#Black ish season 2 episode 11 cast full#

Then Dre stumbles upon a heartbreaking scene in which his young son makes fun of his twin sister by trying to вЂњpour some Uvo on itвЂќ to make her go away. First, Bow shows the ad to the familyвЂ™s racist white neighbor, who finds it hilarious. So, the few shows that do exist, unfortunately, have the burden of representing an entire race for the majority.Д®ventually, Dre sees the error of his ad firsthand. There are fewer shows that focus on the diversity and complexity of our culture. There are fewer of us on mainstream television. Like the show says, black people have a different burden. Club recap of this episode, these points are ones Black-ish itself knows well: And as Ashley Ray-Harris points out in her A.V. What follows is a pretty interesting conversation about how black professionals donвЂ™t have the same room to experiment and mess up like their white counterparts do, and the infuriating expectation that anyone whoвЂ™s not white can - or should - speak on behalf of their entire race.

вЂњAs a black man in advertising, you have a different burden,вЂќ she tells her husband.

He insists heвЂ™s an artist, as Bow, rolling her eyes, notes that вЂњyou had a man pour champagne down his crotch.вЂќ He says that if his white guy co-worker were to make the same ad with Justin Bieber, heвЂ™d win вЂњall kinds of awardsвЂќ for his troubles - a point Bow concedes before delivering a hard truth. When Dre shows the ad to his family, his kids think itвЂ™s great, but his wife Bow ( Tracee Ellis Ross) and mother Ruby ( Jenifer Lewis) are horrified: Did he and the other giggling men who worked on it really not notice that they had Youngsta pour Uvo on an annoyed black woman and turn her into a smiling white one? Did it not occur to them that the ad might be a huge insult to black women watching it? To say nothing of the fact that, well, itвЂ™s just kinda dumb.Дre is immediately defensive. The ad sees Youngsta pouring the champagne all over anything he thinks needs an upgrade. (And it will immediately get stuck in your head, so fair warning if you decide to watch the video.) ABC While creating a commercial for Uvo champagne, Dre and rapper Youngsta (Brown) coin a singsong phrase, вЂњPut some Uvo on it!вЂќ thatвЂ™s supposed to demonstrate UvoвЂ™s ability to instantly improve any celebration. In вЂњRichard Youngsta,вЂќ Dre tries to do what he does best - and falls flat on his face. HeвЂ™s passionate, but sometimes hyperbolic in the pursuit of making a point.

#Black ish season 2 episode 11 cast full#

HeвЂ™s full of himself, but good at his job.

Since the beginning of Black - ish, Dre has prided himself on being a strong black voice who will tell it like it is to anyone, from his family members to the clueless white co-workers grinning at him from across the conference table. Chris BrownвЂ™s role in вЂњRichard YoungstaвЂќ is especially frustrating because the episode tries to make important points about black representation in pop culture Casting Brown as the linchpin of an episode all about double standards and oblivious men doing wrong by black women is astonishingly tone-deaf - and a major misstep from a show that usually makes a point of knowing better. It is, to say the least, a confusing choice on Black-ishвЂ™s part.Д¬asting Brown - a man with a long record of abusive behavior - in the part of a cool famous guy whom everyone spends the whole episode trying to impress would be questionable enough on its own. This commercial Dre creates also stars a potentially controversial rapper - who, as it happens, is played by real-life controversial rapper Chris Brown. Those themes all come to a head when family man/advertising exec Dre ( Anthony Anderson) tries to launch a campaign for a champagne brand that features an irritated black woman turning into a happy-go-lucky white woman. This week, Black-ish tackled some of the themes it tackles best: the importance of seeing yourself represented in popular culture, the double-edged sword of having to be a so-called вЂњmodel minority,вЂќ and the complex web of expectations that comes with being anything other than white. The episode of the week for March 26 through April 1 is вЂњRichard Youngsta,вЂќ the 19th episode of the third season of ABCвЂ™s Black-ish. Every Sunday, we pick a new episode of the week.