5 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

I tried to watch a few of his comedies such as Love thy neighbor.. and I see a lot of mugging, but little humor.

His comedies suffer from the same deficiencies as his dramas: broad characters that trade on stereotypes and long scenes with repetitive dialogue that have no purpose whatsoever.

On 2/20/2026 at 9:16 AM, Khan said:

The early days of FOX, UPN and The WB are perfect examples of Hollywood's relationship with "urban" audiences. They always need us in the beginning to help establish their brands. Then, once they're financially solvent, they can't WAIT to ankle us and chase after more upscale, white audiences.

Exactly. Fox, UPN, The WB built their networks off the backs of the African-American audience.

1 hour ago, kalbir said:

Exactly. Fox, UPN, The WB built their networks off the backs of the African-American audience.

There's a lot to the Internet that's bad, but there's a lot to it that's good, too; and one of the good things about the Internet, I think, is that POC don't have to rely anymore on the traditional TV networks for entertainment that reflects their experiences. Even as streaming services merge and dissolve and get gobbled up by media conglomerates, we still have avenues where we can share our stories, without any need to cater to any other demographic or sugar-coat hard truths about society that need to be told.