Racially Diverse Characters and Strong Women Stay Winning on ‘Craig of the Creek’

I’m getting tired of telling y’all how great Craig of The Creek is. Please believe me, this is the show I was waiting for as a kid man. Lemme learn you right quick. I already talked about how diverse Craig of the Creek is and how the Creek is divided into different territories and gangs of kids. The girls obsessed with horses (Horse girls), the bikes kids, (Ten Speeds), and many more. Now there’s a lot of action on the show involves a mixture of Larping (Live Action Role Play), known battle rules of the Creek, and the kids on the show being wildly innovative with what’s available for weapons of choice. Speaking of weapons of choice, here’s a fun fact about me. I love archery. Ever since I got to draw a bow and let an arrow fly at summer camp (that was still in the city) I have been hooked. There’s a book called Zen in the Art of Archery I had to read for acting class in college. It’s about breathing techniques to calm yourself during archery that can help you with performing. Archery is flames man.

You can scoff or say it’s a lame weapon, or make a joke how Hawkeye is wack for just shooting arrows (Clint Barton’s/Kate Bishop’s series were MVP at Marvel Comics), but to me, it’s a weapon that takes way more finesse and skill than most. Archery has become more popular now in media (Not crediting Hunger Games for that) but you don’t really see many if any Black archers (shout out to DC Comics’ Connor Hawke) putting in that quiver work. That’s something I’ve always wanted to see….