Let me preface this post by saying that I despise labels and hierarchies in general. They are divisive, instead of unifying, and I'm always looking for ways to break them down. Unfortunately, this is the society we've all helped create, whether passively, or intentionally, so one has to deal, otherwise others will deal for you. All that said, please indulge me with something I'm currently working through below. It's all part of my research for a much larger grad school project I'm working on. What if Lee Daniels' Precious, was a comedy? What if Soul Plane, or Booty Call and similar comedies were serious dramas? I'm wondering if what...
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