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Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
Alfre Woodard is joining the cast of "Desperate Houswives" as one of the newest denizens of Wisteria Lane, the first black woman to be a regular cast member.
"It's great to be breaking the color barrier, but we're all such fans of her," says co-executive producer Kevin Murphy. "She's one of the best actresses of her generation and to have her on the show is an incredible honor."
"Desperate" sources say Woodard will play a deeply religious, overbearing single mother who moves to Wisteria Lane after her son gets involved in an bad situation with a girl in their old neighborhood.
"Like all the rest of our woman," says Murphy, "there's going to be much more to her than initially meets the eye."
Woodard has a personal story very much like the some of the other, older female stars on "Desperate."
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I'm alll for adding a black woman to the cast, but why they have to be so sterotypical:
1. deeply religious
2. single mom
3. overbearing black woman
4. son gets in a bad situation in the old neighborhood (I just hope it wasn't the "hood"
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I know everyone on Wisteria lane has issues, but dang....Or am I being the sensitive black woman??