This episode is an edited version of our Instagram Live from April 19th.
Listen to Mikelah and Kerry-Ann catch up on the latest on TV and streaming kicking it off with Sheryl Lee Ralph's ongoing Jamaican representation in Abbott Elementary. Their discussion moves to the reality show that brings the Cayman Islands to life and the excitement building around "Shirley" and "Queenie."
Amid reflections and laughs, we also discuss the less than transparent decisions behind television show renewals, feeling the pinch of uncertainty that grips our favorite shows. We encourage our listeners to become champions themselves—rewatching and advocating for the stories that mirror our experiences.
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This episode is an edited version of our Instagram Live from April 19th.
Listen to Mikelah and Kerry-Ann catch up on the latest on TV and streaming kicking it off with Sheryl Lee Ralph's ongoing Jamaican representation in Abbott Elementary. Their discussion moves to the reality show that brings the Cayman Islands to life and the excitement building around "Shirley" and "Queenie."
Amid reflections and laughs, we also discuss the less than transparent decisions behind television show renewals, feeling the pinch of uncertainty that grips our favorite shows. We encourage our listeners to become champions themselves—rewatching and advocating for the stories that mirror our experiences.
Connect with us:
A Breadfruit Media Production
All right, all right, this is exciting. We're going live on IG with this live episode recording of Reels to the Rhythms and, if anyone is joining us, reels and Rhythms is brought to you by Carry On Friends, in partnership with Breadfruit Media and Style to the Vibes. My co-host with the mostest is miss Michaela Michaela, all right. So, um, this is exciting, I love it and that's why I am really enjoying reels and rhythms. So, if you are joining us for the first time, reels and rhythms is where Michaela and I talk about the things we love. We love watch movie and we love a concert, and reels and rhythms was actually live in your house this past weekend yes, yes, celebrating my big four, um, enough, freedom is because it mean I'm here and growing with wisdom.
Speaker 2:Um, so, yes, it was so nice having, uh, all of my friends and family, um, and definitely in real life. So, you know, carry me, carry other people, them by shake with legs. You know, the best compliment I got was those aren't 40 year old knees. I'm like, yes, yes, the work here at the gym, I work it's our work.
Speaker 1:It's our work, it's our work. So, um, we, we kind of have some things that we want to talk about. But since you are talking about the reels and rhythms, at your house we were, you know, we were introducing the people to Indian matchmaking and the Guyanese person on Indian matchmaking and most of the people there, they were like what are you talking about? I've never seen this and I'm like this is three seasons in. How could you not watch Indian matchmaking?
Speaker 2:I'm still on season one and it's so good. I still have like maybe one episode, maybe two left. I think you got when you guys left and I was still on. I was kind of dozing around so let me take a nap. So I forgot back to it.
Speaker 1:But it's good, I like it. Oh, my goodness, like I'm like three seasons so. And then your husband is like this is what happens, michaela, my goodness, like I'm like three seasons so. And then your husband is like this is what happens, michaela, start watching something. And I'm like, babe, what you're watching. And by the time I get to the end of the seat, what we watching. It went from what you watching to what we're watching, which is exactly why we love what we're. We're doing our reels and rhythms. So we haven't recorded and are released an episode since you went to traffic jam. So big up on that recap of the pop, like I just love that whole vibe that they bring. And, of course, the marley brothers are going to be out on tour, yeah, so we might take that. Um, check that out.
Speaker 2:The follow-up, I know yeah yeah they yeah, because they finished um, this one steven goes on tour by himself um, and then they kick off like all the brothers. So you'll see kimani, julian, ziggy, damien and steven on one stage. So I hope they, you know, bring that same energy. So that'll be fun?
Speaker 1:yeah, for sure, and so when we started out reels and rhythms, I mean, we were high off the energy of what's happening, and so we were just like rinsing content. I rinse rinse, rinse, rinse content every week. And here we are. Yeah, that's not going to happen, no more.
Speaker 2:So we got so we slow down, we slow down, we slow down.
