IN A MID-SEASON episode of David Makes Man, the new Oprah Winfrey Network drama that explores the emotional volume of black teenhood and the gnawing effects of trauma, lead character David (Akili McDowell) encounters calamity. When friends from competing worlds meet on the night of the school dance—two classmates are introduced to David’s date, a girl who lives in the same impoverished Miami housing development he calls home—friction presents itself. David’s simmering panic becomes palpable, taking the form of destruction: light fixtures burst, decorations crumble, a disco ball shatters. The auditorium buckles under chaos, transforming into a realm of vivid instability.
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