'Lovebirds' Star Issa Rae Talks Bringing A Different Type Of Black Love To Netflix

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When you meet Leilani and Jibran in Netflix’s new rom-com The Lovebirds, they’re just like any other couple on the brink of a break up, bickering about gawd knows what—trivia, being smartphone obsessed and if they can win at the competition game show, The Amazing Race.

But what sets up the hilarious film in which Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani not only star, but executive produce is that the two get kinda sorta framed for murder and spend the next hour or so trying to find whodunnit so they can convince the cops that they didn’t actually do it.

Because what cop would readily believe a Black woman and her Asian boyfriend? In New Orleans, no less. The adventure they embark on to clear their names almost makes you forget that you’re Netflix and