Are you awkward? Are you black? Are you a girl? If you are one, both, all, or none of those things, you will like “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” the best webseries I’ve seen since Haviland & Riese did those random vlogs like in the 90s. Seriously even when my internet connection got screwed up, resulting in YouTube only playing two seconds of the show at a time, I still sat there, laughing in staccato, waiting for each subsequent second of amusement to reveal itself to me!
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I was wondering when you guys were going to do an article on this web series! It is absolutely hilarious. I watched a marathon for the second time last night and woke up every one in the house laughing…oops. :)
from ep 2:
“I would love to express that to her.” [in her mind: SHUT UP…SHHH….SHUT UUUUUP. Seriously. What’s wrong with you? What the fuck is wrong with you?] “But, I’m passive aggressive, and I hate confrontation.”
“Am I the only one who acts like they’re in a music video when they’re alone?” Hahaha. She won me over with that. “What the fuck rhymes with pussy nigga?” HA! First episode was hilarious.
I am in love.
THANK YOU AUTOSTRADDLE/RIESE for saving me!
It’s like you decided to follow my tumblr and made a personalized recommendation. Or maybe you heard from Croce that I’m as awkward as an awkward turtle on a fucking beach resort named Smiley Smilington.
I have hope now. There are other people out there. Now if only, the awkward black AND queer girl could make a cameo on this/a webseries… UNICORN PLAN-IT anyone???? (lmfao)
YES. Hilarious.
oh these are amazing!! seriously lovely!
two favorite scenes:
– making up rap songs
– high fiving herself to downplay an awkward wave
hahaha! thanks for these!
hahahah, the high fiving was my favorite. so good.
lmfao “What the fuck rhymes with pussy-n****???” Love this! So watching this now :D
Thank you so much Riese!
Finally someone is giving this some love! The world needs know about Awkward Black Girl; there are a lot out there.
Oh god, Riese. These are hilarious. I am definitely going to watch the other three now.
I love that part of your job is to find funny shit on the internet, you guys are all so good at it.
The awkward hallway interaction from ep. 3…THIS IS ME! Right down to the facial expressions!
Just watched it. So funny and so relatable. Hahaha.
anyone get to the ‘I hate mexicans’ part yet? I loled so hard.
I should be doing work, but I find that I am instead somehow on episode five. This is so good.
I was wondering when you guys were going to do an article on this web series! It is absolutely hilarious. I watched a marathon for the second time last night and woke up every one in the house laughing…oops. :)
This is all too real for me and my life. Wow.
So real.
And if I weren’t so broke, I would totally order the “I’m awkward. And mixed” shirt right now. Too perfect.
mine as well. last friday night i was that gal at the party. retrospect, though, very funny.
This is brilliant and omg. I love this.
OMG, fave new thing.
from ep 2:
“I would love to express that to her.” [in her mind: SHUT UP…SHHH….SHUT UUUUUP. Seriously. What’s wrong with you? What the fuck is wrong with you?] “But, I’m passive aggressive, and I hate confrontation.”
story of my life
“Am I the only one who acts like they’re in a music video when they’re alone?” Hahaha. She won me over with that. “What the fuck rhymes with pussy nigga?” HA! First episode was hilarious.
I just noticed the “Love and Basketball” reference. “Damn girl, I didn’t know FUBU made dresses!” Subtle changes make the difference. Love it!
I am in love.
THANK YOU AUTOSTRADDLE/RIESE for saving me!
It’s like you decided to follow my tumblr and made a personalized recommendation. Or maybe you heard from Croce that I’m as awkward as an awkward turtle on a fucking beach resort named Smiley Smilington.
I have hope now. There are other people out there. Now if only, the awkward black AND queer girl could make a cameo on this/a webseries… UNICORN PLAN-IT anyone???? (lmfao)
Also I have never laughed as loud as I did for Ep. 5 and the Dj dude.
God, I love nothing more than seeing other equally awkward people. This is definitely going to be added to my list of must-watch webseries.
No lesbo, but love this mini series XD
i love this show….every episode depicts at least one awkward moment that has happened to me before lol
In-credible. This made me laugh for about 25 minutes. Not a record, but close.