Cop. Out.
Want to know why Black people don’t trust police? Ask a Black person… like me.
In For a Penny: Shedding the Pounds
Originally posted on San Francisco Theater Pub:
Charles Lewis III, contemplating sound body and sound mind? “Heartthrob? Never! Black ‘n ugly as ever…” – The Notorious BIG, “One More Chance” I have this thing I do before every show. It’s really not all that different from the pre-show…
In For a Penny: Label-mates
Originally posted on San Francisco Theater Pub:
Charles Lewis III, breaking his own format. “I wonder if anyone ever notices the cross and Virgin Mary in my hand?” “Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” – Toni Morrison, Beloved This is about race. You don’t wanna read…
Crab Barrel: The Pitfalls of Critiquing work by ‘Your own people’
You know that line between “providing creative criticism” and “being a self-hating sell-out”? It’s not as thin as you think.
Unfit to be ‘A Slave’
It’s very telling that a British director and star would tell such a blatantly American story about the human spirit.
Happy is the Man who has broken the ‘Chain’
The slave-revenge flick I always wanted comes courtesy of a White guy. Still good, though.
Honest (when necessary) Abe: My review of ‘Lincoln’
An unnecessary end coda is the only flaw in Speilberg’s tribute to the Great Emancipator.
Hanlon’s Razor and Gwyneth Paltrow
Rich White woman says a something bad and doesn’t see what the big deal is. There’s a reason for that…
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 