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Lovie Simone Isn’t Done With ‘Forever’: ‘I Don’t Think This Is the End’
Lovie Simone breaks down becoming Keisha in Mara Brock Akil's Netflix adaptation of Judy Blume's "Forever."
In the final minutes of “Forever,” Mara Brock Akil ‘s new Netflix drama series, the year-and-a-half-long love story between Keisha Clark ( Lovie Simone) and Justin Edwards ( Michael Cooper Jr.) comes to a stunning conclusion. It’s an achingly beautiful and painful end to the eight-episode season of “Forever.” Inspired by Judy Blume’s groundbreaking novel of the same name, the series showcases two Black teenagers in the late 2010s falling in love, getting their hearts shattered and retreating from each other, still whole but permanently changed. Though Keisha transferred schools to escape the scrutiny, the weight of keeping the sex tape hidden from her mother and the hit to her reputation continually plagues her and her burgeoning relationship with Justin.
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