Miss Governor

First: It's a comedy.

Second: It does show the good and the bad of black society. These reviews act like the things that are depicted in the show aren't that relatable. I guarantee we all know someone in our family, and/or community, that can actually fit the characters shown. It's not necessarily bad. Just life.

Third: It shows the ups and downs of juggling life choices while trying to maintain an image, family, independence, and self worth.

Folks really need to get off their high horse of judgement, and just laugh at the comedy, or go watch something. I reallllllly miss the 90s mentality.

I will continue to watch because I adore TC Carson & Terri J Vaughn. I also love Dyon Brooks on social media. But I don't think anyone is utilized well. They need to reign in Jade Novah & Jo Marie Payton's characters because they go off on their tangents too long. To the point where I have fast forwarded through them. I hate to say I fast forwarded through a lot of it because...hey, we get it...Mississippi is racist. She was having a tough time being accepted as a Black Lt. Gov. In a red state. We didn't need the mansion tour, the pig calling contest AND the apple orchard. Each segment took up a lot of the episode, along with the drawn out mystery about who wrote the note on the jam. I want it to succeed, hopefully it will go faster with the next 8 episodes. It really didn't have to take 8 episodes for this. I finished them in about 2 hours fast forwarding through the slow parts.

I watched the first episode (and the first few minutes of the second) with some of my family. It didn't really pick up for me until a scene where Terri J Vaughn's character goes to get her daughter from a party. That's kind of when things seem to happen, but then the episode is almost over. But before then, it was not all that to me. Putting my feelings aside about Tyler Perry's content, I just didn't think it was all that funny. A couple of lines here and there were amusing, and one in the second episode I thought was legitimately very funny regarding a suit. I love Terri J Vaughn, and she's the only reason I sat through as much as I did, even considering how awesome it is to have Jo Marie Payton here too. But the writing doesn't help. Not only because of the jokes that don't work, but he still writes to serve the profanity, instead of the dialogue. When you say something funny, it's not the cursing that makes it funny, it's what you're saying that makes it funny. But too much of this script is just about him still trying to show people that he's not the same Tyler Perry that he used to be, and it suffers for that. That's all that stands out when it's not written well, no matter your "work ethic". It's not the worst thing I've ever seen, not even from him and it wouldn't be fair for me to say that having just seen one complete episode. I don't think I'm going to be watching much more of it though.

This show was a miss on many levels. I watched because I was excited to support Terri J. Vaughn as I loved her on The Steve Harvey Show as Lovita. However, this was a hot mess. The storyline is meh and kind of unbelievable. The not so subtle hints of racism are awkward and feel forced. Also, if they are all from Mississippi why do only the white characters have accents? I'm a stickler for continuity. The writing feels like Tyler wrote a script and then just told the actors to adlib however and whenever they saw fit. A lot of the scenes felt like skits more than a sitcom. Jo Marie Payton brought some good character to the show, but that is to be expected as she is the veteran actor of the cast. Even still, that is not enough to make up for what else is lost on this show. A laugh track definitely would have helped, but probably not much. I feel like I should've known better, but I gave it a try anyway and my expectations should have been lower than they were. I can't really recommend watching it, but feel free to see for yourself.

Being a senior Black male who has lived in the south all his life and suffered from racial predjudices more times than I can count...I feel the show is demeaning. I am currently on episode 7 and the ways Black people are being portrayed is terrible. I appreciate Mr. Perry for many things he has done, but this one needs massive change. The only funny part I have seen is when the daughter was doing gymnastics. Other than that, I fail to see the humor. Whereas I am sure the intent was different, we see enough of the demeaning depictions of our nation from others, so we don't need it from our own.