Who else jus now seeing this for the first time in 2020

The meaning: The song Moonlight has an overall theme that while we dream about fitting into a world that doesn't belong to us once we take it over they find a way to diminish it. Moonlight refers to a movie which was in the running for best picture against La La Land. The winner of Best Picture usually receives more money due to the prestige of winning and usually elevates the careers of cast. This particular year even though Moonlight won they announced LaLa Land won mistakingly overshadowing the accolades of Moonlight.

How am I only seeing this now?? These guys are a whole generation of black actors in one place.

Why do I feel like UKposts hid this video? It’s weird how it’s my first time seeing this. Extremely weird, eerie...

I’m watching this during quarantine. FOR. THE. FIRST. TIME.

This is just genius on so many levels. The song, the Refugees sample, and the Lauryn Hill reference, even the key of Lauryn's "Ooh La La La" being lower, the message, the "subversion" of the icon #1 White comedy of "our" generation, the candid criticism asking "what are you doing," the fact that the Black woman (Issa with her hit comedy) pointed out the way to go and didn't go with him, the fact that Jarrod did in fact walk out on the industry that tried to play him, the La La Land "win" over Moonlight at the end, the best picture being Moonlight for real, but as in real life, moonlight only getting a few seconds of what was supposed to be their big moment, the big moment being lost and clouded by the controversy, the other work being seen while ours is barely a reference.... THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON. Genius. Brilliant. Applause worthy. So much commentary in a short "music video." Also not lost is that Jay-Z is only heard and never seen in his own video. What's that saying?

Jay Z has been putting out the most artistic and creative videos of the year. Why don't these get more recognition?

youtube didn’t hide this y’all just don’t listen to jay z

Why did this just randomly pop up on my time line... and WHY IS THIS THE FIRST TIME IM SEEING THIS 😭😭😭😭

Everyone that’s saying “Omg I need there to be a black Friends now!! This is amazing!” has completely missed the point of this film.

Fun Fact: Lakeith Stanfield had never heard of friends before this.

I felt this short film. Literally all of the decisions they made are clearly intentional. This was powerful. Down to the casting, props, and imagery. Crazy dope

This not only shines light on how Friends overshadowed Living Single just as Moonlight was overshadowed by La La Land.

Wow the set looks so much like the original one awesomee

I got chills when I heard the Oscar presenters cause I remembered what happened and then understood why the song is called moonlight. Genius

This was a powerful image of having an all black cast enact part of a Friends episode and only recently became aware of how Living Single was copied. Brought tears to my eyes. So much talent out there that gets overshadowed.

Saw too many comments of people who have an issue with this video or don't get it, and I'm like....did you guys watch the video all the way through? Like where the one guy (Hannibal Buress) is literally telling him that the show and his acting is wack because it's just like a white demographically aimed show except with all black actors? So the dude starts to realize how unrealistic the show he's playing in is, question what he's even doing on this set that's got an all black cast as if it's supposed to be groundbreaking for African American culture, supposed to be some sort of win and representation of black people, but nothing about the show resembles that culture besides their black faces. So what's the point. Same candy just in a brown wrapper, being marketed as something that it's not.

I know there's this whole like "what's the message" and controversy going on, but can we just acknowledge how cool it is that they recreated the set for Friends.

If Living Single was given the budget and marketing.

kinda mad that i haven’t seen this until TWO years later