Joe was in Philly for either a UFC event or for a stand up set...he and his friends were walking around Philly. They told a cab driver to take them to a theatre b/c they wanted to see Planet of the Apes. He brought them to a theatre in a predominately black section of Philly. He said they were nervous as hell once they realized they were the only white ppl in the entire theatre. But by the end of the movie, he said they had a great time b/c the black audience was so vocal and into the movie. It wasn't quiet and stuffy like a white audience typically is. He and his friends were also very high before they got out of the cab so that took the movie experience to another level, ha.
He also made an interesting point how when he would hear black folks complain about not being represented enough in Hollywood, he always felt that black ppl should just go the independent route more and do their own thing instead of complaining about Hollywood not embracing black projects.
But once the previews began rolling before the movie started, he realized how he didn;t see black ppl in any of those previews and it hit him finally. How must it effect a group of ppl to be a part of a community but you can go throughout an entire day and never see yourself represented in something as simple and as American as a movie.
That made him realize that the lack of PoCs in cinema was actually a problem.
The theatre situation was actually a really positive experience but b/c he had a tweet with "black people" and "apes" in it, it made ppl think he's tryna call us monkeys.
That shyt was overblown.