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Katori Hall
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Muva of: @pvalleystarz, @tinabroadway, @tinathemusical, The Mountaintop, Hurt Village, Our Lady of Kibeho and more!
Aug 15, 2022 • 86 tweets • 32 min read
A THREAD #PValley SEASON FINALE: Tonight’s episode “Mississippi Rule” was written and directed by yuh guh @katorihall, cinematography by Rodney Taylor ASC. Endings and beginnings abound in Chucalissa. In this last breakdown, I’ll kiki about both writing and directing. Enjoy! Murda’s new track underscores the finale opener, a surreal slo-mo moment more at home in music video land than in drama. Embedded in LaKieshaAutumnHaileyNightColtonSavage’s POV, we see her enjoying the drama she’s caused between Andre and his wife Britney.
Jul 2, 2022 • 22 tweets • 11 min read
A THREAD: #PVALLEY “ACCENTS” - The “slanguage” of the show continues to irk many of the #PynkPosse esp from Da Sip calling it “too country” or “slave talk.” I think we should kiki as I know fa’ sho’ we don’t speak like slaves👇🏿, but the descendants of them ACCENT is the pronunciation of words. For example, Southerners often sound like they are sayin PIN when they are saying PEN. Memphis —> Mimphis. It can include cadence as well.
Jul 2, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
In #PValley John Clarence Stewart @stewart_iii stunningly portrays the despair so many of us have felt in regards to the worth of black lives in today’s America. @pvalleywriters found it necessary to have Big Teak articulate this rage and frustration of a people. After this purge of emotion, Lil’ Murda reaches out towards his former lover Big Teak as the world seemingly burns down around them. By design, the love scene between Lil’ Murda and Big Teak centers on INTIMACY rather than SEX. #PValley
Jul 2, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Gidget driving a group of black folx in a golden hearse is heavy with symbolism. Whiteness has been taking black bodies to an early grave ever since we stepped on American soil in 1619. @pvalleywriters initially had Teak as the driver, but felt this choice spoke volumes #PValley Gidget playing “Killer” in the midst of another police killing of a black man drives home the horror. Not too long ago a black man could be lynched for just looking at a white woman, but in our alt reality of 2020 Gidget’s winking at Lil’ Murda in jest is an unsettling…
Jun 18, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
A THREAD: #HOODOO - One of the most shocking moments in #PValley has been the realization that Diamond is a rootworker. His removal of trauma from Mercedes’ right shoulder in 202 “7lbs of pressure” has caused quite the stir — but there have been signs from jump. In 103 Diamond grandaddy’s old-school remedy of crushed pepper and alcohol to take out muscle soreness is straight from Zora Neale Hurston’s seminal work Mules and Men. #PValley #hoodoo