TMC
10-29-2019, 12:24 AM
I don't know for sure if Karyn was expected to be the "breakout star" among the supporting cast. I mean, Alfonso Riberio among the Banks kids, was already known thanks to Silver Spoons. But Karyn's career (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Parsons#Filmography) more or less, "began and ended" with Fresh Prince.
I wonder if a big part of the problem is that Karyn kind of got typecast as Hilary Banks. She played the part of a ditsy, spoiled, young valley girl so well that she became too acquainted by it to the general public. Also, a lot of her non-Fresh Prince work like Major Payne (which has since gone on to be kind of a cult hit (https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjkiebus/major-payne-where-are-they-now-6ygq)) and Ladies Man underwhelmed at the box office.
And right after Fresh Prince ended, she did this sitcom with Lori Petty called Lush Life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lush_Life_(TV_series)). Think of it as the 2 Broke Girls of its time period. The show however, was ultimately cancelled after four episodes and Karyn Parsons never front-lined or was a major player on a sitcom again.
I wonder if a big part of the problem is that Karyn kind of got typecast as Hilary Banks. She played the part of a ditsy, spoiled, young valley girl so well that she became too acquainted by it to the general public. Also, a lot of her non-Fresh Prince work like Major Payne (which has since gone on to be kind of a cult hit (https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjkiebus/major-payne-where-are-they-now-6ygq)) and Ladies Man underwhelmed at the box office.
And right after Fresh Prince ended, she did this sitcom with Lori Petty called Lush Life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lush_Life_(TV_series)). Think of it as the 2 Broke Girls of its time period. The show however, was ultimately cancelled after four episodes and Karyn Parsons never front-lined or was a major player on a sitcom again.