Starz has something amazing on its hands with P-Valley. The series, now in its second season, revolves around the Chucalissa, Mississippi-based The Pynk strip club and those who frequent it. With scenes that I would venture to say lean in the direction of a Zane novel or the writing of Sister Souljah, creator Katori Hall and her team spin up a world filled with society's underdogs who have climbed their way to the top of life's figurative pole through their own tenacity. They are characters that you fall in love with -- some that you love to hate -- and root for.
It depicts the reality of life in the Deep South, especially for Black sex workers, Black trans and nonbinary people, and Black queer men. Uncle Clifford is a fashionista, seamstress, house mother, dancer, advice guru, and devoted grandchild of Granmuva Ernestine Loretta Devine. Lil Murda is a rapper on the rise who has not revealed publicly that he is a gay man, a culinary talent, fashionable in his own right, and a member of the gang Hurt Village Hustlas. Their layers and complexity make their shared romance so tender, real, and magical.
Fans have shown a great appreciation for the fictional town of Chucalissa located in the Mississippi Delta. In its second season on STARZ, P-Valley has peeled back layers for character development and colorful cinematography highlighting some true rural lifestyles. For fictional rapper Lil Murda, his character and storyline are rather unique. Throughout cinematic history, same-gender stories have rarely shown the complexities of hip-hop figures living out their lives without shame.
Comedian Lil Duval is getting backlash over his comments about the latest episode of P-Valley , which featured a sex scene between characters Lil Murda J. Lil Duval tweeted, "Yea p valley lost me. They need a super gay advisory on movies like the they got for everything else. Cause That's a lot to see if u not use to it.