{"id":80052,"date":"2017-07-02T16:53:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T16:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/07\/02\/abff-2017-judy-reyes-karrueche-tran-showrunner-janine-sherman-barrois-talk-tnts-claws\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:25:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:25:20","slug":"abff-2017-judy-reyes-karrueche-tran-showrunner-janine-sherman-barrois-talk-tnts-claws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/abff-2017-judy-reyes-karrueche-tran-showrunner-janine-sherman-barrois-talk-tnts-claws\/","title":{"rendered":"ABFF 2017 – Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran, & Showrunner Janine Sherman Barrois Talk TNT’s Claws"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABFF 2017 – Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran, & Showrunner Janine Sherman Barrois Talk TNT’s Claws<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

July 2, 2017<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

During the 2017 American Black Film Festival<\/strong> (ABFF), Blackfilm.com had the opportunity to speak with TNT’s Claws actresses Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran and its\u00a0<\/strong>show runner\u00a0Janine Sherman Barrois.\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cClaws\u201d<\/strong> currently airs on Sundays at 9 p.m.<\/strong> (ET\/PT).<\/p>\n

Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston, Harold Perrineau, Jenn Lyon, Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran, Jason Antoon, Kevin Rankin, Jack Kesy<\/strong> and Dean Norris<\/strong> star in the hour-long dramedy.<\/p>\n

Claws is executive-produced by Rashida Jones<\/strong>, Will McCormack<\/strong>, Janine Sherman Barrois<\/strong>, and director Howard Deutch<\/strong>.\u00a0 Creator and co-executive producer Eliot Laurence<\/strong>\u00a0wrote the pilot, which was directed by Nicole Kassell<\/strong>. Claws is produced by Jones and McCormack’s Le Train Train, in association with Warner Horizon Television and Turner’s Studio T<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Described as a \u201cmidnight-dark, wickedly funny meditation on female badness set in a South Florida nail salon,\u201d\u00a0the series follows the rise of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures.<\/p>\n

At the center is salon owner Desna (played by Niecy Nash<\/strong>), who lives with and cares for her mentally ill twin brother, Dean (played by Harold Perrineau<\/strong>). Desna\u2019s staff includes best friend Jennifer (Jenn Lyon<\/strong>), a tenuously sober ex-party girl raising two children from previous relationships; Quiet Ann (Judy Reyes<\/strong>), Desna\u2019s enigmatic driver who also provides security for the salon; Polly (Carrie Preston)<\/strong>, a mild-mannered preppy who recently served time in prison for identity theft; and Virginia (Karrueche Tran<\/strong>), who makes no effort to hide her boredom and impatience with her job.<\/p>\n

Adding chaos to the Nail Artisan mix is Roller (Jack Kesy<\/strong>), a gangstered-out redneck who runs a barely legal pain clinic and uses Desna’s nail salon to launder their obscene profits; Bryce (Kevin Rankin<\/strong>), Jennifer’s husband who is also newly sober and trying to stay legit by working as an abundance coach; Dr. Ken Brickman (Jason Antoon<\/strong>), a bona fide doctor at a decidedly un-bona fide drug clinic; and Uncle Daddy (Dean Norris<\/strong>), a dangerous Dixie Mafia crime boss who is deeply Catholic and actively bisexual.<\/p>\n

Trailer<\/p>\n