hit comedy ‘Black-ish’, argues that the content of the Netflix series speaks to the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.
      Jun 24, 2020
      AceShowbiz – New Netflix show “#blackAF” deserves an Emmy because “there’s not another show” that better reflects America’s current racial turbulence, according to creator Kenya Barris.
      The writer/producer, who is also behind the hit comedy “Black-ish”, insists he has never chased awards or critical acclaim – until now, because no one else is making content which speaks to the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.
      “In terms of the polarizing nature of the show,” Barris tells The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, “I feel like the reason this show should get an Emmy – and I’ve never cared and I’ve never said this before about anything I’ve done – is because that is what art is.
      “There’s not another show right now that you can look back at, with what we’re going through (in the U.S.)… Black-ish never was awarded (an Emmy) because ‘the cool cable shows’ were taking it. This is the cool cable show!”.

      In #BlackAF, Kenya plays an exaggerated version of himself, alongside Rashida Jones as his wife, and he admits there is room for improvement in one area.
      “I’m a crappy actor,” he explains. “I got better, but I feel like some of that crappy acting actually helped the role. A true actor couldn’t have played that role. It would not have been the same show.”

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      Kenya Barris Responds to Colorism Backlash on '#BlackAF': I'm Trying to 'Duplicate' My Family

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      The 45-year-old also talks about his divorce from wife Dr. Raina ‘Rainbow’ Edwards-Barris during his appearance on T.I.’s podcast, saying how the divorce process is just ‘part of life.’
      May 2, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Kenya Barris is aware of criticism towards his new Netflix series “#BlackAF”. During his recent appearance on T.I.’s podcast “expediTIously”, the 45-year-old addressed the backlash which stemmed from most people thinking that the cast of the show is too light-skinned despite the title.
      “This is based on my family. She’s playing a version of my wife whose bi-racial. My wife is bi-racial, she’s playing a version of that character,” he said during the interview. “My kids, what Rashida and I could produce, looks like those kids, who are amazing. And so I feel like, you know I think the sometimes we just need to, like I talked about like informing ourselves more.”
      “I think everyone’s experience and opinion in terms of, you know colorism are real, and I understand that. But if you just dug a little bit under the surface, you would understand that this is based upon, biographical, this was based on my family, and I was trying to duplicate a version of what my family was,” he went on saying. “I think that would have calmed a lot of the natives, you know what I’m saying but at the same time, it’s important that it didn’t, cause’ it speaks to the ideas that there is so much colorsm in the world, and it shows important this is to people so I take the good with bad. The ignorance I have a little bit of a problem with. But I take opinions good with the bad, because if you listen to any of them you gotta listen to all of them.”
      He also talked about his ongoing divorce process with his wife Dr. Raina “Rainbow” Edwards-Barris, saying that “it is part of life.” Kenya shared, “If you look at sitcoms and our stories, we’re supposed to be okay. But 52% of marriages don’t work. And the notion of understanding–We didn’t know about therapy or really understand it. We didn’t know about really having the church or other married friends that would have given us the skeleton to make it in another sort of way.”
      Kenya also talked about how his divorce was announced on his birthday. “Somehow, some f***ed up way, it got announced on my birthday I didn’t file on my birthday but it got announced on my birthday. I don’t know that people care about me getting divorced. I’m not anybody, especially at that point. And all of a sudden it’s in the papers as I’m getting off the plane coming from Atlanta,” he explained.
      “I have my wife calling me. I have my daughter who’s a sophomore at USC calling me. I have my daughter, who’s a senior in high school, calling me because her friends are talking about it,” he said. “I’m just not used to…it’s a different world than I ever expected and I’m trying to experience it with the audience in real time. This is all happening to me as it’s happening on air.”

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