Speaker 1:also, the season is coming to an end soon, right, so we're ending the season in june, um, but from here on, our episodes will be bi-weekly. So we're looking out, we're looking forward to talking about shirley, which is on netflix. Um, queenie is going to be out in june, plus some other things in between that we want to talk about, but we are very excited. So episodes are going to be biweekly going forward, and so, since the last episode, we just want to talk about some things that we saw streaming online. You finally got to watch the Abbott Elementary episode, where the Honorable Sherri Lee Ralph is reading the story to the kids in Jamaican and the characters are like why is she reading?
Speaker 2:in Jamaican and it's a three little pigs, so she's reenacting the big bad wolf. So it was kind of towards the end of the episode. So it was probably a fun take for them that they actually kept because it was engaging. And I don't think that that was scripted, I think that she went off script and they kept it. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Hoff, and puff, and they're just like.
Speaker 2:And other teachers are like why is she reading it in Jamaican? And they're like I have no idea, just go with it, just go with it, just go with it.
Speaker 1:But this is what we love about Shirley Ralph in just the authentic ways that Jamaican Caribbean actors are able to infuse elements of their culture that aren't scripted. It's just right for the moment and how that comes across just so well in the final episode. So we love that. So next up is something why you tell me about, so you go on with that. I can tell you I watch only a little bit of it, but go on.
Speaker 2:Oh, so that was the Hulu. Is it on Hulu? It's like a reality show in the Cayman Islands, yeah, and it features Salida E Banks. So Salida E Banks is a model I don't know how active she is in the modeling space now, but she was pretty popular, I would say, in the early 2000s, seen all over different runways and magazine covers, and she is actually from the Cayman Islands and so this show is kind of like a reality show that is filmed in the Cayman Islands.
Speaker 2:So I sent it to Carrie I transparently haven't watched it yet, but so I sent it to you and you watch it faster than me and you sent me the screenshot where they, where they were um having a conversation and one of the guys um said talawa and that is a jamaican word, and they actually put the definition on the screen to to one explain the word and to explain what it meant. So I think think that that's pretty new. I think two things to really consider is you know, there's definitely a lot of inter-island travel that has happened, transporting, that has happened into Cayman. I know a lot of Jamaicans, I think.
Speaker 1:A lot of Jamaicans are associated with the Cayman and.
Speaker 1:Cayman used to be I don't want to say a colony, but it used to be a territory of Jamaica, way, way back in the 18-somethings, way, way back in the 18-somethings. So there is a close relationship with Jamaica and Cayman in terms of travel and, early back in the days, is government. I will include that episode link for reference because you know we're the people of the history. In Strictly Facts we covered that, but it was cool, so I watched it. Of course, salita is on there and some other mix people end up on it, but I'm going to really get about them. They are talking about party and hype and I was just like you said.
Speaker 1:I was really surprised when the guy was like you know, in Cayman, you know, I think it's Craig. He was like you know, it's about the vibe. I, you know them, you know we're talawa and talawa comes up on the screen. Jamaican word, um patua, and it means so I was just like, okay, go ahead now. Um. So it was really cool to see. I haven't finished watching the episode because you know me and my tolerance level for foolishness um, reality tv.
Speaker 2:So, yes, yes that's why I'm surprised that you're watching.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I was just like. I mean, we're doing reels and rhythms so I want to balance out the ting.
Speaker 1:But I was just like yeah already this, this manufactured, and some drama. We can't manage it. So, um, that was that. Um, I don't know if I'm going to go back and watch it, but you know I might skip through it. So that was. That was cool to see in terms of cultural representation. So what else? We did a contest for the Bob Marley One Love right Before. It's now streaming. It's streaming on all platforms. So people go and, like I said, just turn up the streaming numbers the way we turn up at a theater. So I'm curious. You know we should have additional scenes or bonus scenes or whatever. So I'm curious about, you know, going back and watching it. I can't go back and watch one love. We have too much to watch for the new shows to watch this episode.
Speaker 1:So yeah I probably catch that in the summertime, I think.
