Revenge of the Black Best Friend

Overview

Revenge of the Black Best Friend is a six episode satirical comedy series that follows Dr. Toni Shakur. Whether it is through her award-winning daytime talk show or her best-selling books, her sold out retreats or her keynote speeches she has a consistent message for the film and television industry: the time for creating one-dimensional, stereotyped Black characters has come and gone. According to Toni, Black actors are no longer available to provide your comic relief, deliver cool points to your bland lead, or check off diversity boxes for your performative quotas.

But we all know what happens when someone turns a social justice issue into a pedestal. When you’ve been sitting long enough on that high horse, there’s only one direction to go: down. In Revenge of the Black Best Friend, we consider the question: what happens when your social justice mission becomes your (very profitable) brand?