{"id":13362,"date":"2015-01-06T22:34:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T22:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/?p=13362"},"modified":"2015-01-06T22:36:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T22:36:46","slug":"uzo-aduba-set-star-racially-inspired-drama-based-alex-haleys-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/06\/uzo-aduba-set-star-racially-inspired-drama-based-alex-haleys-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzo Aduba to Star in Racially Inspired Drama Based on Alex Haley&#8217;s &#8216;Roots&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>The Netflix hit <em>Orange is the New Black<\/em> brought us Crazy Eyes and Nigerian-American actress <strong>Uzo Aduba<\/strong> has managed to garner a loyal following, which has propelled her to \u201chousehold name\u201d status.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uzo-Aduba-Arrivals-TIME-100-Gala-vqravWOZ7Bml.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13363\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uzo-Aduba-Arrivals-TIME-100-Gala-vqravWOZ7Bml.jpg\" alt=\"Uzo+Aduba+Arrivals+TIME+100+Gala+vqravWOZ7Bml\" width=\"319\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uzo-Aduba-Arrivals-TIME-100-Gala-vqravWOZ7Bml.jpg 319w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uzo-Aduba-Arrivals-TIME-100-Gala-vqravWOZ7Bml-300x451.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Once you have proven your marketability, the next step is to test the waters and hopefully tread it with gusto. It looks like Aduba is doing just that based on her new project.<\/p>\n<p>It is a Southern drama titled<em> Showing Roots<\/em> that will also star <em>Lost<\/em> alumn <strong>Maggie Grace<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0both gals will play beauty salon employees who are so riveted with <strong>Alex Haley&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Roots<\/em> that they feel compelled to implement the themes of the show within their racially tense\u00a0community. This breeds some deep seeded issues among residents, which in turn culminates into chaos and an ultimate shift in tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>The film, which is set in 1977 is scheduled to shoot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and based on the logline, there is no doubt that it\u2019s arrival will herald some attention based on the current racial strife paralyzing the nation. There is also no indication that things will be patched up nicely by the time <em>Showing Roots<\/em> is released so we can assume that it will be another perfectly timed racially inspired drama.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Netflix hit Orange is the New Black brought us Crazy Eyes and Nigerian-American actress Uzo Aduba has managed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209,38,6],"tags":[2023,2021,1835,1833,2022,1834],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Uzo Aduba to Star in Racially Inspired Drama Based on Alex Haley&#039;s Roots<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OITNB atress Uzo Aduba will star in &#039;Showing Roots&#039;, a race based film inspired by Alex 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