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‘Empire’s’ Jussie Smollett Breaks Down Jamal’s Coming Out
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[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the eighth episode of Empire‘s first season, “The Lyon’s Roar.”]
Jamal Lyon (Jussie Smollett), the middle son of hip-hop mogul Lucious (Terrence Howard) on Lee Daniels and Danny Strong‘s Empire, is now an out and satisfied gay man.
After declaring that he was going to approach out in the pilot of the Fox family drama, Jamal tended to take one step forward and two steps back as he inched closer to making pleasant on his pledge. Taraji P. Henson) flashy news conference to a video interview with Sway, the timing and the circumstances were never quite right. Until his father’s annual white party, that was, where Jamal had opportunity to work his truth into his music. It was a natural way for Jamal to just be who he was and finally let everyone else in on who he was, as well.
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“We’ve seen such a amazing, extreme growth in Jamal, and we really have seen the journey of this young ma
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By Andrea Merodeadora
If you somehow missed the massive livetweeting spree this weekend, we got some wonderful news for you: Netflix has a new original display, and it’s really good. Co-created by Lauren Iungerich (creator of MTV’s Awkward), Jeremy Haft and Eddie Gonzalez (both writers for the All Eyez On Me biopic, as well as on Empire), On My Block follows four fourteen-year-olds who’ve just started high college in a majorly Black and Latinx neighborhood in Los Angeles. It manages to balance the magic, comedy and optimism of childhood with the force, drama and grittiness of a planet where shootouts are an everyday occurrence, where high educational facility kids are pulled into the gang life, and where parents get deported and their children are left behind.
The show opens to an almost-glamorous lofty school house party, a Skins-like hedonistic show where teenagers smoke, drink, eat and grind against each other to the beat of Daye Jack’s “Finish Line”. And then the camera pans to our three leads, peeking over the garden wall to get a glimpse of what creature in high university is like. Monse (Sierra Capri) stands between R
The 15 Best LGBT Characters On Television: Jamal Lyon on ‘Empire’
One of Empire’s most prominent storylines, and most attesting to its ‘pave the way’ status, revolves around Jamal Lyon — played by openly gay Jussie Smollett. The gifted middle child of the Lyon dynasty, at the show’s outset he lives with his Venezuelan boyfriend in a loft paid for his by father, yet it’s his father’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” prejudice that has shamefully discouraged him from coming out of the closet. Jamal is arguably the most talented of his brothers, and the rightful heir to be entrusted his father’s King Lear
In the show’s pilot, a flashback reveals the crux of Jamal’s upbringing. The flashback returns in episode 8, “The Lyon’s Roar”: performing at an industry gathering, Lucious wills Jamal to reveal his truth in the music, advice that comes back to bite him when Jamal proceeds to officially come out by altering lyrics of the song. There is a time-out where the boyhood trauma is replayed — the screaming, the trash can’s lid closing to engulf baby
"You like quirky comedies with homosexual characters, right? Then watch On My Block."
"You watched Special, right? Then you'll love On My Block!"
"All of the cool kids are watching it. You need to fit in, don't you?"
"If you don't watch it, we'll raise your rates."
Surely there must be some gay characters for Netflix to be pushing it so aggressively. But, I recall, Netflix also pushes endless dramas with descriptions beginning "After the death of his wife....", so I'm wary.
I watched one episode, entitled "Chapter Fourteen," about the Valentine's Dance. If there are any gay characters, they'll certainly be out here.
1. His older friend Cesar (Diego Tinoco) has just become homeless, so Jamal (Brett Gray, left) takes him in. They share a bed, which results in a humorous montage of problems: snoring, feet in face, and so on.
No gay subtext here, but at least the two aren't homophobic.
Later Cesar is trying to make out with his girlfriend, but they have problems encounter all of Jamal's rules, appreciate "you can't wea