Courtesy of Deadline… here’s a recap of the WGA-sponsored event, Flipping the Script: Beyond Homophobia in Black Hollywood, which we previously mentioned on this blog, in which African American writers, actors, directors, producers, and execs discuss portrayals of black LGBTs in TV and film. The event took place on Tuesday night, in Los Angeles.
Read the full recap below…
Journalist Diane Haithman filed this report for Deadline about [Tuesday] night’s Writers Guild of America, West, meeting for all leaders in the entertainment industry deeply interested in the realistic portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters that also happen to be black:
I expected a short RSVP list for Wgaw’s Tuesday night panel Flipping the Script: Beyond Homophobia in Black Hollywood. It doesn’t take a demographics expert to notice that, in the mainstream Hollywood product, there just aren’t a lot of African American Lgbt characters waiting to be discussed.
Read the full recap below…
Journalist Diane Haithman filed this report for Deadline about [Tuesday] night’s Writers Guild of America, West, meeting for all leaders in the entertainment industry deeply interested in the realistic portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters that also happen to be black:
I expected a short RSVP list for Wgaw’s Tuesday night panel Flipping the Script: Beyond Homophobia in Black Hollywood. It doesn’t take a demographics expert to notice that, in the mainstream Hollywood product, there just aren’t a lot of African American Lgbt characters waiting to be discussed.
- 3/25/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
For our L.A. readers, from my inbox:
Flipping The Script: Beyond Homophobia In Black Hollywood – African American writers, actors, directors, producers, and execs explore Lgbt portrayals on TV and film.
What: Co-sponsored by the Writers Guild of America, West’s Gay & Lesbian Writers Committee and Committee of Black Writers, Flipping The Script: Beyond Homophobia In Black Hollywood on Tuesday, March 23rd is set to be a revealing and enlightening look at key issues involving African American gay and lesbian characters on the big and small screens. The evening’s dialogue will explore both positive and negative portrayals of Lgbt characters, recurring homophobia (within black society as well as among black filmmakers/producers) that has limited and/or informed such portrayals, stereotyping controversies and contradictions, and positive gains that have been made – and need to continue to be made – within the entertainment industry.
Who: Panelists currently scheduled to appear include:...
Flipping The Script: Beyond Homophobia In Black Hollywood – African American writers, actors, directors, producers, and execs explore Lgbt portrayals on TV and film.
What: Co-sponsored by the Writers Guild of America, West’s Gay & Lesbian Writers Committee and Committee of Black Writers, Flipping The Script: Beyond Homophobia In Black Hollywood on Tuesday, March 23rd is set to be a revealing and enlightening look at key issues involving African American gay and lesbian characters on the big and small screens. The evening’s dialogue will explore both positive and negative portrayals of Lgbt characters, recurring homophobia (within black society as well as among black filmmakers/producers) that has limited and/or informed such portrayals, stereotyping controversies and contradictions, and positive gains that have been made – and need to continue to be made – within the entertainment industry.
Who: Panelists currently scheduled to appear include:...
- 3/13/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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