WE ARE LADY PARTS
I’m convinced not enough people gave WE ARE LADY PARTS (trailer here) its flowers when it premiered last summer, but alas, I’m here to help rectify that. Let me persuade you all to watch this gem of a comedy about an all-female Muslim punk rock band in the UK. Written and directed by Nida Manzoor, the series opens with a group of eclectic women whose band, Lady Parts, is searching for a new lead guitarist. They stumble across Amina, a shy Ph.D student and a secretly talented guitarist. Her worst fear is, of course, performing on stage, which she cannot do without vomiting. What’s so special about this show is its wildly eccentric characters—from Saira, the leader of the band who works a day job as a butcher, to Bisma, the bassist and a loving mother just trying to get her artwork sold. None of these women can be neatly folded in a box—and this series never attempts to do that to them.
—Ellen Amare, Development Intern
