Issa Rae says she doesn’t feels successful right now. Did the industry switch up on black content?

[RedCloakBlackWraithe]

OPRAH WINFREY tried this and failed with OWN. She sold it so quick because it wasn't making any money and she was coming out of pocket to fund the network.

he content was trash and the carrier cartel wouldn't give her a fair shake. i'm talking about an online network like netflix that would house tv show in the same vein as martin, prince of bel air type modern shows with actual storylines and good writing.

 

[BaggerofTea]

When you BUILD IT they will come

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

"In creating and writing the show, this is not for dudes. It's not for white people. It's the show that I imagined for my family and friends. That's what I think of when I'm writing the scenes." - Issa Rae

How could the show have any positive representation of black heterosexual men based off that?

The Shea butter/New Black and demonizing men in particular black men era is over. Ain’t nobody trying to watch or fund that bullshyt going into 2026.

Creatives like Issa would rather remain LOCKED OUT than adapt. Meanwhile Ryan Coogler read the room, dropped all that pan African stuff from the late 2010’s and made a hit that focused on FBA and Alpha males. He even threw in a supporting white boy for on the fence cacs.

Nothing about that statement alludes to not having positive black male representation. You can make a show for women (ie characters and themes are female focused) and still have positive black men in it, as insecure did.

 

[TM101]

I'd like to see if Ray J's channel Tronix is profitable. He's doing what y'all want Issa to do.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

People forget that entertainment is not a vital or essential component of a basic functioning society but merely one rich and decadent enough to sustain it. That we have so much entertainment is a privilege.

Except that it is, which is why it’s been a part of every functioning society since the beginning of time.

You really are a stupid person masquerading as someone with intelligence.

 

[karim]

I definitely don’t believe this lol. Just the hashtag era shyt that was going on is over. Saying black people aren’t cool anymore is crazy. These are the people that need to go outside

Milo is a rightwing extremist influencer. That's all you need to know about him and the person who posted this shyt on a black forum.

 

[Ol’Otis]

She's a writer looking for someone to finance her shyt.

I think her problem is she wants to be in front of the camera

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Except that it is, which is why it’s been a part of every functioning society since the beginning of time.

You really are a stupid person masquerading as someone with intelligence.

So which is it? Is she providing valuable entertainment or is she suffering from a society that can’t support her personal interests?

 

[BaggerofTea]

This is honestly the climate right now:


That’s the thing about White folks. They only show up when it makes them look “in the scene” and gives them social clout. When you fall off they’ll show you who they are and what they think about you again.

If she’s looking for White, Latin, Asian, etc. money/viewers dumping into projects like the past, it ain’t there anymore. Folks today don’t support other groups of people like the kumbaya 2000’s-2010’s era.

lets please not take the words of right wing homosexuals married to a black person seriously

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

Issa would have been a modern day Leni Riefenstahl had Kamala won.

calma

 

[Art Barr]

Tubi is like the number 1 place to drop shyt now for aspiring filmmakers yet people want it gone. We will never find a good place started by somebody black mostly because of haters

You do realize the bottom will fall out with tubi systemically.
As tubi is made by the rupert murdoch's from fox. Eho already cop and blowed black film makers and creators. To covert revenue grab for maga.
into nascar and nfl.


Tubi is the last place or outlet.
we as black people should trust as creatives.


Art Barr

 

[IIVI]

lets please not take the words of right wing homosexuals married to a black person seriously

Yeah, I’m definitely not. However, it’s a sentiment shared by many.

That’s nothing new, but it hits harder now that people aren’t spending money and supporting like in the past when anything mainstream hip-hop was a hit.

Funny thing is that person was on Kanye’s team as well. Another dude leeching basically. If there’s a next new thing, I’m hoping folks remember and close it off.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Jordan Peele is one of the most closely connected black people to Israel in the whole industry. No doubt he's talented but without his connection to Israel he WOULD NOT be getting these movies to the theater.

Black dad and white Jewish mom raised in NYC. His old lady from Brooklyn 99 is a jewish too and a comedian.

He'll stay getting chances cause he got the connection and lineage. Why cats think Drake got such a huge push?

Say what you want about the Yarmulke gang, but they look out for each other

 

[Apollo Creed]

Hoe ass nikkas was crying in Film Room that I called out her fall off directly correlates with DEI Financing/tax write offs drying up

with this thread being 17 pages I`m sure there is more crying going on

 

[Apollo Creed]

Yeah, I’m definitely not. However, it’s a sentiment shared by many.

That’s nothing new, but it hits harder now that people aren’t spending money and supporting like in the past when anything mainstream hip-hop was a hit.

Funny thing is that person was on Kanye’s team as well. Another dude leeching basically. If there’s a next new thing, I’m hoping folks remember and close it off.

a lot of the world has moved on due to the democracy of the internet. You have a few handful artist still with global influence but the days of everything pumped out with a black face from the USA = Cool are over as people can tell their own stories now.