Let Me Talk About Kelli From Insecure

If you don't watch or are behind on the HBO show, Insecure, why are you here?

It's not a secret in Offline Land that I didn't start off as a fan of the character Kelli from Insecure. Oh yeah, welcome to the Uber Woke, Plus Size Edition part of my mind. I have major problems with fat girl tropes in Entertainment,

• Low Confidence
• Jolly & Comedic
• Extremely Mean
• Boisterous
• Loud
• Non-Dating Sidekick
• Oversexualized/Under-sexualized

and Kelli was hitting several of those points when we met her in Season 1. I was having a hard time discussing the show with others because they were enjoying her in this one dimensional form. I couldn't get passed that we were only seeing her funny sarcasm & high intellect in sex in the show.

Then we heard her mention a podcast and saw her attempt a marathon in Season 2 and it seemed like the writers(with one being the lady who plays Kelli, Natasha Rothwell) wanted to give us more insight into Kelli's world.

I know Kelli is not an A character for the show, but we needed more story points from her. She has a nice job on accounting. Kelli has ties in the housing market. She's not oversexed but owns her sexuality. She seems to now be Ms. Crunch Numbers by Day & Madame Turn Up by Night.

And she has other emotions that don't involve comedic happiness. I wanted to hug her after the baby shower. Now, can we find out why Amal & she do not like one another? And I wonder should we be waiting on a chance to hear an episode of her podcast. It's like seeing her with her hair up was a good added level.

Glad, they're pulling back the layers of Kelli. Now to uncover why is Tiffany so bougie. And hoping it doesn't have a long stereotypical history in classism and colorism. Shallow is rarely memorable. Every character should get some levels of depth. You know something to fall for.

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