Bel-Air

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🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

What if you took The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but made it a gritty, modern drama where Will is sent to Bel-Air to avoid facing an illegal gun possession charge? That's the basic premise of Bel-Air — the reboot of the classic 90s sitcom that made Will Smith a TV star. Jabari Banks steps into the role of Will, who this time around is less a goofy charmer and more a cool star athlete. It's a show that barely resembles its predecessor, with each member of the Banks family getting a radically dramatic makeover, too.

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0:00.0	So what if you took the fresh prints of Bel Air?
0:07.1	But this time it's a greedy modern drama where Will is sent to live with his auntie and
0:11.3	uncle in Bel Air to avoid facing an illegal gun possession charge?
0:15.4	Well, that's the basic premise of Bel Air, the new dark reboot of the classic 90s sitcom
0:21.0	that made Will Smith a TV star.
0:23.0	It's a show that barely resembles its predecessor.
0:25.6	Which bar a bank's steps into the role of Will, who this time around is less a goofy charmer
0:30.0	and more a cool star athlete.
0:32.6	And each member of the bank's family has got an radically dramatic makeover too.
0:36.6	I'm Aisha Harris and today we're talking about Bel Air on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.
0:42.9	Joining us today is NPR Music Editorial Assistant, Latisha Harris.
0:49.9	Welcome back Latisha.
0:50.9	Hi Aisha.
0:51.9	Great to be back again.
0:53.1	Yeah.
0:54.1	Also joining us is the co-host of the podcast Fantai, journalist Jarrett Hill.
0:59.2	Welcome back to YouTube Jarrett.
1:00.5	Hey Boo-Hae.
1:02.0	Hey.
1:03.0	So on Bel Air, there's a more disturbing version of the one little fight that brought Will
1:07.6	Smith to the West Coast.
1:09.2	This time around Jabari Banks plays Will.
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