{"id":649,"date":"2017-07-04T00:51:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T00:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timchiou.com\/?p=649"},"modified":"2017-07-04T00:51:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T00:51:52","slug":"american-koko-launches-on-abcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timchiou.com\/?p=649","title":{"rendered":"American Koko Launches on ABCd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past June 19th, also known as Juneteenth &#8211; an important historical date in American civil\u00a0history &#8211; ABC released Seasons 1 and 2 of the satirical comedy American Koko. \u00a0The series follows Akosua Miller (creator Diarra Kilpatrick), an agent of the Everyone&#8217;s A little Racist (E.A.R.) Agency that helps people solve problems in a &#8220;post-post-racial society&#8221;. As &#8220;Koko&#8221; helps others navigate the intricacies of race, she continues to struggle with her past &#8220;Angry Black Woman Syndrome&#8221; and her complicated love life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/222568974\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Tim plays Kwan &#8211; an activist writer\u00a0who blogs as &#8220;The Irate Ass Asian&#8221; &#8211; and\u00a0Koko&#8217;s love interest in Season 2. \u00a0As they bond over their mutual anger issues and a deep-seated desire to fight racial injustice, Kwan&#8217;s interest in Koko may be more than he lets on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Originally produced independently on Kilpatrick\u2019s YouTube channel, the series caught the attention\u00a0of Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, who then signed on to produce a second season and a re-shoot of the first through\u00a0their own company JuVee Productions, in a partnership\u00a0with National Picture Show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FABCdigitalOriginals%2Fvideos%2F453149958374879%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The entirety of &#8220;Koko&#8221; can be streamed through ABC.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past June 19th, also known as Juneteenth &#8211; an important historical date in American civil\u00a0history &#8211; ABC released Seasons 1 and 2 of the satirical comedy American Koko. \u00a0The series follows Akosua Miller (creator Diarra Kilpatrick), an agent of the Everyone&#8217;s A little Racist (E.A.R.) 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