You can't deny in the 90s, there was an effort to have black faces on the screen
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Even more so on television
We dont have shyt right now
We dont have shyt right now
Black_Jesus
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But we got Madea now...right?
Black_Jesus
Superstar
WTF happened to John Singleton and Spike Lee??
I don't knock Tyler for serving his niche audience. But, I don't Ovastand, how he has his OWN
STUDIO, and don't give upcoming black writers or directors a shot to make something better than his flimsy stuff
STUDIO, and don't give upcoming black writers or directors a shot to make something better than his flimsy stuff
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Forget about television. It was a plethora of good black shows back in the days.
I know Megan Good is going to be the main lead in a new NBC drama called Notorious, this Fall. Hopefully, she'll be able to carry the show
i don't know wtf happened. it's not like these movies weren't making the studios money.
This thread made me sad. We had some top tier movies for the 80s and 90s with an all black cast...
NigerianDonDada
FFOE
It's crazy to think that Black sitcoms were getting prime time slots in the 80s and 90s on major networks. Can't even imagine it happening today 
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.Honestly, the last funny black sitcom was That's So Raven
Don't sleep. I used to watched that late night when I was I still in college, and it used to have me
The Wire and Luther are the only two great black dramas I can think of that came out in this millenium.
.../edit who knew Raven was a Cac00n all this time, tho
Don't sleep. I used to watched that late night when I was I still in college, and it used to have me
The Wire and Luther are the only two great black dramas I can think of that came out in this millenium.
.../edit who knew Raven was a Cac00n all this time, tho
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MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
why would he hire people when he can do that shyt himself and keep all that money?
the fact he keeps all his shyt in house is why he's able to do all that shyt.
Black people need to stop looking for handouts from every black person who's done something.
Well you got "Scandal" on ABC with Kerry Washington as the lead, although all her love interests seem to be white
lol nikkas want "black" movies and "black" shows so bad. that's the problem.
if a show has an all white cast or mostly white cast, its just a show. not a white show. a show. even with latins.
but when there's nikkas involved, it gotta be thrown into a "black show" category like we a different species or somethin. when i use to watch stuff like keenan and kel, i never once thought of it as a black show. it was just a funny show breh.
get better writers, better directors, and maybe the shyt will change. all these "black shows" and "black films" are cliche bullshyt. they're terrible.
if a show has an all white cast or mostly white cast, its just a show. not a white show. a show. even with latins.
but when there's nikkas involved, it gotta be thrown into a "black show" category like we a different species or somethin. when i use to watch stuff like keenan and kel, i never once thought of it as a black show. it was just a funny show breh.
get better writers, better directors, and maybe the shyt will change. all these "black shows" and "black films" are cliche bullshyt. they're terrible.
Kemyran
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I don't think it's necessarily "looking for a handout" but trying to get into an insular industry in which connections mean everything.
why would he hire people when he can do that shyt himself and keep all that money?
the fact he keeps all his shyt in house is why he's able to do all that shyt.
Black people need to stop looking for handouts from every black person who's done something.
At this stage, there can't be 20 different Tyler Perry's out there making the kind of scratch he is. Sorry, but that's simply not a reality right now. But maybe later on there can be. Tyler knocked on every studio's door and got a "No" from every one of them until Lionsgate came along. Someone had to help him. Was that a handout?
Maybe he can be someone's "Lionsgate." That's not a handout, the work still has to be done. Every other race seems to do something to help their own but as soon as a black person "makes it" they don't look back. I'm not saying every black person has an obligation to help those that haven't made it. But this thread is a clear indicator that people of color are starving in the media landscape and it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if a couple of those that have "made it" gave the dude that has knocked on every studio's door and gotten rejected with a quality project in hand said yes every now and then.