Better Black Television vs. BET

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by Daba
18049 Posts
Ready to get things pooping
10 months ago
3 years, 5 months ago

 Thought this was a good article.  

I didn't know what happened to the Black Panther comic book. 

 In case you haven’t heard, former No Limit mega-star Master P Percy Miller is going to start up his own Black entertainment channel, named Better Black Television, to go in direct competition with BET. Ten years ago, it would have horrified us that the man behind the movie I Got The Hook Up would be in control of what shows get aired 24/7. Call me naïve, but I’m looking forward to an alternative to the mess we see on BET. This enthusiasm is a sign of the credibility Percy has gained in the last few years but more a lack of faith in any semblance of pride left in BET.

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For those that don’t know, Reginald Hudlin has also been writing the Black Panther comic book for the last three years. His run with the comic has been nothing short of an embarrassment. First, a little background:

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After Priest was done with the book, it was revamped by our good friend Reggie Hudlin. Before he even started the book, Hudlin had begun the ignorance. He stated that he wanted to take the book about the African King and give it “street-cred.” He wanted to make the character a combination of Batman, Spike Lee and…Diddy (from a Chicago Sun-Times interview in February, 2005…yea, I gets my works cited on). Quite frankly, Mr. Hudlin, we get enough Diddy on a daily basis. Infusing his persona into such a previously cerebral book is highly unnecessary, sir. Hudlin has driven The Black Panther to the ground. Comics always get a boost in sales when mainstream names write, but the book has been regarded as anything but quality. A reviewer from IGN Comics had this to say:

“I might as well have paid Reginald Hudlin $3 to come to my house and kick me in the crotch for all the enjoyment I get out of Black Panther.”

 

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http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=7031

by Dipseth
1677 Posts
where'd the hot prefix girl go?
11 months, 3 weeks ago
3 years, 5 months ago

History lesson of the day:

 

In the 70s, the COINTELPRO created a "Black Panther Coloring Book" and distributed it as if it were created by the actual party. I did my senior thesis on the BPP.

 

http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/COINTELPRO/coloring.html

 

 

by Daba
18049 Posts
Ready to get things pooping
10 months ago
3 years, 5 months ago
Wow. That's effed up.

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