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Lot of girls wanted to be Dee Dee thorton but Mona I wonder why

Re-watching as an adult was quite illuminating, considering the permeation of overt bias and classism. There may have been some colorism, but the vibes were heavily screaming Boule/Jack&Jill vs. Conscious/Hotep crowds. The father’s overwhelming silence only served to emphasize his preference, especially when his vocal cords seemed to function solely for verbalizing disdain for his ex. Dissing a parent doesn’t exclude their child….Mona’s low self esteem is just as connected to this as little DeeDee’s higher self-esteem is to her mother’s pedestal. Undoubtedly, this show had many funny moments. It’s a shame opportunities to bridge racial unity were overlooked to water seeds of divisiveness.

Oh I loveddddd Blaque What a time! You had to be there. Being a Y2K Girly was LIFE!

📝 | Other notable accomplishments by the ladies of Blaque (outside of the group) include Natina Reed's 2001 collaboration with then fiancé and West Coast rapper Kurupt for a song titled "It's Over." Brandi Williams was featured on Nelly's 2005 hit song "Grillz," which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2006, Shamari Fears became Shamari DeVoe after tying the knot with legendary musician Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition. She also briefly joined the cast of 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' Season 11 (2018) and BET's 'The Encore' (2021). ✨

I knew them from the Honey movie I’m good

I love this girl group when i was a kid loved them in bring it on sad that natina passed away a few years ago

They are the true Y2K girls!!! ❤

Yessssssssssssssssssssszzz!!! Bro watching this as adult pisses me off. And Phillis being a therapist and not pushing Mona into therepy mad me extra mad.

I’ve rewatched the show myself about a year ago. And honestly I seen a lot of myself in Mona. A mother with no boundaries, wanted to be myself and yet dealing with the insecurities of a younger sibling. It took a very long time for me to become who I am and sometimes it kinda still hurts. But I won’t let that stop me in my journey.

I love how you broke this down I love this show the mothers were funny but i felt bad for Mona she always got the short in the stick I don’t remember how this show ended but some ppl said Mona finally came out on top . I love this show all of the characters served a purpose and was so funny great review ❤❤❤

Man talk about peak black sitcom era! I don't know if this is fair to say but black sitcoms of today have bad a difficult time matching the caliber of the ones from UPN and the WB. The CW and Fox made a few good ones but not enough to keep them on the air long term. The only one that made it over 6 years was Girlfriends, which got 8 seasons and would have gotten a ninth if not for the writers strike in 2008.

This was a pretty good show.. I used to really like Mona.

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Can you do a Whitley Gilbert analysis?🥰

One thing I liked about Dee Dee is that she always tried to help Mona work through her insecurities and always made Mona realize her self-worth with men.

I did watch this show back in the day and recently was watching re-runs…. Then I saw an episode with Kyle Barker and Maxine Shaw attorney at law with their daughter! I don’t know how I missed this episode but I was so excited.

Great analysis!! Imma need you to be at 100k yesterday cause the work and dedication is being seen!!

Mona needed therapy and a more loving family

But I like the little pet names Big Dee Dee had for Mona.

I see so much colorism favoritism in this show

This is sad as hell when u break it down 😢😅

I loved Mona’s character. I also appreciate that they highlighted Mona having a white grandmother. She’s biracial in real life and love that she doesn’t fit the stereotypical look of biracial people.

Mona gave too much grace.

Everybody dogged out Mona, that's why on her birthday she didn't even want to be bothered with anyone. Who wants to celebrate their special day with family and so-called friends who are always talking smack about her and praising her sister

Can I add that Grandmother Thorne was the only logical adult in the situation? She was the one person that leveled the playing field between Mona and Dee Dee. The Thanksgiving episode is one of my favorites b/c we finally see Mona come out on top.

Dee Dee was one of the IT girls for fashion. I use to try to imitate some of her looks back in the day. Please do videos of Myra, Steve Urkel and Laura dynamic. Loved this as well.

Poor Mona? Lol. Mona was very much independent despite her circumstances, no need to feel sorry for her. However she could've had some wherewithall to talk to DeeDee about her ignorant father making her aware... although yes he had his foolishness, but we're not even not gonna argue that. Nonetheless I'm not understanding how just Mona is the ONLY "family dynamic" victim. As if DeeDee wasn't either to be raised and lead to the way she became. And yes I'm gonna be that possible unpopular opinion in the comments because let's be forreal on both sides lol...

When men remarry the focus is always the new wife and rightfully so. When the new wife has a child, yes he will be more involved with that child because he sees it daily.

This show bothered me. I can relate to Mona. And the actress is one of the most beautiful of women but people sort on her and say she sounds like a man

Poor Mona

Dee Dee often bothered me! She was so self centered and pushy in her relationship with Mona

I love this show! I like Mona and Dee Dee, but I like Mona more because I can relate to her. I appreciate how Dee Dee tried to make up for lost time even though she would mess up. Often. LOL. But it always bothered me how Charles was towards the girls, favoring Dee Dee. Dee Dee would talk about the trips she and her parents would take to Europe and all I could think about was how crazy it was that Charles would go on these trips and not take Mona too. Whew. I also didn't like how he'd only stop at Dee Dee's apartment and not Mona's.

I’ve always loved Toni’s apartment on girlfriends! Maybe you could do a video on that

Omg finally!!!! I’ve been wanting someone to make a video on her for years!!!

This show was so triggering for me. So many men treat the child they have with their new partner better than the child they have with their next. And the new wives often don’t care!

The fact that i have a half older sister but i feel i relate to Mona more...i couldn't stand Dee Dee entitled attitude thinking she's helping when she's not... Mona kinda reminds me of myself at times & i didn't see anything wrong with the way she dressed or carry her hair. Her Afro shows she's a proud black woman unlike DeeDee on the other hand.... I Know what's it's like being the center of attention for no reason when you didn't asked for it(butt Joke).

Well Mona did get all of the cute guys

I would love to have an apartment like Dee Dee’s!

I love Half & Half. Great show. Yes Mona was treated terribly by the parents especially. From the 1st episode we saw that she got the short end of the stick and that Dee Dee was the favored child. Mona was supposed to get the larger apartment upstairs in the first episode. Her father originally told her she could have it once the other tenants moved out.

I was thinking of binge watching this show again and your video popped up into my recommendations 😂

Don't be putting everything all on Phyllis. If Charles had been around more for Mona, he could have counteracted any negativity. That first episode (I think) where he "forgot" he promised Mona the upper apartment and gave it to DeeDee says it all.

I was so sad when it was canceled. I loved that show.

This channel is about to blow up and grow! Mark my words 🤞🏾

Honestly I was more attracted to Mona tbh. 🤷🏽‍♀️

They shouldn’t have been allowed to play in Mona’s face. She looked EXACTLY like Mel B and really represented an IT girl. Kelis ran bc Mona walked lol

Yes little deedee was spoiled but she had character growth throughout the series. She was aware of how privileged she was compared to her sister. The fact that she moved in the same building as Mona to connect with her big half sister.

Unpopular opinion, while some of these characters didn't take responsibility for their actions, lets be real we all can relate to some of these characters. Tons of us have things in our lives that are not perfect

This was amazing. Please do a style analysis for Big Dee dee.

Dee still exemplifies trendy while being forward thinking & retaining class.

Yeah I agree on Mona’s feeling towards Deddie but she did shade Mona A LOT!… like a pout her being single, her hair, her style. I mean sure it wasn’t her taste or rather… not many peoples but I would be a little it rated by Deddie too. Eventually the shade becomes irritating so naaaaw Deddie wasn’t all that good of a sister like that.