Speaker 2:I think it's also it's too, and a sign of the times because of how quickly you remember, back in the day things didn't go to video for a while, right, and now they're almost simultaneously released in theater and available for you to purchase at home. I for one love that, because sometimes I can't get to the theater and I don't mind paying the $20 rental fee or download fee to actually watch something, because it really does go back to the support of the film itself. I think there were quite a few films, especially post-COVID, that I watched that way, and especially because distribution is really challenging, especially for um projects that are smaller. But I mean this one wasn't that case, but I just thought it was a great point, um, to kind of drive home that the in theater experience is being brought home rather quickly. So, you know, you can make a movie night out of it, you can invite people over, you know, have a little bit of a watch party in order to kind of celebrate.
Speaker 2:I know we had a few winners from the contest, so I thought that that was fun. It was great for us to kind of engage with Paramount first of all, and it kind of goes back to the work that we are doing in this particular space and it being noticed. So big up to myself, big up to the people that my Paramount for notice and make sure and support the thing. Yes, we can critique a thing and support a thing, as Kerian likes to say.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes, please, and thanks, and so more updates. So we've just reviewed Three Little Birds and she's. Irie asked a question. We posted it on our Instagram feed, but she was like she couldn't understand why there was such a big push for Ashton and Hosanna to get married, even after all the things that were going on, and I think it was just the time, you know, getting married was, you know, the thing to do and it was respectable to do. I don't know if you have any other thoughts.
Speaker 2:I also think that, if I agree, but I think, think what it represent, their union represented a lot for so many people that were in their circle and I think that in particular oh shoot, I need my slip in my mind, what do you mean? Leah leah, I think that sister, yeah, leah um, I think for her in particular, like it would mean that she would have failed right on on her mission to to sustaining herself by way through her brother and hosanna, um, if, if she had to put hosanna back on a ship back to Jamaica, it would mean that she had partially failed. So I think, from her perspective, as a character, she had to complete this mission and she felt at ease up until the end.
Speaker 1:But I don't know if I want that matchmaking life.
Speaker 2:Yes, well, speaking of Three Little Birds. So thank you for that question, but that's my thought.
Speaker 1:I don't know you had if you wanted to expand on anything no, no, I just think it was part of what was for the time yeah, yeah, um.
Speaker 2:So, speaking of three little birds, I got a uh a message from tashna who said man in, man in I see reels and rhythms did an episode of three little birds. I wanted to watch that series. I just listened to the first part, where you both gave your overall thoughts on it. I have to watch the series before I listen to the podcast. This will make me watch now. So, thank you, thank you Tashna. Thank you, tashna. So, yes, watch it and come back. But even if you listen and you go back and watch, you'll probably listen and watch with a different ear and honestly, we didn't give away everything in the podcast. So hopefully you either stop and then you go watch and come back, or you just listen to the whole thing and then go back, go back and watch it. But it's great to support either way. But thank you for the message and we appreciate it, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:So, um, I think that's the interesting point, right? You could choose to like, let me just watch this first and hear what they have to say, or listen to us and be like uh no, I have to watch it either way. We just love bringing reels and rhythms to you, and so, um, another comment that we got from the audience and this was on YouTube in the comments she's Irie again, big up, she's Irie for supporting. She was like I can't wait for a season, the next season of Champions, and I'm just like honey child Champions, now come back. Season one, was it?
Speaker 1:And we are weeping and moaning and national teeth over here because we love champion. Beres is champion, champion is champion, the champion name of their road.
Speaker 2:Sometimes it's a one and done situation, you know, so I still go. But I did love how the ending is, like you could get another one or you could not, and you still have some sort of closure, but you kind of wanted to see a whole. It would have transpired, I guess, is what you would say.
Speaker 1:Yeah, season, and even you wanting a possible second season for Three Little Birds, coupled witha lot of stuff that I've been seeing in the news about shows not being renewing, it begs the question like what's the criteria? Because, based on what the creator of the series said, the show did well. You know it did well for a, you know, comparatively. So why are shows being canceled? What's the criteria?
Speaker 1:And I was having this conversation and you know someone was like the marketing for shows, even the shows on Netflix, isn't what it used to be. They also reminded us that they just got through a strike and so they've lost a lot of money from the strike and so there's not a lot of. You know they're cutting budgets, whatever, whatever. So I thought that was just very interesting. And so you know it's easy to get disheartened to say, well, they're canceling all the shows. I'm like for the one that wouldn't cancel. You know, let's continue to watch it if it's up your alley. And two, you know, champion still up on netflix so we can watch it multiple times because, believe it or not, a lot of people still don't know about it, um, and still haven't watched it. So we still can, um, do that, you know, if we are still streaming martin, a different world.
