A frustrated novelist, fed up with the establishment profiting from 'Black' entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes, uses a pen name to write his own outlandish 'Black' book and is suddenly swept up in the madness he claims to disdain.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Thelonius "Monk" Ellison | Jeffrey Wright |
| Lisa Ellison | Tracee Ellis Ross |
| Sintara Golden | Issa Rae |
| Clifford Ellison | Sterling K Brown |
| Arthur | John Ortiz |
| Coraline | Erika Alexander |
| Agnes Ellison | Leslie Uggams |
| Wiley Valdespino | Adam Brody |
| Willy the Wonker | Keith David |
| Van Go Jenkins | Okieriete Onaodowan |
| Lorraine | Myra Lucretia Taylor |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Cord Jefferson |
