For almost two decades Ryan Michelle Bathe has made the rounds on such television shows as “Girlfriends,” “Army Wives,” “Empire” and “This Is Us.” Bu…
,” which is from Tracy Oliver and loosely based on the 1996 film of the same name, is a show Bathe prefers to call an “homage,” rather than a reboot.
I think the main thing I attached to, first of all, was [creator] Tracy Oliver. I was just so impressed. She charmed me, what can I say? She’s smart. And it’s one thing when people say they’re going to write these roles, but it’s another thing to actually have someone who’s lived it — lived what it’s like to be a groundbreaking woman in a male-dominated field.
The conversation around, “when do you put yourself first?” No one wants to be selfish, no one wants to be self-centered, but at the same time if you don’t know what that balance is, it can lead to you disappearing. And how can you continue to evolve as a person and put your needs first and put yourself in a way that’s healthy? I think that’s the next conversation of what it is to be a modern woman.
Do you find yourself giving different advice to new talent coming up today than what you would have said to them a few years ago because of changes like this?
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