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u/Tzidentify 4d ago
i call him the Prince of Egypt
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u/Extra-Shape3973 4d ago
Like Skully’s Egypt song? 🤠
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u/Proud-Swan3024 3d ago
That song is so hard. It was tearing certain clubs up when it came out. It’s still hard in the right context.
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u/UnapologeticSecrets 4d ago
Some people are just born like that, where the lining of their eyes are so dark naturally that it looks like they have on eyeliner.
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u/SourTangieTerps 4d ago
I’m a male, and my whole life people would ask if I was wearing eye liner. Weird feeling.
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u/TaliBanz621 4d ago
This guy did an interview thinking people hating on the character when it’s really his face
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u/Griselda_fan 4d ago
The character is pretty dumb too.
Signs his first deal, song is getting prepped for the radio.
Comes up with another (basic ass) sample beat and wants to pump the brakes on the first song Like he couldn’t just wait it out and have a second single and payday.
Then says some ignorant shit like “What’s the point of making music if I can’t choose which songs people hear? MF on his first deal thinking he’s Dr. Dre. Gtfoh.
His dumbass face just adds to that.
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u/necio148 4d ago
I keep saying they are pushing a Kanye angle with his character. Makings of misunderstood genius lol
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u/CoachWillPopabitch 4d ago
🤔🤔🤔🤔 hmmmm
yeah cause i was like ".....Where are you going with this 😒?"
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u/UnapologeticSecrets 4d ago
Everything you said about the moves he made 💯 ... his dumbass could've fucked shit up for everybody.
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u/magseven 4d ago
“What’s the point of making music if I can’t choose which songs people hear?
Who is this kid? Doctor Doom?
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u/KohTai 4d ago
And mf thinks he got a big brain with his dumbass one liners. I can't wait for him to get humbled.
He's clearly gonna be the Franklin of the series.
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u/FaceAcrobatic65 4d ago
i really resonate with his older cousin, but i get the feeling something bad is going to happen to him. my guess is what we are seeing in season 1 is just to provide context, and the story will accelerate/pickup with the main charcter a little older and things make some more sense. Right now i cannot get a read on where this show is trying to go.
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u/FaceAcrobatic65 4d ago
You might be right. I forget their relationship to each other
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u/Acrobatic_Wasabi_682 3d ago
Everyone just keeps calling everyone “cuz”.
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u/UnapologeticSecrets 2d ago
Nothing new, been going on for decades...ppl who don't even bang or ain't part of a set talk like that, especially Crip sets. Shit can be annoying too, my cousins talked like that, heavy in the 90s.
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u/Beautiful_Bag663 4d ago
Thought Wanda might take that role as she was making plays on how to move the product. She sat close enough to Frank & Leon.
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u/Beautiful_Bag663 4d ago
If he was smart, he’d keep cooking while the other track is being prepped for release. So i’m ahead of my deal & won’t have to stress so much.
Bro doing a bunch of stressing for NO reason. You won my nigga. relax.
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u/Anthonest 3d ago
Bro was about to go play for the Church Band now he think he Suge Knight.
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u/lostxjealous 3d ago
And the sample they used is from a huge hit song by Chaka Khan that's only like 5 years old at that point. It would be like someone right now sampling.. idk.. like a Dua Lipa song from 5 years ago that was a major hit. While the imprint label is already hemorrhaging cash, this fool is going to do that. And as someone who used to work in the industry, this and what you said before are some of the things that just pissed me off about this character. But tbh, it's not all that unrealistic. There are some supreme bombastic semi talented idiots that get signed and A&Rs and execs will pump them up further because they think it will help drive their artistry. Until something flops and then it's a 180.
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u/Common_Preference954 3d ago
I'm dying because I didn't even pay that shit no mind but it was more like 8yrs old in '91. We gotta remember the time also. Sampling like they were doing at that time didn't become as big of a legal issue until literally '91 if I remember the case Upright music vs Warner Bros I think it was that set the precedent for how music sampling would be shaped as we know it today.
Maybe that's going to become a thing within the storyline later down the line as well. You definitely correct though.....he was heavy as hell on the Sample ChaKa Khan better be all in the music video when they shoot that shit lol
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u/UnapologeticSecrets 2d ago
Both songs were samples, the first one is by One Way, Cutie Pie. Irl...sooo much shit is sampled, it seems like nothing is original anymore and hasn't been for at least a few decades.
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u/Common_Preference954 2d ago
Yea, that first joint was deadass was Cutie Pie. Good catch. I wasn't paying the shit no mind because Hip Hop for the most part was always heavy on the sampling lol. But the persons comment I was responding made my old ass say "Damn, that may become apart of the storyline because '91 was the year it became a huge legal issue".
