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Friday, January 30, 2015

Taraji P. Henson's on Wendy and Controversial Subject Matters Being Shoved Down the Public's Throat




This light-hearted interview on Wendy with a major character is simple enough, but the show, Empire, is working its magic on the black mindset.  Historically, there has been much talk behind closed doors between African Americans about: homosexuality, gender bias, mental illness, interracial relationships, age gap relationships, substance abuse, and more in the black community.  The television show brings much of that conversation to light.  However, overtime what goes from eye-opening to dangerous is when the guarded heart and mind on foolishness and evil is gradually left unguarded.  The blurring of lines between right wrong, free and slave, light and dark begins to manifest one mind at a time.  What a good way to decorate the ugly stuff to look beautiful via a TV program while calling scenes things like:  "cool," "wild," "crazy," "funny," "shocking," and "accepted."  Like with many shows in the past that tried to use subjects to change minds, traditions, create controversies, and more, over time the viewers will start to grow weary of having some select topics shoved down their throats.  The good thing about past television shows that lasted for decades, they made their points and then they let them go (racism, sexism, divorce, social class, etc.) and it was on to the next interesting topic week after week.  This show tends to linger on controversial subject matter, like other television shows, that is favorable to the minority (wealthy individuals at the top--creators/producers of the show) which simply doesn't represent the majority of opinion.  The public isn't stupid, they see what is going on and in time, curtains closed.

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