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Kenya Barris

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The Resume

Why he might be annoying:

    His dad gave him his name after visiting the country - probably not realizing that it would become predominately a girl's name.
    With Tyra Banks, he helped birth ANTM onto the world (I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you, how dare you!)
    He stylizes all his original TV projects' titles in all lower-case letters (who is he, bell hooks?)
    He was planning a massive protest against the Roseanne reboot which became obsolete after ABC temporarily cancelled the show and fired Barr.
    The firing wasn't enough for him, saying: 'Because fuck Roseanne. She’s a fuckin monster. And they were like, Why is this monster killing villagers? And I was like, Because that’s what a monster does!'
    He repeatedly clashed with ABC execs over the black-ish run, to the point where he left the network for Netflix ahead of his contract's end.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He and Tyra are childhood friends.
    He has won several NAACP Image Awards.
    He donated $1 million to his alma mater Clark Atlanta University.
    He created multiple spin-offs from the success of 'black-ish' - including 'grown-ish' and 'mixed-ish' (a lot of '-ishes').
    He had the last laugh over the network after a black-ish episode covering the NFL kneeling controversy streamed on Hulu after ABC refused to air it.
    He wrote the screenplay for the Shaft sequel-reboot - which turned out to be a surprise hit.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 26 Votes: 23.08% Annoying