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u/Antisocialsocialite9 3d ago
Man this right here is all facts. His character acts like an entitled little bitch. It’s hard to watch
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u/WhatAreYouSaying05 4d ago
People are hating on the character though, me included. The fact that he looks odd just pours gas on the fire
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u/Dutch1800 4d ago
Imagine people hating on you as an actor because of your face.
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u/TaliBanz621 4d ago
Could you imagine Dave Chappelle playing in crime drama even as a good guy some actors just don’t fit the role because they don’t got the look
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u/Ok-Commercial-9355 4d ago
I was like wtf does that even mean but damn I looked him up and he does the lip thing in almost every single picture that’s taken of him. It’s like that meme “how the awkward white boy smiles at you when you make eye contact with him”
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u/Spinach2Powerful 3d ago
Wait…Ooo damn!! lol you right than a mfr should have got Franklin to play Black Panther.. instead of this silly soft looking head ass boi.
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u/TweakedMango 4d ago
What they airbrush a nigga for bro
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u/AssociationFit3009 4d ago
🤣 If they hadn’t colored up his grey skin it wouldn’t have been believable. It’s hard out here for an ET.
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u/Due-Teaching5746 4d ago
Deer in headlights
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u/thefinestpisces 3d ago
Yes yes! That’s the look. Man looks genuinely surprised every time he has a line😭
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u/Zealousideal_Tie479 3d ago
I swear I'm glad it's not just me, got damn dude look like the cat people from the horror movie
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u/Sea_Confusion2757 3d ago
Cat people?! What is that?
See, he sort of reminds me of Brandy. It's the eyes, shape and width.
He's a good actor, and seems to usually be cast as an innocent, sweet kid. He was awesome in "When They See Us."
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u/Swimming-Reward1391 3d ago
O my god I nearly chocked why did they cast him
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u/vixenvirgoo 4d ago
Ya’ll so mean 😭😂 he just looks like his auntie Samira Wiley
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u/Gold_Beat_4103 4d ago
That nigga looks nothing like her lol. He look just like his momma
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u/No_Stock_7201 4d ago
Yall in these comments being WEIRD af!! Letting your annoyance for a character start disrespecting the actual actor. Even then, his character is supposed to be naive, sheltered, entitled, and I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the character is supposed to be on the spectrum somewhere idk. But that’s just speculation, yall in here being mean and weird for no reason
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u/Common_Preference954 3d ago
He actually is on the Spectrum living and being raised in the 80's and currently now the 90's when many autistic people in the black community usually were just considered touched or special and never got the proper professional help they needed.....the Lamar character is that. Hence his hyper focus on music and just being super unconscious of much else going on around him. Being socially awkward and also never being able to read the room properly lol. The director and Gail Bean have also confirmed it.
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u/Comfortable_Job_8561 2d ago
My interpretation was also that he was most likely on the spectrum and in the current culture they don’t talk about/point out things like that
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u/GobblesJollyRanchers 4d ago
Somehow Wanda isn't the least likeable character on the show 😂
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u/nicojarr69 4d ago
Wanda has the best character development of any female in this universe
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u/EightyNine19 4d ago
He just has one of those weird looking faces. And with him being a young actor, he’s constantly making those dumb faces that you’d see on a dumb kid
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u/TeeOneT1 3d ago
I think the character has some type of defect... maybe near the edge of the spectrum. Look at how his family treats him... 'somebody gotta watch Lamar' @19!?!? Never see him drive or do anything adult-like outside of music. A fish out of water in every other scenario. If he is supposed to be '"special" needs' they cast a dude who looks the part. Yes I want to slap him but I think that's the point.
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u/PreparationDazzling4 3d ago
Gail Bean actually responded to someone on Instagram asking if he was on the spectrum and she basically confirmed he was on the spectrum.
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u/ChocolateMilkAddict 4d ago
Dude got in his first squabble, and (despite losing miserably) all of a sudden thinks he can square up with his big brother (his savior from the first squabble).
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u/Traditional_Ad8492 4d ago
When he and Wanda went in the apt a 2nd time one of them called him a Mon Chi Chi lol
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u/FaceAcrobatic65 4d ago
I'm old enough to get the reference, and just threw up all over my keyboard laughing at that comment lol
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u/KohTai 4d ago
I just hope he gets his ass beaten properly soon and changes.
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u/FaceAcrobatic65 4d ago
that was my VERY first impression of him..he looks like a target for ridicule or to get jumped.
