P-Valley Season Finale Nqa Cov Txiv Neej Dub-Queer-Tswj Tus Txiv Neej Zaj Dab Neeg rau Hauv Hauv Ntej

Lil' Murda hais tias "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem hlub nws hauv qhov kaj," hais tias Lil' Murda thaum nws piav txog nws txoj kev hlub thiab kev poob rau nws tus qub hlub, Big Teak, thaum lub sijhawm kawg ntawm Starz's P-Valley Season Ob qhov kawg.

Nrog palpable chemistry emoting los ntawm lub vijtsam thiab tsis yog ib qho kev xav tsis nco qab, Lil 'Murda, ua si los ntawm J. Alphonse Nicholson, 32, siv sijhawm ntau ntawm qhov kawg ntu thiab lub caij thib ob ntawm kev caij tsheb kauj vab ntawm tus kheej nrhiav pom, tus kheej, thiab navigating dab tsi nws txhais tau tias hlub lwm tus neeg.

Txawm hais tias nws yog kev sib hlub hauv tsev loj cuj ntawm Lil Murda thiab Big Teak (ua si los ntawm John Clarence Stewart) uas tau tso cai nyob sab nraud, lossis ob lub caij sib hlub sib hlub ntawm Murda thiab tus thawj coj, Txiv Plig Clifford (ua si los ntawm Nicco Annan), P-Valley's Season Ob qhov kawg thiab Lil' Murda lub luag haujlwm hauv nws tau ci ntsa iab ntawm kev ua neej nyob ntawm ntau txhiab tus txiv neej Dub uas nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb uas muaj qhov tsis zoo thiab tsis zoo nkauj haum lossis lees txais kev siv feem ntau. LGBTQIA npe.

Thaum lub sijhawm tshiab rau TV cov ntxaij vab tshaus, Nicholson tsis yog qhov tshwj xeeb rau kev sib tshuam ntawm dope hip-hop thiab kev ua yeeb yam zoo coj los rau lub caij thib ob ntawm Mississippi-based yeeb yam. Nrog kev npau suav los ua tus kws qhia suab paj nruag hauv tsev kawm theem siab, Nicholson txoj kev mus rau lub nroog cuav ntawm Chucalissa, MS, pib hauv tsev kawm qib siab, qhov chaw nws tau kawm hauv kev ua yeeb yam thiab ua yeeb yam.

Tau txais koob hmoov los ntawm txoj cai ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm qee qhov zoo tshaj plaws thiab nrog cov thawj coj thiab cov neeg ua yeeb yam tshaj lij hauv New York City thiab nws lub xeev North Carolina, Nicholson txoj kev mus ua si Lil' Murda coj nws los ntawm txoj kev ntaus nruas hauv Manhattan kom xaus. ntsib rau lub sijhawm ntsib nrog P-Valley tus tsim thiab tus thawj coj tsim khoom Katori Hall thaum nws tawm tsam Blue hauv Signature Theatre's Paradise Blue.

"Raws li ib tug neeg ua yeeb yam, koj xav qhia ntau yam. Thiab kuv tab tom nrhiav ib yam dab tsi uas yuav tawm tsam kuv, "hais tias Nicholson, kawm tiav ntawm North Carolina Central University. "Lub luag haujlwm ntawm Lil' Murda muab sijhawm rau kuv los ua phooj ywg rau lub zej zog uas kuv paub tias kuv muaj cov neeg hlub nyob hauv."

Ua si kev hwm rau Hollywood forerunners xws li Pose on FX thiab Moonlight, Nicholson credited Hall, ib tug puav pheej-winning playwright, nrog rau kev tsim ib tug siab tawv tsis tau raw portrayal ntawm Dub queer kev hlub, kev sib raug zoo, kev sib deev intimacy, thiab kev zoo nkauj thiab mob nyob rau hauv. DaShawn Usher, tus thawj coj ntawm Lub Zej Zog ntawm Xim thiab Media rau GLAAD, tau hais txog qhov kev xav no.

