"The Porter" just began streaming this week on BET+, and I know it was released in Canada earlier this year. What can you tell us and tease our readers about what they can expect from the show?
Loren: Expect a wild ride of history, of love, of Black excellence, of Black life, of singing and dancing, and of the authentic life of Black people in the '20s.
Mouna: I think they can expect to be entertained...
Loren: Yes.
Mouna: ... to be educated, to be bedazzled and to be a bit...
Loren: Dazzled.
Mouna: ... a bit, what's the word when you're?
Loren: Taken aback?
Mouna: Taken aback, shooketh.
These are all amazing things. What can you maybe say about how the series might unfold as it goes?
Mouna: Without giving too much away, the series unfolds in really surprising ways. You've never seen a show like this before, and some of the plot twists and turns and the characters we follow go on journeys that you don't necessarily expect. [Viewers] can expect the unexpected and anticipate being surprised.
Loren: Yes, go on. It is a journey. I read every script and was in it and ... watching it back, I was still like — there were so many moments that literally took my breath away. I was like, "Wow."
I know it aired earlier in Canada this year. What was the reception like for you when it aired, and how do you think it could be different in the U.S., if at all?
Loren: I read a bunch of the reviews and I was elated to see that people were loving it, that people were buying everything, that they were eating it up. I was so happy that people were loving it. I have been getting DMs already from people with their opinions of Lucy. People were ... I can't spoil anything.
Mouna: Yeah, your dad hated you. [Laughs]
Loren: [Laughs] I have gotten a lot of email ... not emails. What year is this? I've a lot of DMs and messages already from people having their ideas and their input. People are liking it. So as long as people hear about it and watch it, I think that you will love it.
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