Bland AF: The Importance of Representation in Appreciating Mediocre Black Art

FANTI

Maximum Fun

Jarrett Hill, Culture, Fanti, Comedy, Tre'vell Anderson, Journalists, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This week, Tre’vell and Jarrett want to know, "When is it okay to FANTI our own shit?!"We're talking about representation, diversity and Black art on an all-new episode of FANTI.

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0:00.0	Hey there everybody welcome to fan tide the podcast for all those complex and
0:07.3	complicated conversations about the gray areas in our lives I'm entertainment journalist Trevel Anderson and I am tired baby also
0:19.3	known as pop culture listen it has been a Tuesday I will tell you obviously we tape the show Listen, it has been a Tuesday. I will tell you, obviously we tape the show on Tuesday. It has been a shit news morning.
0:27.0	But I'm Jared Hill, politics and pop culture journalist, and we welcome you to this episode of Fantai.
0:34.0	All right, so coming up on the show today, we're going to talk about the ways in which
0:37.6	we're able to see so many different black things that are out in the zeitgeist
0:41.5	in media, whether it's television, film, whether it's music,
0:44.8	but don't always feel like we can really critique it.
0:47.9	There's a great clip from Black AF on Netflix
0:50.4	by Kang and Barris, where he's
0:51.9	talking with other black creators about just this.
0:55.0	What's up, dog?
0:56.0	Thank you guys for hopping on this call.
0:57.0	I think we have to be able to talk honestly if we want our art to progress.
1:00.0	What do you think about my show? Blackish.
1:02.6	Eh, it's fine.
1:04.7	Uh-huh.
1:05.7	Blackest thinks it happened to the hearts and minds of 55 year old white women.
1:08.4	Guess it was no ride along too.
1:09.8	Oh, what, was that what we're doing that?
1:11.6	Dude, you literally say no to nothing.
1:13.9	I probably would have said no to night school.
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