Usher tau hais tias "Kev sib tshuam ntawm Dubness thiab queerness tuaj yeem nyuaj, nyuaj, thiab ua kev zoo siab, thiab peb tsim nyog pom cov cim no hauv TV thiab hauv zaj duab xis," Usher hais. "Cov kev sib tham kab lis kev cai uas tau ua rau muaj kev tawm tsam rau txiv neej, kev cia siab, thiab kev xav hauv zej zog Dub, ob qho tib si ncaj thiab gay, txuas ntxiv ua pov thawj vim li cas cov yeeb yam zoo li P-Valley yuav tsum muaj los qhia cov dab neeg tseem ceeb no."

Pose rau FX hnub qub thiab suab paj nruag artist Dyllón Burnside echoed qhov kev xav.

"Qhov peb paub tias muaj tseeb yog tias cov txiv neej zoo li Lil Murda thiab Loj Teak muaj nyob hauv Chucalissa lub ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab thaum lawv cov dab neeg tsis txawv txav, pom lawv ntawm qhov screen yog," Burnside hais. "Cov no tsis yog cov lus piav qhia ntawm cov txiv neej queer, thiab lawv tsis yog nyob rau hauv cov xwm txheej peb feem ntau pom cov txiv neej Dub queer uas muaj nyob hauv Hollywood."

Lil 'Murda tus cwj pwm thiab nws txoj kev loj hlob nyob rau lub caij thib ob ntawm P-Valley tau ci ntsa iab rau tag nrho cov txiv neej Dub queer uas tseem nyob thiab nyob sab nraum saib ntawm Hollywood cov kws sau ntawv cov chav lossis cov xov xwm tseem ceeb. Thiab thaum ib txwm muaj nyob hauv zej zog Dub, Nicholson ntseeg Lil Murda qhov kev caw tus cwj pwm ntawm P-Valley rau hauv nws txoj kev sib deev thiab kev hlub rau txiv ntxawm Clifford yog ib qho dej ntws tawm rau TV, daim iav rau cov neeg Dub, thiab cov lus ntawm kev cia siab rau txhua tus. "Lil' Murdas" sim ua kom nws ua haujlwm.

“Kuv paub tus txiv neej no. Kuv loj hlob nrog 'Lil Murdas,' hais tias Nicholson, leej txiv ntawm ob tug. “Kuv nkag siab qhov mob ntawm lawv qhov muag vim lawv tsis tuaj yeem ua lawv tus kheej. Tsis yog vim lawv tsis xav kom neeg paub, nws tsuas yog lawv tsis tuaj yeem hais tias 'Kuv yog gay' yam tsis xav tias lawv lub neej muaj kev phom sij. "

Nyob rau hauv lub caij ob, Lil 'Murda tackles feem ntau unacknowledged yaam puab paub ntawm incarceration thiab reentry, nrhiav kom tau tus kheej, thiab lub siab tawv kom cia koj tus kheej muaj kev xyiv fab nyob rau hauv tib-poj niam txiv-kev hlub. Nws kuj tseem qhia txog kev phom sij uas tuaj nrog ua ib tug txiv neej Dub hauv Asmeskas.

Zaj dab neeg no tau tawm tsam cov kev cai hauv TV niaj hnub no thiab muab chaw rau kev sib tham tshiab. Yog vim li cas National Black Justice Coalition tus thawj coj thiab Black LGBTQIA kws tshawb fawb Dr. David Johns tau hais tias nws tsim nyog nws cov paj.

"Feem ntau ntawm Dub trans, queer, thiab cov neeg tsis yog binary nyob rau sab qab teb. Peb tau koom nrog ntau qhov chaw uas peb tsev neeg tau ua haujlwm thiab hlub thiab ua rau peb lub neej nyob hauv lub tebchaws no peb tau tsim dawb, mus ib txhis, Johns hais. "Vim li no, nws tseem ceeb heev uas lub ntiaj teb tau ntsib Lil 'Murda qhov kev nthuav qhia zoo nkauj ntawm tus txiv neej, Dub txiv neej."

Johns hais ntxiv, "Lil' Murda yog khoom plig rau ib kab lis kev cai ntawm cov neeg uas hnov ​​​​zoo, hlub mob siab rau, thiab tsim nyog rau txhua feem ntawm peb txhua tus kom muaj kev ywj pheej-tag nrho."

