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Nov 22, 2017 · It’s very possible that when Spike Lee offered Netflix the idea of a series adaptation of “She’s Gotta Have It,” his pitch was simply a presentation of the 1986 film. The bare bones for the story is there in his episodic, black & white feature debut—a Brooklynite in her late 20’s, Nola Darling, tries to establish her independence ...
Nov 22, 2017 · Netflix's She's Gotta Have It Is a Defiant, Savvy Love-Fest Spike Lee's debut film returns in series form—and brings a celebration and defense of female desire. David Lee/Netflix
Sep 15, 2016 · Netflix Orders Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It (The 1st Spike Lee Joint Feature Film) To Series. The 10-episode series is a contemporary update of Spike Lee's revolutionary debut independent film.
Nov 11, 2017 · ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Review: Spike Lee Brings Nola Darling to 2017 with Style and Depth in New Netflix Adaptation. Spike Lee's first foray into scripted television — an adaptation of his breakout...
- Ben Travers
- Nola Darling Gets An Update.
- Nola Is A Modern Spin on The Traditional “Feminist.”
- Nola Has Varied Tastes in Men and — New to The Series — Women!
- They Wanted The Series to Be About More Than Just Nola’S Three Lovers.
- A Team of Women Writers Provided Voices The Series Desperately Needed.
Perhaps it comes as little surprise, seeing as the film is 90 minutes long and the series is 10 half-hour installments, but this new adaptation for the small screen allowed the writers to dive deeper into all its characters, but especially Nola. “We had this really beautiful opportunity to fill her out and flesh her out,” Wise said. And one of the ...
She might not explicitly define herself as a feminist, but the way that Nola carries herself in the world and the ideals she holds close to heart make her one just the same. As Wise said, it’s “in her DNA.” “What’s fascinating about it in the present context is the personal is political when we talk about reproductive rights, and [when] the choices...
We’d be getting into spoiler territory were we to reveal too much about Nola’s same-sex relationship in this series, but the three men she’s notoriously juggling like in the original movie are the aforementioned Jamie Overstreet, Greer Childs (Cleo Anthony), and Mars Blackmon (Lee in the original film and here played by Hamilton’s Anthony Ramos). “...
With Nola having three lovers, the film broke the mold in its depictions of confident and fearless sexuality. Back then, Lewis Lee said, a woman with three lovers was “really shocking,” but “today, that’s not such a big deal.” So the creatives embraced the opportunity to let audiences “really experience her fully, to really understand her as an art...
Of course having the insight of Wise and Lewis Lee on set helped mold many of the series’ female-centric narratives, but She’s Gotta Have It also benefited from Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Lynn Nottage (last year’s Sweat on Broadway) and others, including Radha Blank, Joie Lee (sister and oft-collaborator to Spike), and Eisa Davis. This choir...
Nov 22, 2017 · Richard Brody reviews Spike Lee’s new series, “She’s Gotta Have It,” a Netflix adaptation of his 1986 film of the same name.
Nov 22, 2017 · Uproxx TV critic Alan Sepinwall reviews 'She's Gotta Have It,' which finds Spike Lee reinventing his first feature as a Netflix series.
