Dear White People’s going out with a musical? We don’t know how to feel about that but the show’s fans sure do. (Hint: they’re not happy).
After a two-year-wait, Netflix’s show Dear White People, which is a series adaption of the award-winning 2014 film, is releasing its fourth and final season. To get fans excited, the series dropped a 40-second teaser. But, it might have confused fans more than excited them. Because it turns out that the drama has decided, in its final season, to turn into a musical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwnuA5B_VXY&feature=emb_title
After the teaser dropped, the show’s fandom was split into two parties: fans who were excited to get their show back in any form and fans who aren’t happy about the musical aspect. But judging by the reactions on Twitter, most people were in the latter camp.
dear white people is a musical now… what pic.twitter.com/hJDR6MvsU2
— NoHoes Hank (Reloaded) (@leisurerules_) August 6, 2021
dear white people pitching season 4 to Netflix: It’s Glee meets systemic oppression https://t.co/k6FyeT8qLO
— and your point is… (@KrisBeKnowin) August 6, 2021
I didn’t wait all this time for Dear White People to come back just for them to turn it into High School Musical pic.twitter.com/3jDhkSsU9t
— ~ (@WhoCaresNotBre) August 6, 2021
but can the cast of dear white people si… pic.twitter.com/fqXqeUyUds
— paul (also ken) (@paulswhtn) August 6, 2021
waited years for the new dear white people season all for it to be a musical… pic.twitter.com/iC3Ua9S5o8
— jo (@savscenes) August 6, 2021
dear white people’s final season is a fucking musical https://t.co/kFl0YF9XHu
— paul (also ken) (@paulswhtn) August 6, 2021
lord now I'm finna have to work even harder as a dear white people stan….. its giving adventures of Sabrina all over again. when will I catch a BREAK??
— HOOD VOGUE is tired of poverty (@keyon) August 6, 2021
Netflix made Dear White People a musical for the last season pic.twitter.com/MGYYLTPm70
— THE VISUAL. 🎥 (@alexactivated) August 6, 2021
the dear white people team after realizing the old formula got stale as hell in season three https://t.co/wBLZiFaPOg
— paul (also ken) (@paulswhtn) August 6, 2021
https://twitter.com/clockoutwars/status/1423709918553681932?s=20
What’s next, Dear White People on Ice? https://t.co/OWFgxyWUjN
— Richard Nevels 🏁 (@Richie_l0c0) August 6, 2021
So Dear White People, a concept I’ve been following since the movie was being crowdfunded is delivering a musical for its final season and I cannot, for the life of me, understand why.
— charlamagay. (@byryansides) August 7, 2021
anywho dear white people season 1 and 2 is top tier television! pic.twitter.com/z5tSPbkJhn
— kon (@konshideout) August 6, 2021
What exactly will this musical season look like? Not much is known. But according to Deadline, this season is a musical event that’s inspired by Afro-futurism and the 90s. The season is “set against the backdrop of senior year at Winchester as well as a not-so-distant, post-pandemic future.” The final chapter will see main characters “looking back at the most formative (and theatrical) year of their lives.”
But we have to wonder where this season will take its queer characters Lionel Higgins, Kelsey Phillips, and Brooke Morgan. The show has done wonders to represent LGBTQ characters. Lionel, arguably a lead amongst the ensemble cast, was an aspiring journalist. But through his journey of self-discovery and sexual exploration, season three saw Lionel thriving as an anonymous erotic novelist.
Meanwhile, Kelsey Phillips, a character who was previously used for Hilary Banks-esque comedy, got her own storyline in season three. Phillips came out as a lesbian and started searching for a long-term relationship. As for media studies major Brooke Morgan, she wanted to explore her sexuality. That led to the two flirting it up… before meeting some obstacles (namely, their separate goals). Thankfully, the two had a mature conversation about their wants and needs. That gave us a healthy look at starting and ending queer relationships, something that’s still rarely seen in Black media.
With this in mind, we’ll give Dear White People the benefit of the doubt with this musical announcement. If nothing else, the show’s final season deserves our attempt and our trust. We just hope Lionel, Kelsey, and Brooke find happiness by the end. (And that the musical numbers don’t fall flat). We’ll find out how the show will go when Dear White People returns to Netflix on September 22.
Source: Deadline,
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That guy looks so uncomfortable holding that cigarette lol he clearly has never really been a smoker