Abstract
When We See Us: Coming 2 America and the Intricacies of Black Representation and Diasporic Conversation
Highlights
Coming 2 America (2021), directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Dolemite Is My Name), is the three-decades-later sequel to the comedy classic Coming to America (1988), directed by John Landis (National Lampoon’s Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places)
Popular among an increasingly diverse audience since its release, Coming to America (CTA) and its characters, comedic voice and narratives about Africans and Black Americans are encoded into the cultural canon
The story finds Akeem in desperate straits over the future of his nation after his paternalistic father dies shortly after lambasting his son’s procreative failure as a father of only daughters. This is problematic since, by tradition, women cannot occupy the seat of power in Zamunda. Upon his father’s death, ascendant King Akeem sets out to retrace his journey to Queens, New York, where at age 21 — while posing as a commoner university student — he fell in love with Black American princess Lisa McDowell, fast food franchise heiress—rejecting the arranged marriage awaiting him back home
Summary
Coming 2 America (2021), directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Dolemite Is My Name), is the three-decades-later sequel to the comedy classic Coming to America (1988), directed by John Landis (National Lampoon’s Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places). Popular among an increasingly diverse audience since its release, Coming to America (CTA) and its characters, comedic voice and narratives about Africans and Black Americans are encoded into the cultural canon.
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