How 'The Wonder Years' Shows a Tapestry of the Black Experience

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How 'The Wonder Years' Shows a Tapestry of the Black Experience
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.thewonderyears 'shows that Black people in the ‘60s were not always dealing with pain. They were happy. They had a lot of joy.' -- Laura Kariuki

7:00 AM PDT, September 22, 2021is a coming-of-age comedy that sees Dean Williams turning back the clock to the late 1960s as he recounts the story of growing up with his family in Montgomery, Alabama. While the series follows the template of the original, which starredas Kevin Arnold, the cast of the reboot tells ET this version is more than just a copy.

“It shows that Black people in the ‘60s were not always dealing with pain. They were happy. They had a lot of joy. They had humor in their life,” says Laura Kariuki, who plays Dean’s older sister, Kim. “Our show does a really good job at showing that.” When it comes to her character, specifically, Sengbloh points out that Laura is an accountant while her husband, Bill , is a music professor. “The fact that Black people were being educated and doing a lot of amazing things at this time,” she continues. “People need to see that in the tapestry in between the trauma.

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