“I think that when you give people the opportunity and the liberty to just be, you see the authenticity and the real of that specific people group,” Orji says. Because you can’t have sister-friend time without factoring in Ethiopian food. Once the storefront of the Ethiopian restaurant flashed before my eyes as the spot Molly took Issa to celebrate her birthday, I grinned and chuckled on the inside. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for HBO.īlackness + Black Girl Magic Aren't a Monolith We’re regular, we struggle, we just-be.įrom left to right: Jay Ellis, Prentice Penny, Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, and Melina Matsoukas having a laught at HBO's 'Insecure' Block Party.
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“We're not all amazing every single minute of every single hour.”Īfter watching the first episode, Rae, alongside her team of writers and cast members, were able to depict exactly what I believe they intended-to contribute to the discourse of TV and entertainment that black folk are not as utopian as assumed. “I think it's really important and interesting that we get to show the realism and duality of people's lives,” she adds. “She's lovable, but she's failing miserably at love, and can't seem to figure out that she might be the issue.”įor Orji, each insecurity in the characters of Insecure shows how we tend to compartmentalize them-we can be great in one aspect of our lives, yet things may not be so hot in other aspects. “White people love Molly, black people love Molly” Orji says about her character. Molly, a corporate attorney who fronts like she has everything together professionally, struggles as she looks for external ways to fix her life. As they ride the struggle bus together, they navigate the intricate, complex and diverse black female experience.
Orji stars alongside Rae’s “Issa” character as her best-friend, "Molly"-two women who don’t live up to the ‘strong black woman’ trope.
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