But John, I have read "A Strange Loop" although it has not come here yet. It is NOT that. Usher will tell you that he is trying to write a piece of Black art that is more intellectual and I am confused about exactly what being Black meant to him other than a set of stifling codes about emotional expression and his family. The kind of thing Brandon Taylor wants to do is not that. I think the market will sort this out by the institutions finding that there is an educated Black audience who will not go for simplistic protest art. They are not particularly going for simplistic protest TV.
But John, I have read "A Strange Loop" although it has not come here yet. It is NOT that. Usher will tell you that he is trying to write a piece of Black art that is more intellectual and I am confused about exactly what being Black meant to him other than a set of stifling codes about emotional expression and his family. The kind of thing Brandon Taylor wants to do is not that. I think the market will sort this out by the institutions finding that there is an educated Black audience who will not go for simplistic protest art. They are not particularly going for simplistic protest TV.