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On Supporting "Black" Movies

So… My dad has a problem with me not supporting "black" movies. More specifically… He wants me to support Tyler Perry movies. I can't get with Tyler because I'm tired of seeing black men in drag. He's promoting this image of a black woman devoid of any femininity. We're just the same as a man except we wear dresses? Get out of here. Also… His favorite storyline is problematic. All of his movies include a woman who needs to be saved. Usually she's saved by a man from chaos of her own creation. That's hella wack.


Daddy claims the "black" movies I won't go see, I'd go see if they were made by white people. About that… A lot of these "black" movies I'm supposed to support WERE made by white people. Your favorite black movie probably wasn't directed by black people. Or… If it was, it wasn't funded by black people. Tyler Perry does that well. I can't knock his hustle. Aside from that… He's wrong. I don’t like stupid movies. I wouldn't want to see Soul Plane even if white people did it. I don't hate Soul Plane because of the black people. I hate it because it's dumb. He likes to bring up The Hangover. But come on… That flick was FUNNY. I like GOOD movies. I like funny movies. I like mob movies. I like action movies. I really don't care who's making them.


Having said that… I'm really tired of the same movies. We know about corrupt cops in New York. Brooklyn's Finest was super dumb. I'm extra tired of the "white people save black folks" narrative so I'll never see The Blind Side. I don't like war movies so I won't see The Hurt Locker and that one is this year's best picture. I'm equal opportunity. I'll watch just about anything BUT I'm not going to watch something I have no interest in. I certainly won't watch it JUST because black people are in it.


It's not smart to blindly support anything. We should support quality so that we receive quality. I'd much rather see a movie that has characters that happen to be black than a movie that's about black people. Tell me a story. Don't sell me an aesthetic.

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