{"id":2868,"date":"2022-03-17T03:08:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T03:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/2868\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T03:08:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T03:08:14","slug":"top-boy-after-george-floyd-will-be-eye-opening-for-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/2868\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Boy after George Floyd &#8216;will be eye-opening&#8217; for some"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Since the last season of Top Boy aired on Netflix in 2019, the conversation about race in Britain has changed.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The popular show returns to the broadcast channel in the wake of the death of George Floyd and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >But police brutality and racism are not new topics on Top Boy, which is executive produced by Drake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The show focuses on the realities of UK gang culture, drug dealing and the divide between rich and poor. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Actress Ashley Waters, who plays Dushane, says they&#8217;ve been covering topics like this since the beginning, but some viewers may find this season more conflicted due to recent events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >\u201cPersonally, I have always known that the police can be heavy-handed,\u201d he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;That was before George Floyd, but for people who don&#8217;t understand the scope of how bad it can be sometimes, it will be an eye opener, but we&#8217;re not scared of that.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s about. We&#8217;re not doing things for glorification value or whatever. It&#8217;s what people go through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<div >\n<ul >\n<li>Top Boy: How Drake Went From Watching The Show To Reliving It<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<div >\n<ul >\n<li>Ashley Walters: Top Boy sends a &#8216;real&#8217; message<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The cast of this year&#8217;s show is just as strong as the previous series.  Kano, Michael Ward and Little Simz return, as do Jasmine Jobson and Saffron Hocking, who play sisters Jaq and Lauryn. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Saffron agrees that the show was addressing many of these race issues long before George Floyd&#8217;s death in police custody.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;The Black Lives Matter protests opened everyone&#8217;s eyes,&#8221; she says.  &#8220;But I think what Top Boy already did before BLM was show black people on TV, and he was exposing to show black people on TV, and we continue to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >In the past, the show has been criticized for reinforcing stereotypes about black men, but Ashley tells those critics that Top Boy represents a &#8220;specific part of life,&#8221; not the entire black British experience.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;I think there&#8217;s room for a lot of different shows to represent different things,&#8221; he says. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;Our responsibility is to represent the stories of the people we are telling in the right way.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The fourth season covers topics such as homophobia, domestic abuse, and deportation.  That&#8217;s something Ashley says is important.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;We are addressing issues and problems that are prominent in our society. We want to give our audience a place to debate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Saffron echoes this, saying that this series is educational. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >She explains, \u201cMy character (Lauryn) is a victim of coercive control, manipulation, and harassment. And I really hope, because of the reach of Top Boy, that it can reach a wide audience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;Hopefully the men who look at Lauryn can look at themselves and their own behavior and think &#8216;that&#8217;s not right.'&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The pressure to keep stories authentic is something actress Jasmine Jobson is aware of. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;We&#8217;re constantly under pressure to make sure we don&#8217;t glamorize things, because it&#8217;s very, very easy to glorify this lifestyle and make people feel like it&#8217;s exciting when it&#8217;s actually scary and dangerous.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >In this series, women are front and center and that is largely led by Jasmine&#8217;s character, Jaq.  She says it&#8217;s empowering to see that women can be the best in whatever field they choose. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;I only take roles where I can change perceptions,&#8221; he adds.  &#8220;I want women to feel that no matter what industry you&#8217;re working in, you can be at the top of your game.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Ashley agrees that &#8220;the best girls come out this season,&#8221; but with a smile on her face, she adds, &#8220;the show is always Top Boy.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p ><i >Top Boy streams on Netflix starting March 18.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p ><i >Follow Newsbeat on <\/i>Instagram<i >, <\/i>Facebook<i >, <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNewsbeat\" >Twitter<\/a><i >    and <\/i>Youtube<i >.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p ><i >Listen Newsbeat <\/i>Live<i > at 12:45 and 17:45 Monday to Friday &#8211; or listen <\/i>here. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/newsbeat-60765574?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the last season of Top Boy aired on Netflix in 2019, the conversation about race in Britain has changed. 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