#aunt louie

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Angela Lewis as Aunt Louie Saint

The Detroit native plays Franklin Saint’s (Damson Idris) bisexual aunt on John Singleton’s FX drama Snowfall.

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FRANKLIN AND LOUIE BEING SO HAPPY TO SEE EACH OTHER. A PURE PSEUDO FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP.

"I love you, Franklin."

"I love you too."

"Then we'll see you soon, okay?"

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Exclusive Interview with Snowfall's Angela Lewis

Exclusive Interview with Snowfall’s Angela Lewis

Angela Lewis has been in the acting circle since 2005. Since 2017 she has been a staple on American television with FX’s Snowfall, portraying Aunt Louie. I had the pleasure of getting to speak to Angela about the upcoming season. Snowfall is finally back for season two! What can you tease about where the show picks up and what Aunt Louie is up to when it premieres?

Season 2 picks up with…

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Kevin Cage of @spotlightsaga reviews... Snowfall (S01E01) Pilot Airdate: July 5, 2017 @fxnetworks Ratings: 1.361 Million :: 0.58 18-49 Demo Share Score: 7/10 **********SPOILERS BELOW********** The biggest and best thing 'Snowfall' has going on for it right off the bat, is that people really WANT it to succeed. That means no matter what really went down or how they moved the specific puzzle pieces, arranging them to get the series to where it needs to be to move forward, people were always going to embrace it (well, almost anything). Not that 'Snowfall' needs all the blind enthusiasm it's been been getting since the first teaser trailer hit the internet... It seems to be doing just find without all of the overeager fanfare. The series itself isn't exactly breaking the mold, but it is moving right into place where busting through a glass ceiling is totally possible, just by creating the 'real deal', throwback South Central LA. It's simple really, elementary even, and that's all it needs to be... The background is set, Los Angeles 1983. Cocaine has hit an all time high. Shit is so deep, DEA agents are having hookers blow cocaine up their ass through a straw, much like the wild parties I witnessed (and *possibly * was a part of) in the late 90's... Except we used Ecstasy, MDMA... Cocaine is so 'Moreish', fiendish, if you will. Ecstasy is so... 'Let me open that door for you! OMG you're so soft!' While Cocaine is all, "I should buy a boat!" Straight from the hood, Frankie (Damson Idris) hits up high end parties in swanky homes around LA... He's the weed guy, at least for now. When he hits up a friend, or recurring customer's party and they run out of coke, the rich kids are too afraid to hit up the Israeli Gangster Avi Drexler (Alon Aboutboul)... So send the black guy, right? No fear and all. Interesting to think of it in those terms because despite being of color in 1983, Frankie has managed to rise above the nasty head of expectations for a young man like him, coming out of the type of 'closed door' hellhole environment a 'hood' creates. Frankie is savvy, smart, and ultimately likable... But everything he's achieved, he's had to work twice as hard for. Even though technically striking up a deal like the 'front' he made with Drexler isn't exactly legal... It's still incredibly smart, yet at the same time incredibly stupid. I guess it all depends on how you look at it, and I prefer to see Frankie dipping his toes in both pools. It might not be the smartest move considering how much he's achieved and how intelligent the kid truly is, but all good tales take wrong turns... At least the ones worth telling do. Frankie isn't one of the main protagonists in 'Snowfall' because he's a good decision factory. However, it will be a fun and exhilarating trip to see Frankie maneuver and squirm himself out of slippery situations, and judging by the pilot there will be LOTS of close calls and high tension in Frankie's future. Frankie isn't the only set of eyes we are seeing this vivid, sun-drenched, hazy neon world full of mountains of white powder & rocks, aged to perfection with sepia soaked tones. We have a young, 28-year old CIA Agent, Carter Hudson (Teddy McDonald) who's pulled into an inside job via BIG GOV to keep powder flowing like the inside of a baby's rashy crack (a word that will come into play soon enough)... And after his friend dies in the most unfortunate and unconventional manners (keep it classy, guys, dying with a coke full of straw up your ass isn't exactly dying with dignity), he's left to clean up the mess and a whole hot tub full of the finest coke the Westside of Mississippi to distribute. Let us not forget the 1983 version of Rey Mysterio, only not as popular, Gustavo 'El Oso' Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta)... He's working his way up the chain because his real dream is failing. The latter I find one of the most fascinating angles so far, not just because I'm a wrestling fan... But because I know what it feels like to keep kicking at a door and never being fully able to knock it down. Maybe a little money could change that? According to Franklin's Uncle Jerome (Amin Joseph), 'Money ain't nothing but paper with them crackers faces on it'. Doesn't look like Frankie will be getting too much help from his Uncle... Ain't that a shame. All of these men are in unique spaces because they are on their own in one way or another, left with mounds and mounds of cocaine without the faintest as to how to get to get rid of any of it. There's danger around every corner and we have some incredibly compelling characters emerging outside the three main protagonists, who all three sustain convincing, compelling performances both on their own and in various combinations & pairings with their fellow cast members... Connecting them all in some way or another, just begging to be fleshed out. Franklin at least has his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis), who turns out one of the most provocative performances of the episode. She introduces Frankie to an 'old pal' who takes a bit of convincing to take the deal. Even in 1983, showing up on someone's doorstep you haven't seen in awhile, especially if you have done them dirty in any way shape or form, with a kilo of coke isn't necessarily the idea of the situation... But it certainly hammers home the desperation of the situation, and 'Snowfall' uses that desperation, that intensity to its advantage. This one could be a lot of fun, but it's going to have to grow into itself and prove to be something separate from the rest of the pack. I got money on it.