Jay Z released moonlight video with ISSA RAE

[Claudex]

i've been thinking moonlight was touching on his thoughts about kanye...this video makes me think so more...

was that the friend from get out?

Yep, that was the TSA breh from get out. And the other dude was the one who got abducted in the first act; who also got flashed first in the movie.

 

[WickedGames]

This just reminded me how unfunny as fukk Friends was

Cac humor is awful

I would rather listen to Japanese comedy than cac humor

Larry David the goat tho



Curb >>>

 

[DontEemTry]

This just reminded me how unfunny as fukk Friends was

Cac humor is awful

I would rather listen to Japanese comedy than cac humor

Friends was funny at times breh.

Rachel nipples

 

[Cadillac]

Larry David the goat tho



Curb >>>

im not sayin all white comedies suck

Im a fan of

Its sunny
King of queens
Married with children
Malcolm in the middle

but these shows werent total cacwashed, yeah they had majority white cast, but the comedy is not the unfunny white type of comedy that Friends had.

Infact I would say there comedy wasnt white type its universal type, hence why people from different races like it, if that makes sense

except for Its Sunny, but that shyts funny as hell

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Best video from 4:44 by far, this was really next level.

 

[beenz]

issa need to chill with all the weight loss. she looks funny now.

 

[NoChillJones]

4:44 video has no meaning lol. Jay fired and MISSED with that one


Moonlight video is about the "awakening" of black consciousness when it comes to how we are portrayed in mainstream media and entertainment. There was a VERY good HBO movie that dropped in the mid 2000's called Dancing In September starring Nicole Ari Parker and Isiah Washington that went deeper into the concept.

Basically Hollywood has mostly portrayed Blacks in a negative light or HIGHLY c00nism or buffoonish. Think about Good Times, when the Producers pushed JJ's goofy ass over the family dynamic. Or something like Homeboys In Outer Space or countless examples I can name of. Whereas most the historically "prestige" sitcoms about white daily life have been met with unanimous praise and reviews while depicting multi-Faceted characters with arcs and growth.

So you have a generation of black actors/comedians/creatives WISHING that they could be apart of a black "Friends" or "Seinfeld". But what they don't realize is that that type of humor is white by nature, targeted towards whites, about white experiences. So when the black entertainers try to mimic that format it comes off corny and not at all what they envisioned.

Issa Rae and Jerrod Carmichael in REAL LIFE represent the rejection of the notion that you have to follow the white blueprint to attain success. Both Carmichael Show and Insecure are unabashedly "black" in the DNA of their storytelling.

That's why the basis for Jerrod "walking away" from his sitcom is a larger symptom of deep seated racism within the industry. The network only gave his show a 6 episode first season. It outperformed expectations. Then they only gave him a 13 episode 2nd season (when most sitcoms get 22) and the show STILL outperformed expectations. THEN they only gave him 13 episodes for a third, and he had to battle with them every step of the way to tell the story in an authentic way. The network put minimal marketing muscle behind it. And finally he said "fukk it" and walked away.

"Even when we win we gonna lose" is basically the Carmichael Show's ironic fate. It outperformed, was a critical success, but that still wasn't enough to give Carmichael the creative freedom to do as he chose.

Dig that interpretation my dude....

 

[Matt504]

Issa with the one black sock one white sock combo.

 

[Guvnor]

Man, I want Legacy or Marcy Me.

Hov is playing with us and dropping the dope stuff last.

 

[Guvnor]

Where can I see this video and before it hits youtube?

 

[Diddly Drogba]

Where can I see this video and before it hits youtube?

 

[Guvnor]

For some reason this won't load for me bro but I'll keep trying.

Edit: Works now!

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

 

[Guvnor]

Actually I spoke too soon, now this is Artsy done right. One of the better videos done for the album for sure.

Dope cameos and Issa Rae looks nice in this too.

 

[Ironman]

Tessa