24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
‘Beyond the Gates' is as messy as soap operas come, and so much more
DORAVILLE, Ga.
Tamarie Tunie is perched on the edge of her dressing room's settee, one (expertly shaped) eyebrow cocked. Gold brushstrokes ornament her flowing black tunic; her hair is gathered in jumbo rollers, like spun silver. The lady looks like money. And she's telling a story about cockroaches.
Tunie, whom fans will recognize from her years on 'Law & Order: SVU,' has returned to her soap opera roots in CBS's 'Beyond the Gates,' the first daytime serial centered on a Black family in the history of U.S. broadcast television. Premiering Monday, it chronicles the dramas of the Dupree family, the de facto rulers of a tony gated community.
