‘Young Love’ review: An Oscar-winning short becomes an animated series on Max
by Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
Sep 21, 2023
3 minutes
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Nearly dialogue-free, the Oscar-winning, six-minute 2019 animated short “Hair Love” from Matthew A. Cherry was inspired by videos on social media of Black fathers caring for their children’s hair. With the new series “Young Love,” Cherry has expanded that premise to focus on the close-knit family at the story’s center with a 12-episode animated comedy for Max.
Mom is Angela (Issa Rae) and she’s a hair stylist who is picking her life back up after an illness. Dad is
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