The Other Black Girl

Matt Roush says...

You won’t know whether to laugh or scream—it’s OK to do both—at this sensational comic thriller, adapted from Zakiya Dalila Harris’ buzzy bestseller. Over 10 brisk half-hour chapters (all available for binge-watching), the series morphs from a Devil Wears Prada-like workplace satire into an audacious, racially charged twist on The Stepford Wives. Sinclair Daniel stars as Nella, an ambitious editorial assistant at an elite (and very white) New York publishing house, who’s thrilled when another person of color, the chipper Hazel (Ashleigh Murray), is hired—until Hazel begins to undermine Nella. Does Hazel have her colleague’s back, or is she trying to stab her in it? An anonymous note urging Nella to “Leave Wagner (Books) Now,” suggests something even more insidious afoot, leading to a literally hair-raising climax.

What's Worth Watching (Sep 13)