Speaker 1:This is same apply for our stories as well, and I was telling someone that you know they didn't watch Champion, but they really liked Three Little Birds and they were like I don't know if I want to get into it. And I said that's fine, because we've come a long way, to the point where we can pick and choose what we want to watch. You know, it's not that long ago where we couldn't pick and choose. It was just this and that's all we had, versus now we have Three Little Birds, Champion and a few other things that are on streaming that we can decide between. So I thought that we still have a long way to go, but we've come a long way for sure.
Speaker 2:I'm also holding out that there might be a moment, like there was with Top Boy, where it takes an extended hiatus and then somebody's like no, let me bring it back Like it was good enough, to kind of continue and like close it out, proper, you know.
Speaker 1:That is. That is a good point, that is a very good, so we'll see, you know we're holding our hope.
Speaker 1:We'll see all right, all right, yes yes, next time thanks but she but, but she's not going by herself either because queen is queenie, yeah, yeah, queenie is coming out, and so while I was looking this up, I was looking this up because I was trying to understand. So, when we think of streaming services in the world, the top streaming services in the world is Netflix, amazon Prime, then Disney Plus and then some other things where these are European for sure. So the top three Netflix, amazon Prime, disney, then HBO, maxcom 6, paramount is 7, hulu is 8, apple is 9. And then when it looks at the spread in the UK, you know, and Europe, largely, netflix is at the top streaming. I'm I'm curious why, for queenie, they went with hulu. I mean, I'm not mad at it, I'm just saying it's, it was just very interesting probably just a distribution.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, they're looking for content, so that was interesting. Um, what else? What else did we want to talk about? I think I covered it, we we covered Abbott Kamen, the contest and some question and what's coming up. We're talking about Shirley Queenie and I think we were trying to do one other thing, brother. I think we wanted to talk about the Biggie documentary to put that out for his birthday.
Speaker 2:Yes, yes, before his birthday.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes. So yeah, that's it. This was also a catch up episode. We had a lot of fun with Champion. I mean it was amazing. We did enjoy Three Little Birds. So check out the audio only episodes or the videos on YouTube. We are coming out with new content. We promise we were just catching our breath because we were full steam. We were running, like you say in a run. We were in a run, like when you say in a pass the button to Asafa. I said run Asafa, take it to them. That's what we was doing.
Speaker 2:But please don't scream.
Speaker 1:No, no, I won't. I won, won't. I've been reprimanded. I've been reprimanded, so, um, thank you for tuning into this live stream if you're watching this after the fact. Thank you for checking it out. Thank you for supporting reels and rhythms. Um, we are on youtube. We'll make sure set we drop all at a place where you can check us out. You can also follow me at carry on friends, mikaela, at style and vibes. You could also follow breadfruit media. Where do the tings? I don't know if I should put. I think I put this out in the last, put this out in the atmosphere you never big.
Speaker 2:Up the instagram followers. We already reach a hundred people.
Speaker 1:A liar to big up on herself, big up on herself, pick up on herself. Yes, um, thank you for supporting this new show and project that Michaela and I have. We're truly enjoying ourselves. So what I was saying, michaela, I'm gonna know if we're still in at a pre-planning phase, and you know all me, still, I'm gonna like talk about something before it happen. We talk about it once it plan out everything, but we hope so we can do something live and in living color to all the people them soon.
Speaker 2:Yes, second dance queen reference today yes, we definitely want to do something in person very soon. So, yeah, I want to put it out there, because once we put it out there now we have to commit to it, yeah, and get it done. So you know, when you put it out there to the people, then you're like, okay, now we're committed, yeah, we, we have to do it, yeah. So I think, um, that that's also fun, that that'll be a lot of fun because we'll get to see people in person. So more on that a little bit later. Stay tuned to the social, uh, to instagram, and you'll, you'll see it there first for sure all right, all right.
Speaker 1:So thank you again for tuning in, for listening, for watching and until next time, lick a more. Walk, walk, good, all of the tings, yes, bye, bye.