'Dear White People' Season 4 Review: Scintillating finale for an extraordinary show
‘Dear White People’ has been one of the most astounding shows in recent years and Netflix has done a commendable job in marketing it. The show revolves around a group of students from the Black community thinking about the future and how their lives would be. The most amazing aspect of the show has been the exploration of characters and their relationships. However, the most important thing that the show explores is their morality.
Season 3 ended with a cliffhanger which gave us an idea that Samantha White (Logan Browning) and Lionel (DeRon Horton) might be ready for the new order. In Season 4, we are introduced to a world that we are living in right now. A world that has been plagued with a raging pandemic and people are forced to sit inside their houses. However, the series tells us that there has been another pandemic and people are once again wearing masks, sitting in their homes, and making video calls to be in touch with their loved ones.
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In the future, Lionel (DeRon Horton) is a best-selling author while Samantha (Logan Browning) is a filmmaker waiting for her career to reach greater heights. The duo hasn’t been able to contact each other since the day they got out of college and one fine day, they catch up to discuss Lionel’s book series. Interestingly, we soon get to know that Lionel’s book series is actually the basis for the show. As we move forward, viewers get an idea why Lionel never wrote the fourth installment of the book series and it was due to the horrifying senior year at the college. Now that Samantha is still waiting for something big to happen in her career. So, she talks to Lionel and encourages him to write the final chapter, and then, she will adapt it for a TV series.
The most intriguing thing about the show is that viewers get to know about the final year with the perspectives of Samantha and Lionel’s friends. As we go into flashback scenes, we see that the students are getting ready for the Varsity Show. There are many ideas for the show, but Troy Fairbanks (Brandon P. Bell) thinks of giving it a 90s treatment. He thinks of turning the show into a 90s show filled with R&B hits.
Season 4 is pretty different from the previous editions as it is embedded with a lot of music. Some people might not like the way characters tell their stories via songs and it is really heartening to see when characters talk about serious matters in their own way. every other character has been successful in getting what they wanted from their professional lives, except for Samantha. She has been ignored by everyone, especially the film executives as Winchester and she lets out her disappointment with a song.
Also, don’t believe those who say that the music distracts viewers from the amazing performances by the cast. It actually enhances their performers. One more thing that the final season does pretty well is telling the world that how different it is for light-skinned people in the Black community as compared to dark-skinned Black people. The light-skinned Black people will always be in the front while the dark-skinned people will always be at the back and won’t be allowed to come out of the shadows because of the light-skin privilege.
As far as the acting is concerned, Logan Browning once again excels as Samantha. She is one of the brightest talents we have in Hollywood and she should be given more chances to showcase her talent. Meanwhile, DeRon Horton is brilliant as Lionel. The way he lets out his emotions throughout the series is absolutely brilliant.
Joi Liaye as Iesha Vital is mesmerizing. She is a force to be reckoned with and the way she keeps Sam and other Black students on toes with her uncompromising ways is absolutely brilliant.
Antoinette Robertson and Jemar Michael as Coco and Al have once again show stellar comic timing in their respective roles. Marque Richardson, John Patrick Amedori and Ashley Blaine Featherson have also done a great job in the final season.
All in all, the fourth and final season is the perfect farewell for the characters and it goes out with a sentimental edition. This is an amazing conclusion to one of the best shows in recent history and we will definitely miss the characters that became of part of our lives. ‘Dear White People’ Season 4 deserves your attention and also, deserves your appreciation.
‘Dear White People’ Season 4 is currently streaming on Netflix.