This show tends to go between bad and mediocre; this is one of the bad ones. The gang goes after Vivek for appropriating black culture, but while some good points are brought up (such as people mimicking the culture because it's seen as popular and that the black community had to make their own culture from scratch), it fails on every other level; with the exception of the waves contest, everything else is done by pretty much everyone else. Even rap has its roots as a multicultural expression prior to gangsta rap taking it over.
This is the mandatory episode that was done to death in the 1990s when it was at least relevant. Now it just feels like it was done to be done; because of how much black culture is derived from popular culture and how much it has contributed to it, the mixture has just made the concept of appropriation more archaic, especially when almost none of the examples used originated in black culture.
Worse, Zoe takes a step forwards in realizing that not everyone shares her perspective on things, but two backwards in her relationship with Luca. While here first creation fails miserable, she then has an epiphany that she needs to create something specifically for her. The item she uses as the basis of the new suit is one of Luca's few cherished items, which Zoe has no problem giving away without even texting him about it.
While Zoe realizes that others have their own perspectives, she fails to take into account the feelings of her boyfriend. It just feels as if she's psychopathic more than a real person, and that's a twist the show needs to take....
This is the mandatory episode that was done to death in the 1990s when it was at least relevant. Now it just feels like it was done to be done; because of how much black culture is derived from popular culture and how much it has contributed to it, the mixture has just made the concept of appropriation more archaic, especially when almost none of the examples used originated in black culture.
Worse, Zoe takes a step forwards in realizing that not everyone shares her perspective on things, but two backwards in her relationship with Luca. While here first creation fails miserable, she then has an epiphany that she needs to create something specifically for her. The item she uses as the basis of the new suit is one of Luca's few cherished items, which Zoe has no problem giving away without even texting him about it.
While Zoe realizes that others have their own perspectives, she fails to take into account the feelings of her boyfriend. It just feels as if she's psychopathic more than a real person, and that's a twist the show needs to take....