CHICAGO — Different cities have their own distinct roller skating culture. Chicago-style roller skating is featured in the Disney Channel series “Saturdays,” starring Golden Brooks as the mom to a 14-year-old looking to create the hottest skate routines at her local rink.
“Chicago is the hub for and mecca of a JB (James Brown) style of skating,” said Brooks, “and let me tell ya’, I skated in the ‘80s and it was different back then! When I booked ‘Saturdays,’ I was so excited to roller skate again. I thought, how different could it be? Cut to: Um, it’s different! It was a thing, learning this new style of skating, which is so cool and such a culture and such a vibe in Chicago. They sent us all to skate camp and the kids are phenomenal.”
Brooks might be best known as Maya from the iconic sitcom “Girlfriends,” but her resume also includes everything from “Linc’s” to “Star Trek: Enterprise” to “Hart of Dixie” to “Blunt Talk” to “The Good Doctor.”
