The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interest is involved, who can squeeze the estate and black history for more.
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James Brown's life was really a metaphor for our inability to talk about matters like race and class in America.
It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a professional black storyteller - writer, musician, filmmaker.
But that kind of falls in line; when you think about it, James Brown was a funk minimalist. All of those parts create a sum that's larger than than the individual parts.
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.
James Brown died owing me $50,000. But I loved James Brown.
I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black Folk.
James Brown was the Monday-to-Friday guy. He was the hardest man in show business. He was like your dad and your uncle: He showed up, and he hit hard.
In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were moved by the story - by the people as a whole - and not by the little things.
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