bumper robinson played kinu owens on a different world.
bumper robinson played kinu owens on a different world.
who played kinu owens on a different world?
bumper robinson
wayne was known for his characteristic flip-up glasses and for his sense of flirting with girls on the college campus. he was a student, tutor, and teacher all through the series of "a different world". he was also a major in mathematics. in the first season, he was in love with sophomore denise huxtable, who was portrayed by lisa bonet. by the second season, he wanted to enter a serious relationship with suzanne, the daughter of "dr. war", better known as col. taylor (glynn turman). suzanne ended the relationship because she was not ready for a serious commitment. then dwayne started to fall for whitley, but stopped pursuing her after the third season when she seemed uninterested. by the fourth season, dwayne had fallen in love with kinu owens, portrayed by alisa gyse dickens. the relationship ended when kinu realized that dwayne was still in love with whitley gilbert. he eventually proposed to whitley. in the beginning of the fifth season, dwayne became a calculus teacher, but the students put a mutiny out on him because of his strict rules. whitley was beginning to put too much pressure on dwayne. dwayne decided to have a coffee date with lisa westin (debbi morgan). his honesty made him confess the truth to whitley. whitley was heartbroken and broke the engagement. by the end of this season, whitley had fallen in love with byron douglass, portrayed by joe morton. dwayne became jealous of their whirlwind romance, and spent the night with whitley. when byron proposed to whitley, who still was in love with dwayne secretly; dwayne was heartbroken. at the wedding, dwayne and whitley could not hold the pressure anymore and pushed byron out of the picture and got married. in the sixth season, dwayne and whitley told of their horrifying honeymoon, experiencing the 1992 los angeles riots in los angeles. at the end of the series, dwayne got a new job in tokyo, and decided to move with a now-pregnant whitley.
dwayne cleofis wayne
dwayne cleofis wayne is a mathematics major at hillman. a native of brooklyn, he achieved a perfect score on the math portion of the sat. he is best known for his flip up eyeglasses/shades and making unsuccessful advances on numerous women throughout his freshman year. he had a crush on denise and unsuccessfully ran for the title of "miss hillman" at her urging to highlight the sexism of the pageant. his best friend/roommate is ronald johnson. he dated suzanne taylor although the two broke up because she was not ready to get serious. although he dated several women across the series, he was most involved in an on-again-off-again relationship with whitley gilbert. after working at a summer internship in japan, he began a relationship with kinu owens. however, he broke up with her once he realized he was still in love with whitley. he graduated from hillman as valedictorian of class of 1991 and engaged to whitley. he became a mathematics professor at hillman but his engagement with whitley was broken off when he almost cheated on her. however, during her relationship with byron douglas iii, the two slept together and he interrupted whitley and byron's wedding ceremony to declare his love for her. whitley left byron at the altar for dwayne and the two quickly married. they honeymooned in los angeles, which coincided with the 1992 riots following the verdict in the rodney king trial. at the end of the series, whitley became pregnant with their first child and he designed a new video game for kinishewa with ron. the couple decided to move to japan for his work. in a reunion special, it was revealed that while at kinishewa, dwayne invented the flip cell phone, inspired by his flip glasses.
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