“Only the most broken people can be great leaders.” K’uk’ulkan/Namor, ruler of Talokan (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) When the family and I went to see the long-anticipated film last week, I already knew that we would be forced to grapple with themes of love and loss. What I didn’t expect, however, was being… Continue reading T’Challa Is Eternal, Wakanda Is Forever
Category: Stage & Screen
Television and film/play reviews, interviews with actors, directors and others
Mary J. Blige’s “Good Morning Gorgeous,” Preview/Review Link
According to an idiom popularized by rapper and ‘business, man’ Jay-Z, “Men lie and women lie, but numbers don’t.” So even by this simple metric, Mary J Blige has “the numbers” that count: over 70 million in album sales, fifteen albums, nine Grammy Awards, a pair of Academy Award nominations and….oh yes, that single crown… Continue reading Mary J. Blige’s “Good Morning Gorgeous,” Preview/Review Link
“….For me, ‘Sankofa’ means to remember who you came from, what you came from, & where you came through.”
“I’ve been slow-walking this whole thing: stewing it, getting it into people’s systems and letting them absorb the aesthetic of it. So anytime the music is able to get out of me, I consider that a success. The press, PR, whatever that other stuff is, that’s a different thing…….But once it gets out, and… Continue reading “….For me, ‘Sankofa’ means to remember who you came from, what you came from, & where you came through.”
Tina Taught Me: The Documentary, The Woman, The Music, The Legacy
At the edge of the stage and in the gleam of a spotlight, stood a wild-haired, honey-hued, long-legged siren. With one hand perched on her hip and another wrapped around a mic, she issued a command to the throng below: “Alright ladies, your turn now: “What’s love got to do, got to do with… Continue reading Tina Taught Me: The Documentary, The Woman, The Music, The Legacy
“I done my best, that’s all”: Farewell Cicely Tyson, 1924 – 2021
“I am alive because of the blood of proud people who never scraped or begged or apologized for what they were. They lived asking only one thing of this world—-to be allowed to be.” Those words were part of the dialogue spoken by Mrs. Browne, the mother of a naive and stubbornly independent daughter,… Continue reading “I done my best, that’s all”: Farewell Cicely Tyson, 1924 – 2021