Dear White People
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dear White People |
| Original title | Dear White People |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2017 |
| Production company |
Sister Lee Productions Culture Machine Code Red Homegrown Pictures Roadside Attractions Lionsgate Television |
| length | 21-36 minutes |
| Episodes | 30+ in 3+ seasons |
| genre |
Dramedy satire |
| idea | Justin Simien |
| production | Justin Simien Yvette Lee Bowser Stephanie Allain Julia Lebedev |
| music | Kris Bowers |
| First broadcast | April 28, 2017 on Netflix |
First publication in German |
April 28, 2017 on Netflix |
| occupation | |
Dear White People (English for "love white fellow man") is an American television series of streaming -Anbieters Netflix . It is based on the 2014 film of the same name. Justin Simien, the film's director and screenwriter, created the series and also wrote the scripts for six episodes and directed seven episodes. The name Dear White People is derived from the author's satirical Twitter account, on which he deals with racism in his home country . Within the series Dear White People is the title of a radio show by the Afro-American student Sam White (later by Joëlle Brooks), in which she addresses white students and educates them about their racism.
The first season, which was seen from April 28, 2017, consists of ten episodes. On June 30, 2017, Netflix extended the series by another season, which has been on the streaming platform since May 4, 2018. In June 2018, Netflix ordered a third season, which has been available since August 2, 2019. On October 2, 2019, Netflix commissioned a fourth season, which will also be the last of the series.
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The series focuses on a group of African American students from the fictional Winchester University , which is part of the Ivy League . With the exception of one season, each episode focuses on a particular student and his (school) everyday life.
Cast and dubbing
The first two seasons were set to music by TV + Synchron , the third by Berliner Synchron . Kaze Uzumaki wrote the dialogue books for the first season, Christian Zeiger has been directing dialogue since the first season and has also been writing the dubbing books since the second season, from the third season together with Birte Baumgardt .
The actors Brandon P. Bell, Marque Richardson, Ashley Blaine Featherson, Nia Jervier, Courtney Sauls, Jemar Michael and Brandon Alter play the same roles in the series as in the film of the same name. Tessa Thompson and Tyler James Williams , who play supporting roles in the series, played Samantha White and Lionel Higgins in the film, respectively. Lena Waithe , also a supporting actress, was a producer on the film.
Main cast
| role | actor | Main role | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samantha "Sam" White | Logan Browning | 1.01– | Magdalena Turba |
| Troy Fairbanks | Brandon P. Bell | 1.01– | Tim Knauer |
| Lionel Higgins | DeRon Horton | 1.01– | David Turba |
| Colandrea "Coco" Conners | Antoinette Robertson | 1.01– |
Yvonne Greitzke (Season 1)
Sonja Spuhl (since season 2) |
| Gabe Mitchell | John Patrick Amedori | 1.01– | Julien Haggège |
| Reggie Green | Marque Richardson | 1.01– | Roman Wolko |
| Joelle Brooks | Ashley Blaine Featherson | 1.01– |
Julia Meynen (Season 1)
Bianca Krahl (since season 2) |
| Dr. Edward Ruskins / Narrator | Giancarlo Esposito | 1.01– | Ingo Albrecht |
Supporting cast
Episode list
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | Director | script | Main character |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Chapter I. | Chapter I. | Justin Simien | Justin Simien | Samantha |
| Samantha White hosts the eponymous radio show "Dear White People" at the university. When she reported on racist incidents on campus in this, the satirical newspaper "Pastiche" organized a blackface party. The student also has to struggle with private problems, as her white friend Gabe announces their relationship on Instagram , which is very uncomfortable for her. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | Chapter II | Chapter II | Justin Simien | Justin Simien | Lionel |
| Lionel Higgins publishes an article about the racist celebration in the campus newspaper "The Winchester Independent". As a result, the student, who is actually known as a shy nerd , enjoys a high reputation among his African-American classmates. With the help of editor-in-chief Silvio, he finds out that Samantha sent out invitations to the blackface party herself, but does not reveal them. On her next show, Lionel comes out and announces that he is in love with his classmate Troy Fairbanks. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | Chapter III | Chapter III | Tina Mabry | Chuck Hayward | Troy |
