a draft
there’s this boondocks strip where huey uses the word “eurocentric” and jazmine’s like “i don’t know what that means,” and huey goes, “do you ever watch friends?” and jazmine nods and huey says, “then you know what it means.”
and then this post on race and mad men: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/08/race-and-mad-men/23372/
and then this post on race and seinfeld: http://articles.latimes.com/1998/may/12/entertainment/ca-48714
which is interesting, right? it suggests that the issue with “eurocentrism” is not lack of minority characters per se but a willingness to deal with issues that, though deeply embodied in a particular world, are universal — as opposed to the shtick of yuppie new york life, which is exclusive based on values, social graces, whole modes of conversation.
or…humor. dramatic approaches more likely to make sense across cultures? comedy is harder? that’s a stray thought, don’t tackle it now, it’ll likely lead you down some horrible dark garden path to undisciplined nowhere.
back to diverse ensemble casts.
and the white male leader syndrome. the one sticking failing point in “community”?
universal, local, particular.
I GOT NOWHERE TO GO
