One of the most popular sitcoms of its era, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air told the story of West Philly teenager Will Smith as he brought his street-wise hip hop sensibilities to the Banks household, moving in with his aunt and uncle in Bel Air, California. On to the tale of the tape… Relevance: In […]
When you start talking about the iconic films of black cinema, it won’t be long before you get to Shaft. Made in 1971, this film stars Richard Roundtree as a black private eye in Harlem who gets dragged into a private war between the Italian mob and the black gangsters of the city. Yes, I […]
Before he became the face of the NBA’s next generation of superstars, LeBron James was a skinny prep school star in Akron. The documentary More Than A Game takes a look at LeBron’s well known relationship with his boys, who over the years have earned their own version of notoriety on a smaller scale. […]
Dating back to the days of Redd Foxx (and earlier), black stand up comedians would pay their dues on a different route than their white counterparts. Affectionately known as the ‘chitlin’ circuit’, the black stand ups of the 80s and 90s would tour the country for years, decades even, performing blue material that catered directly […]
You cannot have a discussion about either the craft or the business of Hollywood filmmaking without talking about Gone With the Wind. Based on a hugely popular novel, the film version lived up to the spectacle of the novel, romanticizing the ‘fighting spirit of the South.’ Uh huh. You probably see why I picked […]
Everyone has thrown in their two cents about Lamar and Khloe. There’s the prenup/financial take, the ‘moving too fast’ take, etc. Recently I was at a professional event that gave me a mini-epiphany about things like this. So I’ll play the ‘Devil’s Advocate/Hollywood’ take… Like I said, this was a semi-professional gathering. You could […]
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