{"id":7560,"date":"2025-02-20T18:07:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tamara-tunie-and-daphnee-duplai-on-the-importance-of-representation-on-the-new-daytime-drama-beyond-the-gates\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:07:37","slug":"tamara-tunie-and-daphnee-duplai-on-the-importance-of-representation-on-the-new-daytime-drama-beyond-the-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tamara-tunie-and-daphnee-duplai-on-the-importance-of-representation-on-the-new-daytime-drama-beyond-the-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamara Tunie and Daphn\u00e9e Duplai on the importance of representation on the new daytime drama &#8220;Beyond the Gates&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A new CBS daytime drama is making <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/black-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">history<\/a><\/span> as the first soap opera in decades to feature a Black family at its center. &#8220;Beyond the Gates&#8221; follows the powerful Dupree family in an affluent Maryland suburb.<\/p>\n<p>The daytime drama will focus on the Duprees as they navigate their lives. The series is also the first daytime soap opera to be greenlit in over 25 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/beyond-the-gates-cast-cbs-tamara-tunie-daphnee-duplaix-karla-mosley\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Actor Tamara Tunie<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 who stars in the series and was also on &#8220;As The World Turns&#8221; \u2014 appeared on &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; on Thursday and said she decided to return to soap operas because of their universal message.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only thing that would bring me back is this show because of its historic nature, the focus of the African American family being the central family on the show, which has never happened,&#8221; said Tunie. &#8220;The family being an affluent family, a politically connected family, a loving family. You know, a supportive family. And the show is multicultural. 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