Zoe Kravitz criticizes Hulu for cancelling her ‘High Fidelity’ series after one season

i wanna give a shout out to my #highfidelity family. thank you for all the love and heart you put into this show. i'm in awe of all of you. and thank you to everyone who watched, loved and supported us. ✌? #breakupssuck

For months, Zoe Kravitz has been doing press in support of the first season of High Fidelity, the TV series based on the Nick Hornby book of the same name, which was already adapted into a film back in the ‘90s. Producers flipped races and genders on the lead character so that Zoe would play the commitment-phobic, music-obsessed proto-hipster “Rob” (Robyn in the show). I still haven’t watched it, but I enjoyed Zoe’s interviews in support of the show and you can tell that she really cared about the project and she was happy to promote it. Well, Hulu cancelled the series after the first season. The cancellation just happened a few days ago. Zoe posted the Instagram above, and she ended up getting into in the comments:

One day after Hulu canceled her series “High Fidelity” after one season, star Zoë Kravitz called out the streaming service for not having shows with much diversity. Kravitz took to her Instagram on Thursday to post some behind-the-scenes photos with her “High Fidelity” cast members after news broke that the show was canceled.

“I wanna give a shout out to my #highfidelity family. Thank you for all the love and heart you put into this show. I’m in awe of all of you. And thank you to everyone who watched, loved and supported us. #breakupssuck,” she wrote.

Several actors, including Tessa Thompson, Reese Witherspoon, Halle Berry and others, commented on the photos, offering condolences that the show will not continue.

“I will miss you alllllllllllll so much,” Thompson commented.

Kravitz replied to her, “It’s cool. At least Hulu has a ton of other shows starring women of color we can watch. Oh wait.”

[From Variety]

She’s right. There are not many shows with a Black woman as the lead. In this particular case, I think Zoe feels especially stung because she loved the character so much and because she thought this particular representation was important, the Black music nerd, the Black woman who sucked at relationships, etc. There was so much to mine there. But nope, no more.

Photos courtesy of WENN, IG.

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