Here's some scoop on Empire from this week's (Posted on 9/25/15) Matt's Inside Line column.
When Empire first started, it touched on a lot of important issues in the black community. Now, as times are increasingly tense racially, socially and economically, how will the show be addressing issues in Season 2? —Jazmine
As you saw from the season opener’s “Gorilla suit” scene — and heard in Cookie’s incendiary “How much longer?” speech — Empire is not shying away from examining the topic of high incarceration rates for (and recent instances of excessive police force against) African-Americans. And it won’t be a one-time-only reference. The #BlackLivesMatter movement is “not a story arc for us, but thematically we touch on it throughout the season in different ways, because it touches the lives of these characters,” Chaiken tells us. Adds Strong: “As long as we keep our end of it truthful and honest to what’s happening in America today, we can’t go wrong.” Bonus scoop: Chaiken previously told us a character named Laura would be one “to keep an eye on” this season. Pressed for more details about the mystery woman (who’s played by Jamila and will first appear in Episode 4), here’s what she had to say: “I don’t know that I meant to call her a major character, but she’s a major talent. Certainly, she’s someone I wanted fans to be aware of because we’re excited about her music and her story — she plays an important relationship role [as] a love interest for Hakeem.”
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