In truth, she is biracial or rather birasian because she is both Black and Asian. Gilbert went out of her way to make the competition jealous and Dwayne's best friend Ron, (Darryl Bell) plotted against her as well.Īt a glance, the actress looks like an African American with slanted eyes which is pretty common. Dwayne's new love never had a chance as Ms. Instead of Kinu, Whitley would say Kinusobi, Kekookala, Kimono, and Kekoko. Owen various monikers as if she could not remember her name. During her year on the show, a jealous Whitley made a point to call Ms. When she told Freddie, (Cree Summer) that her name meant silk, Whitley(Jasmine Guy) replied under her breath (Smooth as). Gaines, (Lou Meyers) referred to her as Canoe. When she added that she was happily married Dwayne was clearly embarassed. Owens later explained that the person hired instead of Dwayne spoke fluent Spanish and had a 4.o GPA.
She interviewed Dwayne for a job at the same company and when he did not get it Whitley assumed Kinu was getting even because Dwayne broke up with her. Her final time on A DIFFERENT WORLD she had graduated and was working.
#ALISA GYSE DICKENS PLUS#
Alisa Gyse's one year of being a foil for Whitley does not put her with those who are considered the mainstays of the series cast.Īs Dwayne's love interest Dickens was in the 7 episodes plus 2 where she was not credited. Charnelle Brown who played Kim Reece and Cree Summer, (Freddie Brooks) came aboard in season two and they are also involved in reunion projects. Sinbad who portrayed Walter Oakes in seasons one through four and Dawn Lewis who left after season five are always included with Jasmine Guy, Darryl Bell, and Kadeem Hardison who were on the series for the entire six year run. Dickens, like many others who were on this spin-off of THE COSBY SHOW, made an impression on the viewers but is not included in cast reunions. She was a student at Avery College which was not far from Hillman but spent as much time in the Pit as Hillman students. She was a girlfriend that Dwayne, (Kadeem Hardison) had hooked up with while in Japan. Kinu arrived at Hillman college in the first episode of season 4. She also was in 2 uncredited roles one prior to and the other after her stint as Ms. is all suave style as The Man who devils their dreams in the night.Alisa Gyse Dickens portrayed Kinu Owens in 8 episodes of the NBC sitcom A DIFFERENT WORLD. Kimberly Jajuan gives a poignant twist to the hopeful Girl who is destined to age into The Woman and then The Lady. The lithe Alisa Gyse-Dickens exudes a Blanche du Bois eloquence as The Woman (a woman who has seen better days), seductively wrapping her body around her dances and voice around her songs. Vickilyn Reynolds, big in talent and body, delights as The Lady, an over-the-hill singer belting out fabulously funny double entendre numbers as she dreams of her comeback. The show, a 1983 Tony Award nominee and seen at Los Angeles Theatre Center in 1990, puts more than two dozen numbers by Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen and others into the mouths of four types living the music in a seedy Chicago hotel in the 1930s.
“Blues in the Night,” conceived and directed at the Old Globe by visiting associate artistic director Sheldon Epps, is among the best. Those two concerns combined usually results in singing heads, glitteringly adorned, impeccably and impersonally performing works grouped by composer or genre, where performers smile and bow after the n th number about their broken hearts.īut in the best revues, songs emanate from real people. Revues are also a way to avoid high production costs in harsh economic times. As the end of the millennium approaches, musical revues soar in popularity as a way to remember the best of decades past.