“In October 2017, The Season Four Premiere of Black-Ish Aired. The episode, Titled “Juneteenth,” Had A Musical Spin, Whosh Saw The Johnsons Atend Their Twins’ School Play that is Centered Armund Columbus Day. However, Dre (Anthony Anderson) is a Taken ABack by the Inaccure Historical Portrayal in the Story and Enlists Aloe Blakc to Create a”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Black-Ish Creator Kenya Barris told Thr The NEXT YEAR THAT ABC Exec Vicki Dummer Had Approached HIM WITH CONCERNS About the episode Making the “White Audence Uncomfortable.” Despite this, they went forward with “Juneteenth,” and it Became a Hit.
“I was like, ‘vicki, you mean the episode about how’s talking about slice Makes White People Uncomfortable Makes White People Uncomfortable?’ And we laughed at the fuckin ‘irony of it, “he said. “We Ultimately Showed It And It Was A Well-Reped Episode, But She Was Doing Her Job and that’s A Network Fight.”
The episode was so popular – and ahead of the curve – it was Announced in 2018 that a stage musical bassed on the episode was in the work. Barris Was Set to Write Alongside Peter Saji While Pharrell Williams Was Attached to Write, Produce and Compos the Music, Thought The Adaptation Has Yet to see the Light of Day.
In his 2018 Story Announcing the Stage Production, Thr‘S David Rooney Wrote of the Episode, “The Subversivly Funny, Sharply Double-Episode Became An Instant Classic Past of Exploitation and Suffering. ”
Both he and barris also Noted that after the episode aired, Juneteenth showed up on Apple’s Ical, Even Beng It Became a Federal Holiday.