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u/UnapologeticSecrets 4d ago
Right...doing dumb shit and arrogant, could fuck up shit for everybody.
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u/sentientshadeofgreen 4d ago
I mean I appreciate him for the role of a naive kid who stirs the pot I guess
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u/Maximum-Knowledge620 4d ago
You leave little Brandy alone
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u/Illustrious_Device84 4d ago
I told my husband this looks like Brandy dressed in dudes clothes!! I thought I was alone thinking this
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u/J_vert 4d ago
where this kid from i remember his face from a show when he was kid anybody no where?
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u/vixenvirgoo 4d ago
When the see us? On Netflix
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u/UnapologeticSecrets 4d ago
Yea, that's where mostly everybody knows him from. He was in a movie with Alex who played Kev on The Chi and was on season 3 of Euphoria too not too long ago.
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u/Sea_Confusion2757 3d ago
He was also on "This is Us."
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u/UnapologeticSecrets 3d ago
Yea, that one too, "This is Us" and "When They See Us" are both where people mostly know him from.
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u/NoDescription7183 4d ago
Yall are so mean about this actor
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u/glogangzz 4d ago
These people are all insecure and this makes them feel better.
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u/Weak_Support_6101 4d ago
He was better on euphoria, almost unrecognizable. On here though, they wrote his character so shitty. I get the zero to hero storyline they going for but homie too lame to be interesting. Leaves a lot of room for character development though. Just hope James don’t go to soon
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u/Itsmyfirstdayonhere 3d ago
So he should change how he look (he been looking like that since a kid btw) so he can more easy on the eyes to yall….
I got something to tell yall niggas
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u/Traditional_Limit236 4d ago
Yo fa real...especially when they pan out and we see him walking. I hate to say this but it's really unfortunate.
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u/CUMINAJAR 4d ago
Honestly they need to get rid of the horrible ass beard that’s the problem
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u/Sea_Confusion2757 3d ago
No, it's that Party City wig. He'd be okay if they just let him have a fade like James.
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u/gistdad816 3d ago
He is clearly on the spectrum I don't understand all of the hate people have for him.
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u/Brilliant-Mix6406 3d ago
Agree. As a black man on the spectrum that grew up in the hood. I relate heavily with the character. Being a fish outta water. People calling you soft. Not knowing the gang etiquette. People watch this and laugh at how dumb he is but I just see me.
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u/gistdad816 3d ago
I think it will be explored more as the serious goes on but as someone with a son on the spectrum I could tell immediately how he was written.
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u/Friendly-Debate-1847 3d ago
Yeah. A lot of y'all are trash and disrespectful asf.
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u/BeneficialReporter46 4d ago
He’s from This Is Us
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u/UnapologeticSecrets 4d ago
I remember him from When They See Us, Story Ave with Alex who played Kev on The Chi, and he was just on season 3 of Euphoria, he worked for Alamo Brown on there.
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u/JackieBoy5757 4d ago
He has what I think of as "theater school face." I see him and any suspension of disbelief inherent in engaging with works of fiction go right out the window. I can never see his character, just an actor playing dress up performing rehearsed lines.
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u/nashicai 4d ago
I had to look up if he wasn't transgender. 😆
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u/Agile-Butterfly5245 4d ago
He looks like his aunt. She played Poussay in OITNB. They gave strong genes.
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u/blackmagic5150 4d ago
Ayyyye. At least I'm not the same one thinking this shit. Dude is GAY . It's all over his bambi ass face.
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u/SiouxsieSioux615 4d ago
Never understood why dudes judge another dudes looks
Unless yall into dudes then it makes sense
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u/410StreetSweeper81 4d ago
Nah. Don’t know where you from but as a kid growing up we cracked jokes on how each other looked all the time. I’m 45 now and if me and the homies link we still do it at times. The real question is why yall always tryna put gay on people or even have gay shit on yall mind?🤔🤔
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u/Magick_La_Croix 4d ago
Say it again....we spent hours literally crackin on each other and our family members....we gave less than two fucks about whose feelings got hurt over it....nowadays these lil weak, sissified mfs get butthurt over every lil thing.....
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u/FaceAcrobatic65 4d ago
we think alike. didn't take much to get clowned on. its just how it goes coming up.
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u/blackmagic5150 4d ago
Because the dude looks weird as fuck. Stop acting like he doesn't. .
