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There’s something special about Black love, and for years, that has been chronicled on the iconic OWN TV show “Black Love.” The married couple behind that massively popular show, Codie and Tommy Oliver, are the guests on the new episode of “Masters of the Game,” which premieres Friday night on theGrio TV at 8 p.m.
“Black Love” puts a lens on Black couples like a documentary, interrogating what it is to be in a relationship. The show gets best friends deep about people’s relationships. They talk about recovering from infidelity, how the couple first got into a groove, how they deal with bumps in the relationship road – all kinds of deep things. Watching the show really feels like sitting on a couch with some wine alongside a few couples who are curled up on a couch and getting real about the deep parts of their relationship. I love this show.
Codie and Tommy Oliver are a married couple who work together on raising their family — they have three young sons — and making TV shows and movies. It’s complicated to work with your spouse! You might take a work issue home with you and mess with your relationship. Or a relationship issue might spill over into the workplace and mess that up. All sorts of things can happen so I was curious to learn from the Olivers how they handle collaborating in work and home life. Also, how do they divide the workload on set and how do they work together to decide what projects to do? They have a lot of great advice on how to work in the film and TV business as well as how to work together and how to make sure it remains a fruitful partnership.
But at the heart of the Olivers’ story is this epic show “Black Love.” One thing I felt while watching the show is this: We talk a lot about Black love and the joy of…
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