Despite issues with style and pace, this adaptation of Zakiyah Dalila Harris' book-publishing satire is hard to dismiss.
’s Ashleigh Murray), the eponymous other Black girl. Suddenly, Nella is no longer a minority of one.
The two women are, understandably, eager to make friends. But Hazel is not Nella’s mirror image so much as she’s the. Which creates some tension. While Nella hides in dowdy workwear, fashionable Hazel energizes the business-casual office in bright colors, mixed patterns, and a Telfar bag the size of a mini fridge. While Nella bristles at her white colleagues’ guilt and microaggressions, generous Hazel introduces them to delicious food and cool music as a bubbly representative of Black culture.
It’s apparent early on that something is amiss at Wagner, beyond Hazel’s maneuvering. The company’s laid-back founder, Richard Wagner —who’s such a blue-blooded insider, he’s literally married to a Kennedy—seems too cool to be true. When Nella looks in the mirror of the office elevator, the face staring back at her is Kendra Rae, who disappeared not long afterbecame a phenomenon. An anonymous note appears exhorting her to “LEAVE WAGNER NOW.” Paranoia seizes hold of Nella.
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