Punkie Johnson and Roy Wood Jr. prop up the teaser for Prime Video's new Barbershop show
Jermaine Fowler stars in the revival series, which goes heavy on vibes and non-existent on cameos from old Barbershop stars.
Barbershop, Photo: Amazon
The big question hanging over Prime Video’s Barbershop show becomes pretty obvious over the two-minute run of its just-released initial teaser. I.e., how much can the new series feel like the original Barbershop, with so little of its original cast and creative team involved? Sure, Marshall Todd, who co-wrote the 2002 original, is back as co-showrunner, working with Only Murders In The Building and Dave‘s Max Searle. But continuity in front of the camera basically starts and stops at the “Calvin’s Barbershop” sign that shows up in the teaser’s opening seconds. Everybody else is a total newbie—which raises the question of just how busy Cedric The Entertainer has to be these days to not at least pop his head in for a cameo, huh?
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