Prentice Penny's Uncorked is Exceptional
In his Netflix film, Penny, best know from HBO's Insecure, provides a fresh look at black family life in America that doesn't pander to the usual stereotypes.
Really good art is like a mirror. It allows you or sometimes even forces you to see yourself in people, places and things that often look nothing like you or your circumstances. The problem for me with some art, especially films about black life, is that I sometimes find it difficult to see myself in the mirror of the art about people who look like. Tha…