An Appreciation of Omari Hardwick’s Ass In Power
EntertainmentOmari Hardwick is a beautiful human and also the star of Power, a series about the underbelly of the drug business that’s currently in its second season.
Hardwick plays the show’s main character James “Ghost” St. Patrick, a major New York City drug dealer who dreams of leaving the game behind to run a legitimate club business. In the midst of all this is his wife Tasha (Naturi Naughton) and his FBI side chick Angela (Lela Loren). In the midst of all that is a whole lot of boning. A lot.
In fact, the amount of sex between black and Latino actors on screen on Power is remarkable even for cable. As Stereo Williams wrote for The Daily Beast in a piece about the black sex on Power: “The big black buck and the voluptuous black harlot are caricatures that African-Americans have been burdened with consistently; but there is also a tendency to present black people as nearly asexual in response to those images. The idea that a black person can’t be sexualized in any context only further dehumanizes black people and marginalizes black sexuality.”
Not only are the sex scenes on Power hot as hell, they’re also groundbreaking. In the process, Hardwick’s/Ghost’s Emmy-worthy ass is thankfully given the screen time it requires. Herewith, an appreciation.