Though we didn’t get a chance to see what exactly had shaped these characters’ personalities, it’s not hard to imagine the circumstances.
Revisiting the stories of some of Hollywood’s other Difficult Black Women from a more-evolved vantage point might lead to a similar change of heart.
Though the Molly Carter Hate Train was so powerful that some of that bad juju even spilled over into Orji’s real life - you know you’re acting when people can’t separate you from your character - the Nigerian American actress knows it’s only because Molly speaks to the part of us that recoils at the very thought of being so unlikable. Between watching her constantly judge Issa, willfully engage in toxic romantic relationships with men, and generally sabotage her own life, it felt impossible to root for Molly throughout most of Insecure’s five seasons. As the friend and foil to good-natured but chaotic Issa Dee ( Issa Rae), Molly’s type-A, rigid, “I gotta put me first” approach to life often landed her in direct conflict with others. Molly (Yvonne Orji) is among the most recent and most controversial of the Difficult Black Women of the modern TV/film canon, and I don’t think it’s a stretch to guess that the writer’s room of the HBO original knew that the character would bring chaos to the timeline from her very inception.
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