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Bad Monkey

2024

Bad Monkey (2024) is an American black comedy crime drama series starring Vince Vaughn as former detective Andrew Yancy.

When a severed arm is found by a tourist, Yancy becomes involved in an investigation that features characters living in both Florida and The Bahamas.

One of the key characters living in The Bahamas is the Dragon Queen (Jodie Turner-Smith). Raised in kinship care by her grandmother, YaYa (L. Scott Caldwell), the Dragon Queen uses Obeah or an Afro-Caribbean spiritual practice to work with members of her community.

YaYa is the previous Dragon Queen.

Trauma warning: This archive contains material relating to care experience including references to abuse, neglect, sexual violence, and institutional harm.

 

Children and young people in social care, and those who have left, are often subject to stigmatisation and discrimination. Being stigmatised and discriminated against can impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing not only during the care experience but often for many years after too. The project aims to contribute towards changing community attitudes towards care experienced people as a group. See glossary HERE


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