Both of my parents were lovers of the arts, from the symphony to the cinema, from backyard talent shows to Broadway. Our family is filled with people with artists’ souls. I think often of my mother’s brother James Browne who worked as a custodian by day and sang with the North Jersey Philharmonic Glee Club for more than five decades, wowing audiences with his rich baritone. Then there are the dancers, actors, jewelry designers in the Ray, Rucker, Williams, Brooks, Alladice clan that just keep coming.
Tonight at 8 p.m., Zuri Adele will make her major TV debut in Good Trouble on the Freeform network. She plays Malika, an activist who is going to stir up trouble in the best sense.
The show’s title is inspired by Rep. John Lewis who has said: “I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.”
As with The Fosters, of which Good Trouble is a spinoff, the show will deal with issues that we have been confronting since before the 60s — racial justice, police brutality, immigration, women’s rights and LGBTQ issues. The characters in the show have their own contemporary approaches to fighting injustice, using tools that were not available in the 60s, such as crowd sourcing and social media.
They also get into other kinds of trouble as well. And that’s real.
The first episode dropped on Hulu and Xfinity last week and will air on Tuesdays on Freeform at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time. (Check your local listings.)
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Such good news!!! Congratulations. I will check it out. Love, Yvonne
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