Netflix's Forever Is the Black Family Affair We've Been Craving
- UpRising Editors
- May 17
- 1 min read
Updated: May 19
[ONE Q, ONE A]
Wood Harris theorizes on the source of Mara Brock Akil's writing superpower
UpRising: Forever reminds you of how phenomenal Mara Brock Akil is at relationship dialogue. What is it about her writing that makes it so relatable?
Wood Harris: Mara knows how to very creatively put together relatable circumstance, and give you the feelings she wants you to have. She knows how to make you feel how she writes or how the scripts are written, and it's not always like that. She knows how to choose the subjects that pull you in.
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