Finding Myself In 227
glamour.comReba and , there's undeniable humor and characters I adore but there isn't a bone-deep connection that reflects back to me the familiarity and warmth of where I come from.
To be honest, I never thought I needed a show like that. As a Southern Black woman, I've grown accustomed, even numb, to not seeing myself and my cultural experiences on screen.
And then, after a recent through Hulu's “TV For You” suggestions, I hit play on the first episode of a show called 227.I vaguely remember catching glimpses of the beloved 1985 flashing across the televisions of my childhood—reruns, I know now, given the fact that I'm 20 years old and the show premiered 16 years before I was born—but discovering the series on my own felt like a cultural awakening.
At face value, 227 offers a peek into the fairly ordinary lives of tenants in a Washington D.C., apartment building, 227 Lexington Place.
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