Novelists and screenwriters talk of the same problem, facing ethnic expectations that the white entertainment infrastructure lays on them to “write Black” characters who are cultural stereotypes and who “sound Black” to white ears.
“Look at what they publish. Loon at what they expect us to write!”
So, a dramedy with Jeffrey Wright and Issa Rae that gives that racial pigeonholing a smack? No wonder this was the darling of the Toronto Film Fest.
It opens soon, very soon, a legitimate awards contender.
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