| Troy Fairbanks, the dean's son and chairman of a black fraternity, put an end to the blackface celebration by alerting campus security, adding to its already huge popularity. Kurt, the head of Pastiche, asks Troy for help as he wants to restore his reputation. Troy refuses. Shortly thereafter, he was elected student representative. At the end of the episode, his friend Thane, captain of the football team, is found dead. It also turns out that Troy and Neika, a lecturer , are having an affair and were filmed by Kurt during one of their meetings. | ||||||
| 4th | 4th | Chapter IV | Chapter IV | Tina Mabry | Njeri Brown | Coco |
| As a result, Cocos is treated past you and Samantha, the then best friends were wanted because of the nationwide racism of a black fraternity to join. One day the two of them have an argument. As a result, Coco leaves the connection and ends the friendship with Samantha. After years as an outsider, she begins a relationship with the popular Troy in the present and rejects an offer of reconciliation from Samanthas. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | Chapter V | Chapter V | Barry Jenkins | Chuck Hayward & Jack Moore | Reggie |
| Reggie, a highly intelligent student, goes to several parties with friends. At a campus party, one of Reggie's white friends uses the word nigger , which Reggie doesn't approve of. A discussion arises among party-goers about the use of the term. After a few minutes, the campus police called to arrive. Reggie is threatened with a gun by this because he pushed his friend. The party breaks up and Reggie doesn't show up in class the next day. | ||||||
| 6th | 6th | Chapter VI | Chapter VI | Steven Tsuchida | Leann Bowen | Samantha |
| The fraternity plans to demonstrate at the next assembly based on what happened at the party. Samantha goes looking for Reggie and finds him in the university coffeehouse . He recites a poem he wrote about what happened last night. Samantha is deeply moved by this lecture and starts talking to her fellow student. Both of them go to Reggie's room at the end of the episode. | ||||||
| 7th | 7th | Chapter VII | Chapter VII | Nisha Ganatra | Jack Moore | Gift |
| Gabe fears that Samantha and Reggie may have an affair. He confides in his classmate Joelle, who is in love with Reggie, that it was he who called security at the campus party. He confesses his love for Samantha, but when an article by Lionel makes his call to the police public, she doesn't want to know anything about him. Troy is planning another demonstration, this time at City Hall . | ||||||
| 8th | 8th | Chapter VIII | Chapter VIII | Charlie McDowell | Nastaran Dibai | Lionel |
| Lionel spends the day with Troy as he wants to write an article about him and gets him a clean urine sample so he doesn't get arrested for drug possession. The kiss with Troy hoped for by Lionel does not happen. When Lionel discovers that Kurt has published a racist article about Samantha and the fraternity, he writes his article about Troy claiming that Troy cannot solve the racial issue. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | Chapter IX | Chapter IX | Nisha Ganatra | Chuck Hayward & Jack Moore | Coco |
| Coco is invited to a fundraiser by Troy . For the first time in a long time, she shows her natural hair for which she was ashamed. She breaks up with Troy and tells him that she knew about his affair with the lecturer. Coco asks Samantha not to carry out the planned protest, which she refuses. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | Chapter X | Chapter X | Justin Simien | Justin Simien | no |
| On the day of the protest, Gabe breaks up with Samantha because of her affair with Reggie. This in turn begins a relationship with Joelle. In the town hall, Troy is locked out by Coco. Lionel sends a text message to everyone in the protest saying that the Hancocks, the school's main donors, supported racism at the university and in the city council. During the ensuing commotion, Troy breaks the glass of the front door and enters the town hall. He is surrounded by security forces and then arrested. The participants of the protest then go back to the university. Lionel and Silvio kiss there, and Samantha reconciles with Coco. | ||||||
| On April 28, 2017, all episodes of the season were released simultaneously on Netflix. | ||||||
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | Director | script | Main character |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | Chapter I. | Chapter I. | Justin Simien | Justin Simien | Samantha |
| 12 | 2 | Chapter II | Chapter II | Kevin Bray | Chuck Hayward | Reggie |
| 13 | 3 | Chapter III | Chapter III | Charlie McDowell | Justin Simien | Lionel |
| 14th | 4th | Chapter IV | Chapter IV | Kimberly Peirce | Njeri Brown | Coco |
| Coco finds out that she is pregnant . She goes to an abortion clinic , but leaves it again after a very short time. Although it was her big dream to study despite her difficult past (she grew up in poverty and a loveless home), Coco breaks off her studies and gives birth to a girl who she names Penelope. The child's father is Troy, whom Coco broke up with last season. Despite their daughter, he does not return to Coco, but stays with his wife. As a teenager, Penelope goes to Winchester College, which her mother left because of her pregnancy.
