Review: In Hulu's new TV show, a Black cartoonist gets 'Woke.' But don't expect a sermon
by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
Sep 10, 2020
4 minutes
Lamorne Morris, who was never not funny as Winston Bishop in "New Girl," has a new show, "Woke," in which he takes center stage. The show, which premiered Wednesday on Hulu, is inspired by the life and work of comics artist Keith Knight ("The K Chronicles," "The Knight Life"), who created the show with Marshall Todd ("Barbershop"), and it's a mutually good fit for actor and series - smart, likable, a little weird, hard to pin down.
A largely successful mix of genres and themes - some romance, some wacky cohabitation comedy and some social satire, regarding identity, authenticity, justice, performative rage and real
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