#blackAF

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 17, 2020
User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 10 out of 24
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  1. onurcan
    Apr 23, 2020
    1
    Some video clips of a man being a bad, rude and dumb parent but absolutely not in a funny way, and some other people moving their limbs around and talking cringe. All the modern elements like vertical videos, Instagram posts and stuff about technology are so unnatural. There is no link between the stuff we see in the chaotic first 90% of an episode and the very allegedly-wholesome lastSome video clips of a man being a bad, rude and dumb parent but absolutely not in a funny way, and some other people moving their limbs around and talking cringe. All the modern elements like vertical videos, Instagram posts and stuff about technology are so unnatural. There is no link between the stuff we see in the chaotic first 90% of an episode and the very allegedly-wholesome last 10%. Even the names of episodes are trying to hide under the racial inequality which felt like the only spot left to hide for such a terrible work, believeing (rightously) hopefully that the racial inequality is a fact that shouldn't be questioned (again, rightously, don't get me wrong).

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  2. tropicAces
    Apr 30, 2020
    5
    I love Black-ish and Girls Trip and enjoy Grown-ish. This is first thing Kenya Barris has done that I’m not a big fan of. It’s got its moments, but there’s a lot of awkward preachy or poorly edited sequences.
  3. teawls
    Apr 17, 2020
    3
    Who gives a sh*t about rich people at this time in our history? It's basically trying to be a "blac" (whatever that means) version of modern family. Not funny unless you are in the 1%.
  4. ZONEWULF
    Apr 18, 2020
    2
    Yeah this show isn’t it man and even the title isn’t fitting. The story is just weird and is basically bright people trying to prove their blackness in various ways, but doesn’t have a audience. Plus for a show to be called Black*F, their is no brown nor dark skins smh. Just another Blackish, smh
  5. Moose41598
    Apr 19, 2020
    9
    I guess I am in the minority here. My wife and I really enjoyed this. Its quick witted, funny. For a first season I thought it was great.
  6. Dwayne971
    Apr 20, 2020
    10
    First 2 episodes are really exhausting and bad. But after you go whith meta flow of the show you find a really good reflexion on Hollywood blackness and the concept lead to a lot of funny situation. Episode 5 really hit me. Blackish is way better but i really like the show.

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#83 Most Discussed TV Season of 2020

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Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 4 out of 18
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Doreen St. Félix
    Apr 27, 2020
    40
    “#blackAF” is a messy show about the mess of making television. ... The other seven episodes blur into one another, lacking story or situation. I couldn’t get enough of Jones as a loving, self-absorbed, rich-bitch mom, and I will never complain about a Nia Long cameo, especially one in which she’s playing a hustler publicist. But “#blackAF” desperately needs fewer riffs and an expanded character universe to leaven its atmosphere of crushing self-indulgence.
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  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Apr 17, 2020
    80
    It may seem like black-ish with f-bombs, but #blackAF is still a funny, meta introduction to what Barris will be able to do with the creative freedoms Netflix brings.
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  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Apr 17, 2020
    50
    You're either completely in on the joke, or have at least accepted its shortcomings enough to enjoy the lines that Barris has written at his own expense. But if you don't quite make it there, never mind. Barris is committing enough self-flagellation for the entire culture by way of an upscale reprise of past TV acts, and we are under no obligation because of anything to bear witness.
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