Charmain Johnson
West Palm Beach, FL (USA)
Role(s):
C-Level Executive (CEO, CFO, etc.)
Lovers and Friends, LLC
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Location:
West Palm Beach
Industry:
Media
Year Founded:
2007
Number Employees:
10-50 people
Description:
THE LOVERS AND FRIENDS SHOW SYNOPSIS
The Lovers & Friends Show is a new urban web based lesbian show that made its debut January 1st 2008. The show focuses on six main characters and their life experiences as a Lesbians from an ethnic background living in today’s society. Lisa, Kai, Dre, Tori, Yasmin, and Mercedes are six minority lesbian women navigating through life’s obstacles, making new friends, and experiencing new drama. Lisa is a med student new to the world of lesbianism. Kai is the best friend with the heart of gold who is dealing with her psycho ex-girlfriend. Tori is the funny, lovable writer who gets herself caught up with her boss. Yasmin is the outspoken, political, firecracker who develops a crush on her sister’s friend. Mercedes is the social climbing, goal oriented married magazine editor who can’t keep her hands off one of her employees. Dre is the bad boy sweet talker with an edge and a flock of women. These six women are charming, funny, bright, and will keep you entertained with all of their drama. The six main characters each have a story to tell and the plot lines will deal with such subject matters as coming out, infidelity, masculine and feminine roles, domestic abuse, drugs, and violence, sexually transmitted diseases, adoption, and many more issues facing today’s GLBT community. The show provides a cultural viewpoint of minority women as lesbian and what most viewers connect with is the fact that that each character is different and some represent a type of Lesbian not previously showcased. The goal for Lovers & Friends is not to just be a show but to build An online community in which people can feel free to express themselves and their sexuality as well as share with others via the website as well as other show related events. The love we have received for the show has been tremendous as the show picks up in popularity a lot of the responses have been positive as it seems that viewers have been starved for this kind of show. One viewer even wrote “I was into the show the whole time and sad when it was over. I'm about to cancel Showtime cause if y'all keep posting episodes, I won't need the L Word anymore.” Comments such as these are prevalent on the show’s website, Myspace, Downelink, and Youtube. In January the show was featured in the online gay entertainment section of The Miami Herald, in February the show graced the cover of Studs Magazine, in March the visionary Charmain Johnson was interviewed by Curve magazine, which is set to debut in their June 2008 edition. In March, the cast and crew were interviewed on Gspot Radio and a few days later the director/producer appeared on Nghosi Radio. The show also appeared in the June 2nd edition of the Palm Beach Post and is set to appear in more radio shows. Since its debut, the cast and crew of the show have been invited to appear at various Pride celebrations including, Detroit Pride, Miami’s Sweetheat Pride, and Washington D.C to name a few. The sky seems to be the limit as the popularity has of The Show has surpassed expectations in the matter of only a few months.