Atlanta’s Ivan Mbakop isn’t sure Zenzo survived AMC’s ‘Parish’ season finale
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The series, set in New Orleans, features Emmy-nominated Giancarlo Esposito (”Breaking Bad,” “The Mandalorian”) as Gray, a broken and broke driver with a criminal past who reluctantly returns to his shadowy ways to pay the bills and eventually avenge the death of his teenage son. Mbakop’s character is not a fan of Parish ― or his more sophisticated, even-keeled younger brother, who goes by Horse and runs their very dirty human trafficking operation. “In African culture, the father usually gives the elder brother the family business,” said Mbakop, who has...
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