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The Student Body The Student Body is an anthology web series (Season one) that parodies life at HBCU's. Chronicling the lives of Students at Nagrom State University. A Fictional University in Baltimore, MD. The concept of The Student Body was developed by Christian Smooth during the fall of 2011, and premiered March, 14th 2013 on youtube. The series drops the anthology format at the start of Season two when it becomes a more traditional episodic show. The Student Body ram for ten episodes on the lTheSmoothHouse youtube channel. In 2018 The Student Body was superseded by Dream Visions the series. Dream Visions takes place two years after episode 10 of The Student Body.

 History

Development of The Student Body started while Christian Smooth was a student at Morgan State University fall semester 2011. The idea came from people watching, his own natural curiosity, and what can happen to people in day to day life. From there Christian collaborated with classmates to form his vision of The Student body. His aim was to incorporate controversial topics in his web series. Topics such as professors sexually abusing students, college athletes using performance-enhancing drugs, hazing in Greek letter organizations, and many more.

Cast and Characters

ALVIN NEIL (LIL AL), 19 (Kam Brooke) Lil Al is a sophomore from Camden, New Jersey. He’s a Hip Hop Head who embodies the Hip Hop culture. He hides his intelligence to fit in. Although Lil Al is rather intelligent, he is immature and lacks respect for his peers.

RICK MCCAIN, 18 (Emmanuel Onafeko) Hails from Montgomery County, MD and comes from a well-off family, and he’ll never tell. Rick is a sloppy hipster. He wears clothes that don’t match to fit his perceived Baltimore image. Rick is also the worst skateboarder ever. He’s an Art major who is also a Ron Paul supporter.

MARIO TOMKINS, 20 (Duwayne Saunders) Mario is from Howard County. He’s a black nerd who is fascinated with comic books and Anime. He dresses very simple, wearing just a graphic T-shirt and an old pair of jeans. When Mario is on campus he walks around with his head down, unsure of himself, and with his messy hair. People make fun of him as he walks past them. He’sa Sociology major in his Sophomore year at Nagrom. At night, Mario becomes a totally different person. He turns into a sex addict looking for his next meal. He relies on his swag appeal to get the ladies into his bed.

FABIAN DUPRE, 21 (Deion Roulhac) He adjusts from a life of poverty to being adopted into a high-class and wealthy family.

NAOMI DAY, 19 (Bria Starkey) An anime fanatic (Otaku) who loves, breathes, eats, and sleeps Anime. She is madly in love with the Japanese culture. She’s basically a full fledge Harajuku Girl trapped in an African-American girls body. She later changes her name to Nagome Day.