kids like julie, kids like casey l lemons, we saw that and it was a game changer. the possibility of being a lead in film, don, meant that one day you could be a lead on television or be a lead in a political movement. all those things are possible if you can see yourself that way. melvin helped us see it that way, and i think that although his vision was different than other people s vision, the vision of freedom was one that was super attractive to all of us. he paved the way for so many. i was speaking just today, actually, about your father and his legacy and what he did. i was speaking with lee daniels. everybody pays homage, and when you bring up melvin van peeples, they bow down. when he wrote a bad ass song, people may not know that he did it all, right? editing, scripting, scoring,