![]() ![]() Remarkably, a dramatic, modern reimagination creates more narrative, visual, and aesthetic possibilities there’s more opportunity for darker-skinned representation there’s more space to celebrate the connection of a Black family and the immensity of the Black experience and there’s more time and flexibility to continue the conversations around Blackness that were begun in Fresh Prince, and further challenge different perspectives within the Black community. The second Will walks through the doors of the Banks family mansion, no one’s life will ever be the same. A sudden Bel-Air transplant, Will is given a life-changing second chance, one that forces him to reexamine his relationships, his worldview, and his own identity. The unflinching reality of Will’s single-parent, lower-income upbringing couldn’t be more different from that of his posh cousins. ![]() Will’s relatives, the Banks family, are solid members of the Black elite: wealthy, influential, and refined. ![]() In an effort to keep him out of danger and away from potential retaliation, Will’s mother interrupts his junior year of high school and sends him to live with her estranged sister’s family in California. The new series traces the aftermath of an almost deadly altercation between promising basketball star Will and a notorious figure of his West Philly neighborhood. Akira Akbar wears a Salvatore Ferragamo dress and Mejuri earrings. Olly Sholotan wears an Homme Plissé Issey Miyake jacket, Paul Smith pullover, and Homme Plissé Issey Miyake shorts. (Left to right) Coco Jones wears a Tory Burch dress and Mejuri earrings. ![]()
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