Lmao what bubble? I'm not in a bubble. It's my job as a black artist to know black artists and black art. Also, as a black person I have lived my entire life observing this.
Who is the most famous black director? Spike Lee? His entire career is nothing but about blackness as a topic. Ever since Inside Man he regurgitates more stories about blackness. Is blackness important? Absolutely. But is that all there is?
Does black art exist outside of the confines of blackness? Sure. But it's a small minority of work.
Look at the current crop of film black directors coming up. Jordan Peele. Regina King. What do their films talk about? Blackness. Blackness is boring when it's all you have to articulate. I was going to say before the thread was locked that focusing stories solely on black pain benefits nobody but white people. These days black visual media is full of black pain porn. Lovecraft Country. Them;etc. are just reminders of black people's place in society. It's a way for white people to treat black people like animals that need help rather than expressing a full spectrum of human experience which further creates a victim mentality in black people.
One thing I'll compliment Peele for is that unlike the others he appears to be smart. The film Us doesn't bring up the topic of blackness. Frankly, I almost no longer care about the topic. Instead, it's a horror film that stars a nearly all black cast. Do what white people do and treat black as normal by making films that star black people without bringing up the fact they're black. More Love and Basketball less Lovecraft Country.
When is a black film director going to make films like Parasite that have things to say about society without bringing up the topic of blackness? I challenge them to do this.
