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Original Teacher: Directed by Debbie Allen. With Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Cree Summer. Freddie gets juvenile delinquents who need a role model and they are assigned to teachers of Hillman College one of which is Dwayne.
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- Debbie Allen
May 7, 2021 · S6 E11| Dwayne tries to convince two frival gang members that their friendship is more important than gang ties.
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Kris Kross play two juvenile deliquents who are mentored by Professor Dwayne. After a potentially violent run-in with the father of one of the boys, Dwayne manages to get through to the pair, teaching them both a life lesson.
Freddie has a group of youth offenders brought to Hillman as part of a PA Program. Dwayne gets two really difficult kids, Michael and Billy. They think only of violence and they're about to kill each other over gang affiliation. Dwayne asks them to do a presentation on a model, someone honorable. The only person they can think of is action adventur...
Main cast
1. Jasmine Guy as Whitley Gilbert 2. Kadeem Hardison as Dwayne Wayne 3. Darryl M. Bell as Ron Johnson 4. Ajai Sanders as Gina Deveaux 5. Cree Summer as Freddie Brooks 6. Karen Malina White as Charmaine Brown
Recurring cast/Guest stars
1. Chris Kelly as Billy Thomas 2. Peter Kochas Cop 3. Ronald William Lawrence as Loco 4. Jenifer Lewis as Dean Davenport 5. Lou Myers as Vernon Gaines 6. Jada Pinkett Smith as Lena James 7. Chris Smith as Michael Wilson 8. Jermain Duprias D.J. (camer/uncredited)
May 7, 2021 · A Different World: The Original Teacher. 426 Likes. 28,845 Views. 2021 May 7. S6 E11| Dwayne tries to convince two rival gang members that their friendship is more important than...
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The original premise was to focus on a white student at a historically black university and feature Lena Horne as an acting teacher, but in production, the premise changed from being a story about a white student in a black college to a black student (Denise Huxtable) in a black college with a white friend.
Freddie organizes a mentorship program for teenagers detained at juvenile hall. They can receive parole by completing a week-long project. Dwayne is assigned two young gang members, who continually fight after learning that they are from rival sets. Much of the tension stems from the fact that members of one boy's gang killed the other's cousin. Dwayne tries to get the boys to turn away from ...
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