our participation of actors. starting off as guest stars, then we became supporting actors. who the hell are you any way? who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. then we became lead actors we don t run, we stick together and we fight. get out of my house. drama is where all of the conflict happens. scandal is my favorite drama. how many times have i told you what you have to be. everything about it, the twist, the terms, the acting. twice as good. twice as good as them to get half of what they have. i love queen sugar. david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that is being depicted. definitely new york undercover. you stupid, turn around. a positive role, a great thing to see someone who looks like you, a pivotal moment to figure out who i was. america drama almost doesn t, it doesn t exist without black people now. - that s right, hank plummer. you know, i can find him? - yeah, he s right here. it s me. - you know, for a
You had shows like star trek and then this show with a black woman in outer space. then you had mission impossible and you had greg mars in there. you had more black performers coming on series. now, it is being seen that tv should change. and, african americans are appearing in an important significant roles. supporting characters are fine, but the lead characters were still going to be white. one show, though, think about it, is different. room 222 . good morning. good morning, mr. dixon. it was set in an incredibly diverse high school in los angeles. and the lead character was played by lloyd hayes. he plays pete dixon. mr. butcher. sir? they will be expecting me in the detention room.
Black characters acceptable to an audience. new york undercover appeared in 1994, two years before the uprising of the not guilty in the rodney king beating case new york undercover was one ever the first shows ever to have two lead actors who were of color as detectives fighting crime and, you know, you did not see that all of the time. fbi, fbi. we represented hip hop. we were a young black and latino. we were two detectives that were from the streets that decided that they wanted to be on the right side of the law. and, protect their community. get the gun out. new york undercover was the must-see tv, it was on fox, it
Social media. it was live tweeting it was our communities that showed up and said this is it. oprah told me she started watching the show because it is all anyone talked about on thursdays on twitter. you could not turn tv on show without one of her shows she was locked into the shows that represented us in our full array of our humanity. you know, you take how to get away with murder. the question i am asked most often as a defense attorney is if i can tell my clients are innocent or guilty. my answer is always the same. i don t care. for her to cast her, and viola davis has been out spoken about that. specifically a dark skinned woman of color and to be the object of desire in a human, loving relationship. with whoever her partners are.
Success for an african american drama on television. and, it was about the music business. the good, bad and ugly, the gritty. i never let anything come between friendship. accept a bullet. [sound of gunfire] [music] i love you. don t say that. they sent over this world. they sent over the script. to this day it is one of the top three. tv, film black women aren t ugly, we are invisible. i am really proud of the collaborative work. they have a lot of room of black people and specifically