Suddenly Coco's name is called, she stayed in the abortion clinic, the events that followed were just a daydream . Coco eventually decides to have an abortion. |
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| 15th | 5 | Chapter V | Chapter V | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Leann Bowen | Joelle |
| 16 | 6th | Chapter VI | Chapter VI | Justin Simien | Jack Moore & Chuck Hayward | Lionel |
| 17th | 7th | Chapter VII | Chapter VII | Steven Tschuida | Yvette Lee Bowser & Nastaran Dibai | Troy |
| 18th | 8th | Chapter VIII | Chapter VIII | Justin Simien | Jack Moore | Gift |
| 19th | 9 | Chapter IX | Chapter IX | Janicza Bravo | Nastaran Dibai & Yvette Lee Bowser | Samantha |
| 20th | 10 | Chapter X | Chapter X | Justin Simien | Njeri Brown & Justin Simien | no |
| On May 4, 2018, all episodes of the season were released simultaneously on Netflix. | ||||||
season 3
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | Director | script | Main character |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st | 1 | Chapter I. | Chapter I. | Justin Simien | Jack Moore | Al |
| 22nd | 2 | Chapter II | Chapter II | Marta Cunningham | Leann Bowen | Joelle |
| 23 | 3 | Chapter III | Chapter III | Kimberly Peirce | Justin Simien | Samantha |
| 24 | 4th | Chapter IV | Chapter IV | Justin Tipping | Chuck Hayward | Troy |
| 25th | 5 | Chapter V | Chapter V | Cheryl Dunye | Nastaran Dibai | Coco |
| 26th | 6th | Chapter VI | Chapter VI | Steven Tsuchida | Chuck Hayward & Jack Moore | Gift |
| 27 | 7th | Chapter VII | Chapter VII | Tiffany Johnson | Leann Bowen & Steven J. Kung | Lionel |
| 28 | 8th | Chapter VIII | Chapter VIII | Sam Bailey | Njeri Brown | Brooke |
| 29 | 9 | Chapter IX | Chapter IX | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Njeri Brown & Nastaran Dibai | no |
| 30th | 10 | Chapter X | Chapter X | Justin Simien | Justin Simien | Reggie |
| On August 2, 2019, all episodes of the season were released simultaneously on Netflix. | ||||||
reception
In the Internet Movie Database, the series received a rating of 6.3 out of ten stars based on 19,117 votes. On Rotten Tomatoes , the first season received a rating of 98 percent from critics and 64 percent from viewers. The second season achieved a critic rating of 100 percent and an audience rating of 59 percent. The third season achieved a critic rating of 86 percent, with viewers a value of 53 percent. The overall rating of the series at Metacritic was 84 out of 100 points (as of August 8, 2019).
The Guardian's Lanre Bakare praised the series for its bite and depth, describing it as "astute satire". He rated it four out of five stars.
James Poniewozik of The New York Times praised the well-written characters and compelling performers, as well as the strong, consistent power of the episodes.
The series was described by some Twitter users as "racist towards whites", on YouTube the first trailer had 22,000 likes compared to 54,000 dislikes. The show's creator, Justin Simien, claimed that these statements prove that black artists had to justify themselves in ways that whites aren't required to. However, Simien also said that she was happy about the controversy as it would get more attention and confirm her point of view. The leading actress Logan Browning responded to statements by Twitter users that many television critics who rated the series positively were also white.
Dear White People was nominated for a 2017 Gotham Award in the Breakthrough Series - Long Form category.
Web links
- Dear White People in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dear White People at Netflix
- Dear White People at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dear White People (@DearWhitePeople) | Twitter. Retrieved May 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Joe Otterson: 'Dear White People' Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix. In: Variety . June 30, 2017, accessed July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Arthur A .: "Dear White People": Netflix approves 3rd season. In: Filmfutter.com. June 26, 2018, accessed June 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Michael O'Connell: 'Dear White People' Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix. In: The Hollywood Reporter . June 21, 2018, accessed August 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Michael Ausiello: Dear White People Renewed for Fourth and Final Season at Netflix. In: TV Line. October 2, 2019, accessed October 3, 2019 .
- ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Series | Dear White People. Retrieved March 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Dear White People: Season 1. In: Rotten Tomatoes . Accessed July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Dear White People: Season 2. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Dear White People: Season 3. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed August 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Dear White People (2017). In: Metacritic . Retrieved July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Lanre Bakare: Dear White People review - race relations go back to school in still-searing satire. In: The Guardian . April 28, 2017, accessed March 14, 2018 .
- ↑ James Poniewozik: Dear White People Review. In: The New York Times . April 27, 2018, accessed July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Dear White People trailer accused of, erm, racism - BBC Newsbeat. In: BBC Newsbeat. September 2, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2018 (UK English).
- ↑ Netflix: Dear White People | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix. In: YouTube . April 13, 2017, accessed May 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Eliana Dockterman: Dear White People Creator on 'Navigating Other People's Guilt'. In: Time . April 28, 2017, accessed May 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Stacy Lambe: EXCLUSIVE: 'Dear White People' Creator Justin Simien Responds to Netflix Boycott. In: Entertainment Tonight. February 9, 2017, accessed August 8, 2019 .
- ^ Cavan Sieczkowski: Dear White People 'Cast Take On Trolls Calling For Netflix Boycott. In: Huffington Post . February 9, 2017, accessed August 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Gordon Cox: 'Get Out' Leads 2017 Gotham Awards Nominations. In: Variety. October 19, 2017, accessed July 19, 2019 .