It's time that we talked again...about all the great Black entertainment now available on a television near you! Let's start with 1974/75 Blaxploitation film BLACK FIST.
Tag: African American entertainment
Why #Star isn’t all that brilliant…
Each time I've tuned into the first three episodes of Fox's Star, I've been convinced that I'm watching Lee Daniels' fantasy Barbie doll playtime depicted in nighttime soap opera form. Only in Lee Daniels' mind would some cute little blonde slutty heroine named Star Davis (Jude Demorest), with a modernized tragic mulatta for a sister (Savannah … Continue reading Why #Star isn’t all that brilliant…
Why watching Netflix’s Luke Cage is a must though the action kind of sucks…
It’s been two weeks since Netflix released Marvel’s Luke Cage. Rather than binge-watching over the premier weekend, I took my time ingesting the drama of the Harlem vigilante hero. Though I’m not a comic book fan in any real sense of the word, I did get to know the original character and I’m not quite sure how I … Continue reading Why watching Netflix’s Luke Cage is a must though the action kind of sucks…
In Light of All this Prime Time Blackness…
Have ya’ll noticed how there are a bunch of Black people on television these days?
We’re not talking about the evening news or guests on Maury. We’re talking about actual actors and actresses of color with leading roles and lines devoid of stereotypical jive talk. We’re talking Black television stars who aren’t just making cameo appearances as gangsters and/or prostitutes only to be shot down or carted off to prison within the first five minutes of the show. We're talking real characters with actual stakes in the plot and story line.
Let's Talk Color TV 