25 Sep (New Video Post) Happy @ShondaRhimes Day! #TGIT #BlackActressWeek

I am inspired by Shonda Rimes!

I can’t contain my excitement for #TGIT tonight on ABC aka The Shonda Rhimes takeover! I’ve been a huge fan of her work for a very long time and tonight feels like icing on top of an already well decorated and sugar drenched cake!

I think my first introduction to Shonda Rhimes was “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge” which she wrote and Halle Berry eloquently portrayed and I became obsessed with this movie! I was already a big Dorothy Dandridge fan and I truly felt like this movie gave you a beautiful glimpse into her life. I’m a stalker of film credits for any work that enjoy so when I saw Shonda Rhimes name I wanted to see anything she worked on! I even watched and enjoyed “Crossroads” with Britney Spears because Shonda Rhimes wrote it and Zoe Saldana was in it and I love her too! Then I became a fan of “Grey’s Anatomy”, I was so impressed with seeing a show that had a cast that looked like the real world because it was diverse. These characters were more than just the “asian girl” or the “black girl” but rather they were regular, complex, flawed, layered people who happened to be people of color. I’ve been a rock solid viewer of Grey’s Anatomy and watched every season, because I support the Shonda movement. 

Then she came and dropped the bomb that is “Scandal” a show inspired by a Black woman, starring a Black woman and created by a bBack woman! Three levels of greatness! And then on top of that Black women have proved that we are a huge audience that should not be messed with, I mean seriously do not go onto twitter, Facebook or instagram on Thursday night if you are not watching “Scandal” because you will feel like a fish out of water! It’s beautiful to see us all coming together to support a great show and our sisters!

But now she’s taking it even further with “How to Get Away With Murder” starring the best actress in the whole world, Viola Davis! Yet again breaking down another barrier, proving the haters wrong and showing us again as strong, beautiful, sexy, flawed, courageous, intriguing and BLACK!! Woo! Her inspiration is through the roof! And the best part about Ms. Rhimes is that she is so humble through all of this. She’s broken the glass ceiling and has not stopped climbing and but yet she’s still down here cheering with all of us too.

Thank you Shonda Rhimes for showing us what we can do and for continuing to inspire EVERYONE, you are appreciated!