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How Paul Mooney became a legend by snubbing white Hollywood


How Paul Mooney became a legend by snubbing white Hollywood
Opinion: The incendiary stand-up comic will not only be remembered for his bold, poignant jokes, but for how he resisted the urge to sell out for crossover success
Comedian Paul Mooney performs onstage at the 2005 BET Comedy Icon Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on September 25, 2005 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
What does success in show business look like? How is it measured? Is it determined by how many followers you have on social media? Is it determined by how much money you have, or how many endorsements you have, or the amount of times we see or hear you? Most people would equate fame with success, but to some, it’s all about being able to live your life comfortably without losing your soul. ....

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"This Isn't Freddy Krueger": Jeremiah Birkett Talks The Gravity Of THEM


The talented actor behind the show s most controversial character speaks.
By Phil Nobile Jr. · @philnobilejr · April 18, 2021, 11:42 AM EDT
Editor’s note: the following interview contains discussion and depiction of blackface, both historical and as presented in Amazon’s series Them
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Them has provoked a visceral reaction from critics and audiences.
Them follows a Black family moving from North Carolina to Los Angeles in 1953, and the series does not blink in its depiction of the racist atrocities committed against the family in both the deep south and American suburbia (several of its episodes required additional content warnings at the top of them). The anti-Black violence the series portrays is extreme and difficult to watch, and the show has sparked much conversation about the continued presentation of Black trauma as entertainment, with many saying it’s time storytellers (and the platforms hiring them) move past this facet of Black history. Others ....

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