By James McClain Nearly two years ago, “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris signed a $100 million overall deal with Netflix, placing him among a rarefied list of creators — which also includes Shonda Rhimes, Ryan Murphy and “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss — able to command a nine-figure production pact with one of the world’s biggest media juggernauts.
But “#BlackAF,” Barris’ first exclusive Netflix show, hasn’t attracted the same critical fawning that “Black-ish” did (and still does.) In “#BlackAF,” Kenya Barris portrays Kenya Barris, albeit a heightened and magnified version of Kenya Barris, as the patriarch of a black family dealing with new money in a modern world.
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