Screenwriter and producer Shonda Rhimes may have another hit on her hands with ABC’s new legal drama How To get Away With Murder, which premiered last night.
How To Get Away With Murder stars Oscar nominee Viola Davis, 49, as a pop psychology law professor who compensates for her repressed sexual tension by intimidating her best law students.
Thursday was also the season 4 premiere of 44-year-old Rhimes’s hit TV series Scandal, starring Kerry Washington. Two back-to-back TV shows starring strong, independent black women was apparently too much for a bigoted People magazine staffer to stand.
The staffer tweeted the following jab at Davis — and, by extension, Rhimes — on People’s Twitter account during the premiere. The tweet was quickly deleted according to my loyal reader @ShirlzRene.
It seems the NY Times isn’t the only media outlet taking pot shots at Rhimes’ spectacular success.
More from Sandrarose.com:
People mag tried it. We ain’t with the bullshyt anymore. Anywhoo I heard this show was good, I was watching my sprite show Parenthood so i’ll have to catch this tonite. I for one am glad scripted series are back cuz I’m really tired of the reality bs, even though its scripted
That show was pretty good.
They apologized too lol smh
Thanks for the video Sandy i missed this last night.. Authorities in Paris France say they have no plans to investigate attack on KimK….. They told zmt “you Americans care about stunts like that. But we dont”
Oh so whatever role Viola Davis plays she’ll always be a maid to them. :rollseyes:
I liked the show for the most part. Had a nigga kinda confused tho. That one girl has an impeccable weave game.
I’ve added two shows into my weekly line-up….
This one and Blackish…..
That gay scene though, wow. Holding nothing back in prime time. It was good. Interested to see how the ending came about. Did teach out them up to it, or did they do it on their own. I first thought it was part of the final exam.
Sneaks byke in .. Somebody hurry up and point me in the edges comment post before it’s gone
I’ll read it later
fugg them pinched-faced, skeletor bishes! Viola went to Julliard! yall workin in print and hatin ’cause YO A$$ aint kind, smart, or important enough to be on anybody’s tv or movie screen! FOH!
Taken, it’s in the Lamar Sally post ( :crying1: )…start around numero 1 2 0
The People magazine hate boils down to one thing; and that thing I’m talking about is jealousy.
We know the tricks. Stop getting make at the intellectual competitiveness.
@IS :fistbump:

Jealousy and envy looks so good on them
Think about how low in life you have to feel to font those feelings IN PRINT
inter-loop!
i posted a link for you today! (it’s something positive that “we” can be proud of and encouraged by)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4itWGptNruE
viola looks great in that still
Nancy Drew thanks! I’m a budding rose thorn and it feels good to be here!
@Dub
And you will log in. Or else
i’m still pretty new here too iloop, but you should be fine as long as you don’t run afoul of the Pink Box

luVn_liFe… says:
viola looks great in that still
Yes she does 
Nancy Drew (fka IsThisThingOn) has entered into witness protection
says:
i’m still pretty new here
viola looks great in that still
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but doesn’t she Luvie!
by contrast, by the time most of ‘them’ hit just TWENTY-nine, they got a face full of poison and snake skin 
@MisTaken…..e-riot and loot all yall want. Come Monday, Dub gonna be busy talking to a man about a dog.
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NOt if’n she’en satisfied!

I’m just joshing yall
@Chan I meant if she couldn’t log in on Tuesday due to…. The PANK box
Eva Baby Morse Code
Now get from round here and work on YA man Kegels
harrassing
Then I school them that its not harassment if you don't say anything
by contrast, by the time most of ‘them’ hit just TWENTY-nine, they got a face full of poison and snake skin :
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YES
@Sandra, thank you for fixing the link!
“merci”
Shonda Rhimes and her shows give me the creeps.
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likely story

Thing
Merci
Hi, haven’t watched yet, just wanted to thank you for the comments in the Sherri post. Btw…
Be nice LuvLife
^^^from that old song
Nancy Drew (fka IsThisThingOn) has entered into witness protection
says:
Them the cats from MJ’s Who’s Bad
*sigh* anyway, let me pack up and geaux!
Sandra, iloop, DTTS, and Luvie… have a wonderful weekend!
I thoroughly enjoyed the show. People magazine can kick rocks. Viola will still rise. #bowdown
Oh! DTTS, check out the link in #15. (seems that, against all odds,
you ended up with a brainy kid, so if this is something that might interest him I know you’ll be all over it) 
*ignores you real hard*
I am here for Viola
Kanyade says:
I thoroughly enjoyed the show. People magazine can kick rocks. Viola will still rise. #bowdown
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“And Still I Rise”
Maya’s word ringing louder than ever now.
The Neelys have filed for divorce
I havent seen it as yet, I tivoed it but I told you guys these sprites are mad that Shonda is not only a female but a black female who is at the top of her game and has only had the kind of success that Aaron Spelling, Josh Weadon and Ryan Murphy has consistenly had
UF- that’s sad
MisTaken: Loyal reader
and your pastor’s #1 prayer warrior
says:
Sneaks byke in .. Somebody hurry up and point me in the edges comment post before it’s gone
I’ll read it later
Nancy Drew (fka IsThisThingOn) has entered into witness protection says:
Taken, it’s in the Lamar Sally post …start around numero 1 2 0
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The hate is real in white America. FYI, the you is smart, you is important line isn’t from The Help. It’s from the movie where she had a son & they were fighting the school system. Can’t think of the name right now.
Wheeeew chile….Viola’s “boyfriend” was fine aka Foooooine!! Runs off and googles him!!
MisUnderstood says:
FYI, the you is smart, you is important line isn’t from The Help.
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yes it is.
So I should get in the habit of snaggin’ and snippin’ screen shots? I saw the People mag tweet and thought ‘wow, are they referring to her role in the help?’ You can tell a lot of times these brands like people, paramount tv, etc., have a 20 something behind the scene doing the social networking.
It was a decent show. Shonda’s shows are all pretty much the same, but once you find a formula that works, stick with it. I’d watch this one over Scandal. I can’t get past that same silly OMG look that stays on Kerry’s face most episodes. And her awkward walk. I still say Gabrielle Union as Olivia Pope would have been cancelled long ago, but not a fan of Scandal at all.
ica. FYI, the you is smart, you is important line isn’t from The Help. It’s from the movie where she had a son & they were fighting the school system. Can’t think of the name right now.
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No ma’am. It is from the Help….She always told the white girl that because her mama wasn’t shat and didn’t love her.
Ioono if I’m outraged by the comment. Ifn I saw Jaleel White in a role I’m waiting for him to say Did I do that?
Tia and Tamera Go home Roger
Mary Kate and Ashley you got it dude
Some references just stick with you and define you for your entire career.
You’re right MissyJ, I forgot that part.
I also get the 2nd part of what you’re saying but those shows have play for yrs. The help was a movie, statement was said a few times. Why couldn’t they remember something else she said from her other movies. Just plain ignant
And shonda rhimes did not produce this show. Some guy named Pete did
Created by Peter Norwalk. 3 exec producers one of which is Shonda Rhimes
Close enough.
See that’s why she’s getting picked on by Times. Don’t claim this one Shonda, just collect your money silently & let Pete deal with the BS
Does Grey ‘s Anatonmy still come on? Because that’s also her show. So she should have 3 in a row on Thursday night. She is so inspiring for a black woman.
I liked the show. Scandal was good but not everything like usual…