With its delicate balance of growth and obstruction, octarell's DavidMakesMan is a snapshot of a reality many Black youths continue to wrestle with today
"I come from growers. I come from dirt. I come from water. I come from laughter. I come from runners."
These lines vividly depict the nuanced deliberation of growing up Black in America. They could have been spoken by a number of marginalized youths, but they’re recited by the fictional David, a 14-year-old from the projects of South Florida struggling to evolve in the aftermath of the death of his mentor. Such lyrical expressions shed a light of hope through the trauma inscreenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney and executive producers Oprah Winfrey and Michael B. Jordan.
“Black life along the margins is complicated and complex,” McCraney tells MTV News and other journalists at a press day for the new series. “We didn’t want to shy away from the complexity … We didn’t want to delve so far into one side of explaining the complexity that you didn’t see the joy, the music, the longing, the everyday — that was really important to me.
On the show, David, played by Akili McDowell, employs a similar metric using the spiritual guidance of his slain father-figure named Sky . Even after his death, Sky’s phantom counsel continues to instruct David on how to move through the conflicting cultural norms of his elite, mostly white magnet school and his less privileged life at home. On the one hand, David must exceed the expectations of his tough, but nurturing teacher Dr.
And yet, what could devolve into a bleak tale illuminates when viewers get a front-row seat inside the imagination of David as elements of magical realism bring his subconscious to life. During school-mandated counseling sessions, we see his dueling personalities sitting side-by-side as he begins to explore his insecurities. “I’m a little tired,” the real David says aloud when his counselor inquires about life at home, while his subconscious pours out emotionally.
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