Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is the executive producer of a new locally-filmed political comedy series from entertainment mogul Tyler Perry that’s premiering next month.
“She The People” stars Terri J. Vaughn — best known for her role as Lovitia Jenkins on the ’90s sitcom “The Steve Harvey Show” — as a politician who wins a race for Mississippi lieutenant governor. But her character “must figure out how to thrive under a sexist and condescending governor, while attempting to keep her family in line now that they’re all in the public eye,” according to a series logline provided by Netflix.
Netflix released the trailer for “She the People” on Thursday. It’s Perry’s first comedy series on Netflix under his first-look deal with the streaming giant.
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