Why Buppies is By Far The Best of the Web Soaps Currently Airing New Episodes

Jamey,

You are so right.  Buppies is the best.  I am officially addicted.

Why does each episode keep me yearning for more?!?! LOL...Good stuff! 

You aint NEVER lie, Smitty!

Smitty, I am truly, truly amazed!
 

Jamey,

I agree. I mentioned this to Roger Newcomb, too. Buppies is not only well written, acted, directed, and filmed, but it is also designed to deliver a great story in just 3 to 4 minutes and ending on a cliffhanger.

While the show isn't perfect, it does become cliche at times, the execution is akin to what we could find on better network programming. Unlike the other recent web soaps, however, Buppies does the have the benefit of being shepherded by Will Smith's team. One wonders what guidance they provided to help achieve this success.

Buppies is the best soap out there period.

BET really needs to do half hour episodes on tv. I can't do that 3 mins every week. 

When I saw Chaka's girlfriend, my mouth dropped!  Because that is so real life.  It's always that wannbe rapper with the girlfriend like that. I know like hundreds of guys like that, my brother, included.

There are a couple of cliches like Q's best friend Kourtney but I love it.  I just love the dialogue to.  When Priscella (?) said she wasn't feeling well and that it was the smell of gang affilation(?) I was rolling. 

And that whole thing with Eliot and Truth's (the Rock lookalike) was so soapy and juicy.  I hope to see him back soon.

 I ADORE this show.   It is giving me PURE LIFE.   

And people need to get their facts straight.  All this talk on the boards about them having backing from BET and Will Smith isn't true either.  BET came in after the fact and didn't help put it together (obviously if u watch their channel).    According to the writer and director (who had films at SUNDANCE before this though I haven't seen them) they shot this for no money and after people saw that it was good they started scramblin for a piece of the action (sound like some hollyweird mess).   That was confirmed by a friend of mine who works at BET in DC.   It's too bad people can't believe that young black people could do something this top notch on their own just because CC and them are messing up so bad with Venice.  Anyways I hope people support these young actors and writers like Brece and co. of every race because there is so much crap out there these days and I love TV too much to take much more yall

I'm glad to see the love for Buppies. If anything it shows how much the genre needs fresh voices and input.

However, I look forward to seeing the day when there's a Buppies post on this site that isn't filled with faux ghetto slang like "shout, testify and come down with the Holy Ghost.", "Y'all I am literally going through withdrawals over here" and "She steals another sistah's shoes, AND she makes a black woman get her hair wet!"

I am finding myself really liking this show. I am shocked actually. Buppies and Gotham are my faves.

Josstheguy, the creators of Buppies, wrote, cast, financed, produced, this show all before Will was contacted, so no, Will being involved, had NOTHING to do with the quality of the product. All Will did, was reportedly help get it shown on BET. Had they shown it on YOU TUBE, this would still be what we see, and that, definitively makes it the best of the current crop of web soaps. IMO
 

Well, Marceline, there is nothing faux about how I write, or talk, as I am black, all day, every day, and am not at all ashamed about any slang I use. If you listen to the podcast, you will quickly learn I use that kind of slang all the time, as do many of my black friends. I am so doggone sick of this notion that we all should behave like Lily Winters. I write like who I am. I can speak well with the best of them, but when I feel the need, as a black person, to talk hood, I can do that too. Were you offended by the way the greek characters talked in My Big Fat Greek Wedding? Is it offensive for Sonny Corinthos to always be talking about making Italian meals? Then why, should I , as a black man, never use what some folks might assume is "ghetto slang"? Again I am proud of ALL the parts that make me who I am, the ghetto side, and the side that has two degrees and oversees this site.
 

Jamey,

Thanks for the clarification.  The creators deserve much applause for such an incredible show.  It blows the hell out of mostly everything else.

No prob Josstheguy, shows like this prove web soaps can be done RIGHT! So excited.
 

Also Marceline, if you look back to my raves about Imaginary Bitches, I often said I was "going through withdrawals" about that series too each week. Now that might not make me original, but it damn sure proves I didn't "ghetto" up my writing to promote Buppies.
 

Speaking of Imaginary Bitches, when can we expect Season 2? Is there even going to be a S2?

Buppies is awesome.

Another awesome episode!

I am a huge fan of this webisode but since African Americans can't catch a break on regular TV this is a breath of fresh air...

 I watch all of them actually....
I just like them a more avante-garde way of storytelling
without the confines of the suits.

DP

Well, I'm late to the party once again but Buppies is terrific. Maybe I'm crazy but I don't mind the short length, in fact it suits me fine. I'm entertained but don't have to dedicate a huge chunk of my time to watching it. Kudos to everyone involved.