Actor Richard Brooks Talks ‘Being Mary Jane’ and Diversity on the Big and Small Screens

Richard Brooks stars in “Being Mary Jane.” Photo Credit: BET Networks/ Daniel McFadden.

What does it mean to hit rock bottom? Is there any way to recover; to gradually rebuild all that you have destroyed on your downward spiral? Typically the freefall is what draws television audiences in, keeping them attached to the screen hour after hour or week after week. And yet on Being Mary Jane, a powerful drama on BET created by husband and wife duo Salim Akil and Mara Brock-Akil, the recovery is just as riveting.

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Review: BET Makes Its Dramatic Entry with the Fresh & Entertaining 'Being Mary Jane'

Hey peeps :)

I don't know if you remember, but in one of my previous posts School Was My Hustle: On Grad School & The Job Hunt (Part 1) I mentioned that I got the go ahead to write for a really dope website. Well that site is Shadow and Act: On the Cinema of the African Diaspora. I'm EXTREMELY excited about this opportunity. Though I'm working hard to always improve my writing, Black Cinema has been a passion of my forever. I hope to one day make a career out of it. But until then, I am thrilled to support and write about it.

My first piece BET Makes Its Dramatic Entry with the Fresh & Entertaining 'Being Mary Jane' was published today and I just wanted to share it with you all.

xoxoxo Chocolate Girl In the City xoxoxox