Race satire meets teen buddy comedy in Amazon's 'Emergency'

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NEW YORK, May 19 — Emergency begins like any coming-of-age buddy comedy.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('mm-story-320x100');}); But its young heroes' night...

EmergencyBut its young heroes' night of party-hopping hi-jinks quickly takes a more serious and sinister turn — in large part because they are Black.who emerge unscathed from playful interactions with bemused cops, college students Sean and Kunle panic when they find a high-school girl passed out on their living room floor.

"You can make those calculations and you can do your best to project 'innocence' or whatever. But it doesn't matter sometimes. You can still get pulled over and searched for no reason." "This is literally not new. We're glad that people were talking about it and engaging with it. But the idea that it had to get to this point was a little surprising," said Davila.

For Williams, the film is an opportunity to delve into the young friends' relationship, and their different approaches to handling"Black masculinity and vulnerability."

 

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