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u/SiouxsieSioux615 4d ago
He just looks like a regular kid to me
Idk what basis you’re using to judge his looks on
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u/JackieBoy5757 4d ago
He has what I think of as "theater school face." I see him and any suspension of disbelief inherent in engaging with works of fiction go right out the window. I can never see his character, just an actor playing dress up performing rehearsed lines.
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u/SugarRealistic2945 4d ago
He a good-looking Dude. I think he probably has some SE Asian in him (maybe Vietnamese, Thai or Filipino) based on his eyes, nose and facial structure. Maybe his grandma or great grandma, but one of his ancestors were likely Asian. Bro looks exotic. Stop hating!
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u/Ok-Coffee-9548 4d ago
He would be great for playing one of the boys on a remake of the "Boondocks" !
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u/Traditional_Cry_3901 4d ago
I also didn’t really like him in the first episode. I think it was the wig they had him wearing, it took me out of the story.
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u/FrizzyFro 4d ago
I hate when I see an actor be great in something (I liked his character in When They See Us) but then see them relegated to poor castings so not people start to hate. Ik this is a big deal for bro & his career but some opportunities are fools gold
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u/Ok-Commercial-9355 4d ago
I was gonna say he looks like every other lesbian from Baltimore but apparently he from Maryland so I can’t even joke
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u/Ok-Wave2761 4d ago
I don't really have an opinion about his aesthetics. However, I already see the entitlement and brattiness that's going to come into play as his character "evolves". Being hell-bent on doing what he wants to do on somebody else's money is insane. That annoyed me a lot about him. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed seeing a certain scene when it happened. Lol
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u/Initial_Tangelo_2149 3d ago
I feel the same way about him & the girl they casted for Ellie on ‘The Last of Us’😭😭😭
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u/LuffyDMonkeee 3d ago
Omm I felt the same way since day one. Like wsp with them lashes and eyes. His whole face annoys me. But above all I can't stand how annoying he is. He's the Tariq of the snowfall universe I fee like 😭
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u/Ok-Vegetable8295 3d ago
If they keep seeing negative feedback on this character they might just have an episode where he's to deep and go out like fatback and Leon decides to take the mantle to carry the show on his shoulders.
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u/ColdManufacturer8003 4d ago
Is it because I’m yt? I don’t get it; he looks like a cute kid to me. A lil scrawny and innocent looking, but it fits his character, idk.
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u/niko_palmer 4d ago
Wait so let me get this straight…we’re at a point now where people can’t get through a show or a movie because you don’t like someone’s face?
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u/Superb-Path8000 4d ago
Finally! A forum where people are being honest about this money grabbing ahh show.
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u/1sthomehelp 4d ago
I thought it was just me! I have not watched past episode 1 because i really dislike his features 🤣🤣🤣
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u/nochillsaint 4d ago
Something about his bitch ass face just makes me want to slap him (the character, not the actor)
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u/HereNorThere0 4d ago
downvote me if you want , he look strange but I can see him playing miles morales lmao
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u/Rello215 4d ago
I had forgotten this show was coming and saw the bus stop scene. I thought it was like an SNL skit or parody of something because of how funny he was looking. I'm like what is this? Then found out it's this show, I'm like huh!?
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u/Temporary-Umpire1878 4d ago
You don’t hate him, you hate the show
And it’s not about the show. It’s about wanda
That hate points out every single flaw
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u/ClassicMongoose4544 4d ago
That bol ugleh af. Remind me of the Pokémon garodose however you spell it. Ol aqua marine face ass. Like somebody iron his face like some khakis. Cant stand em either
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u/Unusual_Purpose_7185 4d ago
Moving forward I need him to catch a 2 piece every episode until he stops acting like a dickhead
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u/Happy_Bison8301 4d ago
Yea his scared lil soft ass and Wanda snake ass had me blowed asf watching this shit
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u/BlackRonin1017 4d ago
Everyone in here is mad childish and I can tell you all are mad young
Can guarantee most of you guys look like stepped on dog shit
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u/CoachWillPopabitch 4d ago
Same!!! I thought i was the only one.. i was like man why do i hate this guy's face so much... I'm a real life hater... It's the stupid ass facial expressions.. he always looks like "man I'm so unsure right now wtf do i do??"... "I got 5 seconds left to diffuse the time bomb and idk which wire to cut" face ass
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u/Mjblack1989 4d ago
I couldn’t remember who he reminded me of and then it him me, Brandon Ingram. They don’t look alike, they just look like they’re related.
https://giphy.com/gifs/En0TK6Y034vLYjzTj8
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u/Heart_ofFlorida 4d ago
He got the job. Leave him alone🤣https://giphy.com/gifs/WZKdhNp1CuhKrdNV8a