Posthumous is the first feature written and produced by The Farewell’s Lulu Wang. When I really like a movie I go and try and found out everything I can about the project and the creators who made it. So after watching The Farewell I ended up watching a video interview where Wang mentions her first … Continue reading Posthumous Review
I just finished watching Jon Favreau’s Chef. I heard about this film a lot but I never was able to see the film whether because I couldn’t afford to rent or subscribe to a streaming site. First of all, I love food. One of my favorite things to do is to eat food that … Continue reading Chef’s Review
In the late 1990s, early 2000s every month Disney would release a Disney Channel Original Movie.
These movies have become fondly remembered by kids now adults who are apart of a generation now looking back to the past.
The 90’s babies are now becoming nostalgic as most have graduated high school & gone in to the “real world”.
Instead of just retweeting or readily ignoring the originators brands who love the attention & money that our culture brings should employ and build with those who create those moments for them.
Corporations like Taco Bell or Burger King in the past have tweeted using the latest slang but it came off as inauthentic and corny cheapening the integrity of a movement.
But there have been brands who have recognized the talent that these influencers have, especially Black & Brown creatives and teamed up to create creative and original content to advertise to their fan base.
Cultural appropriation is a real problem.
The issue time and time again is White voices are amplified while Blacks are silenced.
Brands and publications have praised White celebrities for discovering or starting trends that Black women were demonized for.
In the early 90s Death Row & Bad Boy led the way in the musical soundscape but after the death of both Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls the South began to rise.
Bass music of Miami with Uncle Luke & 2 Live Crew became the soundtrack of ‘Thrill’ Hill & The U.
At the Source Awards Outkast’s Andre 3000 declared ‘The South has something to say’.
In New Orleans there was a new sound led by Master P’s No Limit Records & later Stunna’s Cash Money Records.
These situations feels like "different strokes for different folks".
There's no telling where LaVar and Lonzo Ball go from here but personally I believe an ownership mindset will eventually serve them well
This incident reminds me of the creatively of Black people, from trending and creating hashtags to the concept of live reactions on social media we are at the center of culture and content.
Now it’s up to Hollywood to take the next step or see if an investor will step up and fund it.
In the era of ShondaLand and Empire, A Different World’s impact is still felt.
Creator of Love & Basketball’s Gina Prince-Bythewood and husband, co-creator of FOX’s Shots Fired were both staff writers on this show.
Papa Morton from Scandal was first Byron Douglas who was infamously interrupted by Dwayne’s impassioned speech to convince Whitley to run off with him instead.
Debbie Allen is the mother of Jesse Williams’ character and now executive producer for Grey’s Anatomy and when rumors surfaced of a Blackish spinoff centered around Yara Shahidi’s character going off to college an outcry of consumers wanted ADW reincarnated.
In 1994 two shows premiered that would go on to define a generation.
It was a tale of two coasts.
In Los Angeles one centered around six caffeinated 20-somethings trying to make it in New York.
And in Orlando the other was a cast of characters with different races and personalities.
In sketch comedy there has been one main constant, Saturday Night Live.
There were those who tried like Fridays & Saturday Night Special and those who were more successful like In Living Color and later MADtv but SNL for 40+ years has reigned supreme.
At the time there were no sketch comedy show targeted towards children, the options were staying upto watch or tape the shows.
This changed when Nickelodeon added a new show to their lineup, All That.
