>Get Out was Written and Directed By Black Person and is
>arguably biggest movie of the year.


And it was an anomaly. Let's not act like
that wasn't rare and unexpected. This is
like saying Black people are doing great in
Hollywood b/c Will Smith.


>You got a blind spot for black women. What about Ava, Issa,
>Dee Rees. Then there is Jordan Peele and Ryan Coogler.
>


Ava and Issa are why I gave some specifics. Aside from
13th, you see some recurring tropes in their work, some
of which I mentioned above. Might as well throw Shonda
Rimes and Scandal in there too. Or Being Mary Jane
perhaps.
We had a big convo about Issa that I won't rehash here.
Peele has done one really successful movie. Coogler's
got some good work with Creed, but it's really Stallone's
movie. Fruitvale Station was cool, but it was in select
theaters if I remember correctly, and Black Panther gives
him 0 creative control... that's a Marvel movie as we all
know. I'm not seeing what's groundbreaking about him
being brought in solely to say "we got a black person."
Panther is part of the Infinity War story arc.




>There are absolutely more black films and TV then there was in
>the 80s.


Well yeah, there's more of everything, b/c it's easier
to make something independently, and there are way more
avenues to view content. The marketing push, what's
featured, etc is still very much controlled tho. Keep
in mind the base of this convo is pop stardom, not
just stuff being out there... somewhere... in space...
or wherever.


>I did my thesis on Black Film and Spike Lee in 1999.
> There are way more opportunities for black filmmakers now
>then there were then.



I'm not understanding how those sentences connect, but
again, that's just b/c there are more avenues for
everything. "Opportunities" is an interesting word
here tho. So is Hidden Colors on Netflix? Is it
mentioned at ANY Black award shows despite being the
biggest selling Black documentary ever? Why do you
think that is?



> You romanticising the 80s.


If you say so. Many of the movies we love in the
80s and 90s go straight to DVD if they're made now.
Not because we wouldn't see them, but b/c gatekeepers
ain't allowing intelligent heterosexual Black males
to be depicted caring about each other and loving
Black women long-term, etc.


>Well know you talking colorism. That's a different issue. If
>you are arguing you got to be certain types of light skin to
>be a crossover success I would have less to disagree with you
>about.


Are you not also arguing this?
If I recall correctly, you think there's no
difference in Black and black. In that case,
Bruno is as black as you are.