{"id":711,"date":"2024-03-21T14:59:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doublegames.me\/?p=711"},"modified":"2024-03-22T15:20:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T15:20:57","slug":"diarra-kilpatrick-keeps-it-pushing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doublegames.me\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/diarra-kilpatrick-keeps-it-pushing\/","title":{"rendered":"Diarra Kilpatrick Keeps It Pushing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is a game that Detroiters play upon first meeting, tossing our respective qualifiers back and forth to track the commonalities and differences among us. Are you an eastsider or a westsider? What neighborhood are you from? Where did you go to elementary, middle and most importantly high school?<\/em> To outsiders, it\u2019s an immature exchange.; for Detroiters, it\u2019s an absolutely necessary barometer. What could come off as a divisive conversation is actually a bid for connection. It\u2019s a way for one Detroiter to spot another Detroiter in the wild and place them within the appropriate context. Fortunately, for me, a writer from Detroit, that same line of questioning lends itself well to journalistic fact-checking. By all those accounts, Diarra Kilpatrick<\/a> is a bonafide Detroiter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m from all of Detroit,\u201d the producer-writer-actor proudly says as she glimmers from our video call screen in golden-yet-understated glam.<\/p>\n

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Kilpatrick spent her formative years in Detroit\u2019s Calumet Townhomes with her mother Elise, who she describes as an enthusiastic patron of the arts. She recalls talented, emerging artists coming over for visits. She remembers circuiting the Detroit Institute of the Arts, the Detroit Public Library\u2019s main branch, The Children\u2019s Museum and Wayne State University\u2019s Old Main building. She coupled her Bates Academy education with participation in Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit, an outstanding after-school ensemble brimming with promising young talent. The combination of these two programs is a common thread for many successful actors from the city. Kilpatrick attended high school at Detroit Country Day before going on to study at New York University\u2019s Tisch School of the Arts.<\/p>\n

Kilpatrick fondly reminisces about cozying up with her grandma Bertha as she watched The Young and the Restless<\/em>, Matlock<\/em>, Perry Mason<\/em> and Columbo<\/em>. Those mystery shows became the inspiration for her show Diarra From Detroit<\/em>, which premieres today on BET+<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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