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Jun 14, 2023 · “I never went back.” However, as onscreen Dewayne (yes, he and his character share the same name, and they are both openly gay), he joins nine college besties at a cabin deep, deep in the woods...
- Cori Murray
Jun 22, 2023 · He played Brenda’s (Regina Hall) closeted boyfriend, and his obvious queerness was the butt of the joke. How does it feel to be a part of the horror canon in a more open way?
- Malik Peay
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Jun 15, 2023 · Dewayne Perkins doesn't appear to be dating anyone, however, he has opened up about his dating history.
- Michele Mendez
Jun 24, 2023 · The subplot focuses on Dewayne’s relationship with his bestie Lisa (Robinson) and the reveal that her cheating ex Nnamdi (Walls) is joining the friends at the cabin. Of course, Dewayne feels ...
- Angelique Jackson
Jun 19, 2023 · Take the character Perkins wrote for himself, also named Dewayne, the gay best friend of Robertson’s Lisa. “That is a trope, and I wanted to give space to that person,” Perkins says.
Jun 15, 2023 · From left, Antoinette Robertson as Lisa, Grace Byers as Allison, Jermaine Fowler as Clifton and Dewayne Perkins as Dewayne in "The Blackening." By Darcel Rockett | drockett@chicagotribune.com |...
Jun 17, 2023 · Within the first 20 minutes of “The Blackening,” Dewayne Perkins, its star and co-writer, offers a different vision of a Black horror comedy. For one, his character DeWayne is an openly gay Black man who’s come to a cabin in the woods to spend Juneteenth with his old college friends.