Hmmm...How about being a VISIONARY? Or a REVOLUTIONARY? Or a VIOLENTLY SUCCESSFUL BLACK ACTOR IN A WHITE MAN'S WORLD?!? Christ, how about ALL THREE??!!?
My God. I'd love to meet the day when the REVOLUTION takes hold of us in its Almighty Clutches, emitting blood-curdling screams of FREEDOM, which alone, shall shatter the political and social structure of this damn-ded...eh. That's in the Distant Future. I guess for now I'd just like to meet Cuba Gooding, Jr. and slap him upside his bald little head.
Sorry, I let myself get a little out-of-hand in that last section. Hmm. Joni Mitchell pretty much tops my list. And the fine folks who wrote my theme song, but I can't remember their names at the moment. Oh, and "Soul" music. I really like "Soul" music. Like, um, Donovan. You know.
Christ. This is getting ridiculous. I have an eclectic taste for fine cinema. Anything from "White Men Can't Jump" to "Bebe's Kids" to "The Caged Bird Finally Sings: Maya Angelou's Story in Her Very Own Words" works for me. Oh, and that "Star Trek" movie with the whales.
It should be obvious by now. ALL TELEVISION IS A GIANT LOAD OF WHITE MAN'S EXCREMENT. Except for the following: Reading Rainbow, Star Trek: The Next Generation, any of my self-produced made-for-TV movies (I.E. "PEGASUS"), ROOTS (in which I starred as "Kunta Kinte" alongside Maya Angelou), Hee Haw, any episode of Touched By An Angel which features Maya Angelou as its guest star, PBS, the countless shows I have produced or guest-starred on, and Walker: Texas Ranger.
I can go TWICE as high. My personal favorite is "Aftermath," penned by yours truly. Let's see...ALEX HALEY!!!! Anything by Maya Angelou or Alice Walker or CHUCK PALAHNIUK or J.D. Salinger. And any Black Panther propaganda.
Maya Angelou and The Black Panthers.