TMC
03-22-2023, 02:46 AM
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Today we are talking about POC/black representation we see on television and the movie industry today. We see the evolution of the last 50 years and the dips of setbacks from the changing of companies pushing certain programming to tv shows and movies catering to white audiences to get more advertising dollars. We now see a boom in representation from shows like Abbott Elementary and movies like Everything everywhere all at once that have shown us how far true talent and exposure gets you in the lime light. However, we still have writers and directors that put a strain on POC/Black representation on Hollywood. From Mindy Kaling being labelled “the brown Tyler Perry” with her shows Velma, Never Have I Ever and The Sex Lives of College Girls. Kenya Barris and his colorist black families that have become informercials for white people to learn black culture in the most watered down form. To the the Godfather of it all, Tyler Perry who has laced his amazing projects with traumatic filled cinematography. The question we now ask ourselves “ Do we have good enough POC/Black representation out here?”
Today we are talking about POC/black representation we see on television and the movie industry today. We see the evolution of the last 50 years and the dips of setbacks from the changing of companies pushing certain programming to tv shows and movies catering to white audiences to get more advertising dollars. We now see a boom in representation from shows like Abbott Elementary and movies like Everything everywhere all at once that have shown us how far true talent and exposure gets you in the lime light. However, we still have writers and directors that put a strain on POC/Black representation on Hollywood. From Mindy Kaling being labelled “the brown Tyler Perry” with her shows Velma, Never Have I Ever and The Sex Lives of College Girls. Kenya Barris and his colorist black families that have become informercials for white people to learn black culture in the most watered down form. To the the Godfather of it all, Tyler Perry who has laced his amazing projects with traumatic filled cinematography. The question we now ask ourselves “ Do we have good enough POC/Black representation out here?”