i have to talk to more african-american people, but i think you got into something i wasn t familiar with, which is the historic experience of black america, not to put it too big. sure. again, thank you so much for all those kind words about the other movies. as far as my approach on this particular project, it was the same as my approach on any project, which is i do a lot of research. i interview a lot of people. then i just sit down and i do the best job i can. when i wrote game change, sarah palin was one of the lead characters of that film. i m not a woman. ic i was not a governor of alaska. yet, i was able to write that character. i would say i identify with the character of cecil and lewis gaines much more than sarah palin. it s just the job of the writer to figure these things out. also, on this project i had lee daniels as the director, who is an african-american man, who had tons of wonderful ideas as far