Jayce Baron, tus tsim tawm, sau ntawv, thiab tus neeg tawm suab rau LGBT millennials, pom zoo.

"Kuv nyiam txoj hauv kev uas P-Valley tau ua thaum nws los txog rau Dub queer thiab cov neeg sawv cev tsis sib haum xeeb thiab cov khoom hauv zej zog cuam tshuam nrog thaum nws los txog rau kev ua neej nyob hauv zej zog uas feem ntau tsis txhawb zej zog," Baron, thawj coj. Tus thawj coj ntawm Beyond Ed Buck, ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab uas siv qhov tob tob rau hauv West Hollywood tshuaj yeeb yaj kiab.

"Los ntawm kev taug kev ntshai, kev raug mob thaum yau, ua raws li koj txoj kev npau suav hauv kev lag luam uas yuav tsis lees txais, kom tsis txhob daws qhov tsawg dua qhov koj tsim nyog vim tias lwm lub ntiaj teb nyob tom qab, cov neeg tsim khoom tau npog ntau hauv av," Baron ntxiv.

Thaum thawj feeb ntawm lub caij kawg, raws li Lil 'Murda ntsia mus rau hauv daim iav tawg ntawm Pynk, lub strip club uas yog thawj qhov chaw rau P-Valley, ua ntej nws "Seven Pounds of Pressure", ntau lub ntsej muag ntawm nws tus kheej glaring. rov qab yog lub sijhawm uas Nicholson piav qhia tias muaj tseeb thiab hloov pauv.

Nicholson tau hais tias "Kuv tau kawm ntau yam los ntawm tus kwv tij no." "Thiab thaum kawg, peb kawm raws nraim li daim iav uas nws xav tau los ntsia."

Lub caij 2 piav qhia ntau yam txog Lil Murda txoj kev taug kev mus rau cov menyuam yaus, suav nrog nws txoj kev sib raug zoo mus sij hawm ntev nrog lub zej zog Black queer thiab nws yav dhau los ua ib tug hluas nkauj ua haujlwm. Nicholson ntseeg hais tias Lil 'Murda tab tom nrhiav nws tus kheej thiab kawm yuav ua li cas cia LaMarcus-tus cwj pwm lub npe tiag tiag-tsis txhob sim tsis quav ntsej txog kev qias neeg uas lub ntiaj teb ua rau nws, tag nrho thaum tswj hwm tib yam los ntawm kab.

Nws hais tias "Lil' Murda, Big Murda, thiab LaMarcus yog ib tus neeg uas nkag mus rau hauv lub hnab, tau txais cov nyiaj no, saib xyuas nws tsev neeg, tau tawm ntawm Chucalissa, thiab nws nyob ntawm nws lub ntsej muag," nws hais. "Thiab thaum kawg, nws loj hlob mus hlub nws yog leej twg."

Nicholson piav qhia txog kev ua si Lil 'Murda thiab taug kev qhov nyuaj ntawm tus cwj pwm ntawm tib neeg raws li txoj cai thiab kawm tiav qib siab hauv TV ua yeeb yam. Raws li cov neeg tuaj saib hla lawv cov ntiv tes rau Starz tshaj tawm lub caij thib peb ntawm P-Valley, Nicholson muaj ob txoj haujlwm tshiab ntawm lub qab ntug: Netflix's Lawv Cloned Tyrone thiab Disney's White Men Can't Dhia.

Raws li ib tug txiv neej paub tsis meej thiab tsis pom zoo, Lil 'Murda tau txhawb nqa zaj dab neeg ntawm Dub queer-tus txiv neej nyiam thiab kev sib tw sib tw uas yog lub hauv paus ntawm lawv tus kheej.

Nrog homophobia thiab tsis muaj kev nkag mus rau kev kho mob hlwb tseem muaj sia nyob thiab zoo, Lil 'Murda tus cwj pwm, Katori Hall's creation, thiab Nicholson qhov kev ua tau zoo ntawm kev sib tw tuaj yeem yog qhov sib txawv.