(ThyBlackMan.com) Speller Street Films presents Black Kung Fu Cinema in partnership with The Pinhook and Mo’ Better Soul. The program is a traveling exhibition and screening series showcasing Blaxploitation, kung fu, and action films. Black Kung Fu Cinema will present a special screening of the TNT Jackson, starring Jean Bell ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Biracial buddy cop movies (e.g., Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon) aren’t a new phenomenon and could use a refresh. The genre gets a needed update with this French ebony/ivory crime story that’s novel due its unusual antagonists who are right-wing, antiimmigrant zealots. In this year’s French presidential election, the incumbent Emmanuel Macron, a moderate, beat his far-right and very xenophobic challenger ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Disney is on the ropes. They just lost the special tax advantages they’ve had for the past half-century, and their stock is collapsing. Wanna bet attendance at their theme parks is collapsing too? I’m guessing the wait on lines at Disney World and Disneyland is about to get a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is difficult to believe that Black America has no idea of the educational crisis that has enveloped our people in the post-Brown v. Board of Education (1954) period. The voluminous interlocking problems are too numerous to list in this short space. However, it is safe to say that a non-representative curriculum ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are moments when Black men find themselves in untenable situations. Ask any random Black man, and they will have no difficulty sharing personal moments that reduce to “You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” Black men are living within a patriarchal society that has never ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For decades, the Walt Disney World Resort enjoyed tremendous growth in the state of Florida. It has become the largest vacation resort in the world, attracting an amazing 58 million visitors per year. Disney achieved this lofty status due to its reputation as a family-friendly destination. Unfortunately, in the last few ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hotels that reacted and adapted quickly to global COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions had some surprising benefits. Their operations became even more efficient and they were able to provide their guests with a better experience. In part, this was due to the hospitality industry embracing digital technology. Marina Turea, content ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before we fully solidify into warring camps over the Slap Heard ‘Round the World, let’s try and situate the episode in its larger context. To begin with, Who is Chris Rock? + Who is Will Smith? Let’s start with Chris. Who’s Chris Rock? Yes, he’s a comedian, but he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Watching the downfall of Walt Disney’s iconic legacy stirs some powerful emotions, and for many of us, a great sense of loss. I understand the frustration and anger parents feel at such a betrayal, but as I look on at the justifiable uprising, all I can feel is profound ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Chris Rock crossed the line when he ridiculed Jada Pinkett Smith for her alopecia in his mediocre Oscar performance last week. But I fell off the Chris Rock bandwagon years ago. His “humor” is too often misogynistic. He sometimes laughs so hard at his jokes that the rest of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are right ways and wrong ways to accomplish most things. A few days ago, the world witnessed the wrong way to defend and honor women, if that is what Will Smith thought he was doing. For sure, walking on stage after laughing at a joke, slapping someone, speaking, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Everywhere you go and everywhere you turn, controversy is present in everyone’s life, like a winter cold resistant to all forms of health remedies you have taken. I want to tell you that Black America is one and void of controversy, but if the truth is said, we are ...