Friday, November 18, 2011

From another producer's eye

This is an excellent article on the Soap Opera that's taking place behind the scenes of Hawaii Five-0. This show is excellently produced, has excellent stories, and has made a name for itself as being just as good as if not better than its predecessor, which coincidentally premiered 42 years ago, and let us not even not talk about Mr. Alex O'Loughlin, LOL.

Personally writing an article such as this crossed my mind, but hey this author addresses the situation perfectly, and her responders are insightful, respectful, to the point, and not derogatory at all. 

To create a dialogue with your fans and to give them the feeling that they can trust you and that you're listening to them is a treasure trove in itself.  Tyler Perry is an expert at this.  As a result, when controversy arises he handles it superbly, as evidenced by a note he just sent to his fan base about the controversy of him casting Kim Kardashian in one of his latest movies (still in production).  Although after reading the note some still may not agree with him, and they may not even go and see the movie, but they will never stop respecting him.  

Until next time . . .    Vaniecia

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The picture above was posted by Daniel Dae Kim on facebook under Hawaii Five-0, November 7.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Painful

By Joshua Mills

You know it's Painful

Painful to see you lose
all your hopes and dreams
and become a substance fiend.

Painful

Painful to see all my
beautiful black people
give up on life.

Come on people
it's time to wake up, rise up
as the people we are
and stop pushing poison
into our veins.

It's time to show how successful and powerful
we are as black women and men.

This poem written by 8th Grader Joshua Mills won 1st Place in the 2011 Drug Free Week Poetry Contest at West Briar Middle School.  Aside from the prizes he won from the school, I promised to publish it for him to the masses.