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So, I am fairly picky about the type of shows I like, so
you could imagine my surprise when I was practically glued to my computer
watching "Star" on Hulu - when I wasn't able to watch it, I was excited to get
back to it.
Queen Latifah plays a role that not many could pull off. Carlotta
Brown is a honest, complicated, graceful, hurting, loving, fierce, and
God-fearing. She loves fully and is slowly finding her way through how to love
her daughter unconditionally.
Amiyah Scott plays the character of Cotton. She is beautiful,
talented, and transgender. Her mom, Carlotta, hasn't fully "accepted"
that Cotton is a woman and is making that a physical reality also. Cotton has
issues of her own given her careers, drugs, men.
Jude Demorest plays Star Davis. She has been through so much in
her 18 years having spent her first 7 years with a drug addicted mom and then
until 18 in the system, where she was raped and also did things just to get by
that most people could never even imagine hearing let alone doing. She is just
trying to make it as a singer with her sister and friend.
Brittany O'Grady is playing Simone, Star's sister. They got
separated when they were 7 and 5. Simone has been through many tough situations
herself, we even see a scene that will have us gasping and hoping it is over
soon. She is only 16 and spent her life in the system also. She is shy,
detached, trying to figure out how to deal with what has happened to her over
the years.
Ryan Destiny is Alexandra Crane friend of Star and Simone who all
3 form a girl group. She is the daughter of Roland Crane (played by Lenny
Kravitz) who is a famous singer and completely unsupportive of her
daughter and Rose Crane (played by Naomi Campbell) who is a drunk that
has depended on Alexandra her whole life to care for her.
There are so many other really great characters in this show, they
really chose an amazing cast. Some really wonderful cameos by some familiar
faces - trust me you will love who pops up!
They also deal with some really honest and heartbreaking topics
that actually pertain to real life. You get to hear lots of amazing voices and
some really hilarious banter, plus some really caring words, and hard to hear
comments.
This show is classified as a drama and I agree the main premise is
drama, but it has so much more to it.
Take the time to check it out, give it at least a few episode
chance, you might just get sucked right in too.
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