A lot of people are saying that āFirst Killā got cancelled because of the ābad actingā. Specifically Imaniās acting of Calliope Burns these people bring up.Ā
Iāve just got to say though that I am tired of a narrative representing a character instead of a character representing a narrative. The narrative required Cal to be stand-offish, reserved, stoic, emotionally guarded. That is not bad acting. That is literally the CHARACTERISTICS of a well and carefully realized character. Imani portrayed those characteristics for Calliope and the very fact you can pick up on them at all proves that she was actually doing a good acting performance.Ā
The character Xena inĀ āXena: Warrior Princessā displays similar characteristics, specifically in Season 1 and 2Ā and absolutely no one called Lucy Lawless a bad actress for it. Because these were the characteristics of her character. Not her not knowing what she was doing with portrayingĀ the character. It was intentional. Now either the people saying this about Imaniās performance of Calliope either donāt realize this and therefore misunderstand the character or itās a smokescreen and theyāre just using this pitiful excuse to hate on a black character and a black actressĀ in a leading role on a TV show. And Iām fairly certain the majority of people saying this bullshit are very much the latter.Ā
I see you, your lies and your thinly disguised discrimination. And so does she.







