Click here to go straight to the Prologue… The backstory if you’re interested… Late last year, I was inspired to write my first family film. No cursing, no sex scenes, something I could show my nieces, nephews, godkids, etc. The idea I came up with was to tell the story of a young man, […]
The original Batcave was a basement apartment a few blocks down from Memorial Stadium. It was the first time I lived without roommates: it was glorious! I’m no one’s playboy, but the extra privacy and freedom loosened me up alot. Out of the Greek life, I was content to ‘serve out my time’ before heading […]
“That’s how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day…” – the Joker, the Killing Joke I had been biding my time for three years to get back to a point where I could follow my true ambition. My grades were fine, I was in a grad school training program; as […]
First of all, B.E.T., go to your room and don’t come out and until we tell you to come out… Our seats ended up being on the far end from the stage but right next to the tunnel where all the celebs were going (they saved the floor for the VIPs for the most part). […]
It’s my favorite genre by far, but at this point in the game it is damn near impossible to break new ground with crime drama. Public Enemies is a really good movie on its own. Michael Mann, Johnny Depp and Christian Bale doing a film about the true life story of John Dilinger. If […]
There was no history of Greeks in my family (too country) so I was something of an open book. The first day on campus I met a Greek…kind of. I was just walking around and saw this cat with a cane. He was one of the first black people I saw so I said, ‘What’s […]
In recent memory, there have been few films that have stirred up the flames and sparked discussions about the lack of roles for black actresses in general, and the portrayal of black sexuality overall, the way that Monster’s Ball has. The plot revolves around a romance between a former death row security guard and the widow […]
For five solid years, Living Single was part of a solid Thursday night block on Fox that caters specifically to the African-American demographic. The show would be centered around four twenty-something black women in Brooklyn and their (mis)adventures in the workplace and the dating game. On to the tale of the tape… Relevance: Oh […]
Out of the other black guys in my dorm, one was from Kansas City. He was from the Missouri side, but he loved sports like me. We were on the same floor, so would meet up in our floor lobby to watch Sportscenter. That’s how it started. Now I’m not one of those big ‘I always […]
This is one of those times when I’ve been struck deaf. It’s impossible…it’s impossible for me to address my love of music, my love of show business, the way I designed my image…hell, go ahead right now and type in his name in the Search button to the right and see how many times he’s […]
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