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September 2011
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“Give your characters distinct scents.”
– Janet Finch
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“Media-crity: the practice of dumbing down to satisfy the masses. Often...”
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December 2010
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Colored Jeans
When I was a girl of thirteen, Guess jeans were the thing.  If you could afford not just one pair, but jeans in every color, then you were the shit. I could not afford jeans in every color.  And I could not afford, as I later learned, to even wear Guess jeans at all.  I owned a pair, but that did me no good.  For I was a skinny, black girl in the hood and Guess jeans made my little bump in the...
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November 2010
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“Wild Butterflies is a lyrical tale of twin sisters who aim, cock, hit, and run...”
– Wild Butterflies/The Logline
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August 2010
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Death to the Critic
A kookie psychologist paid to teach my husband how to hypnotize me during labor, likened the moans of childbirth to the sounds made during orgasm.  We practiced hypnosis for several months, yet when it was time for our little bundle of joy to arrive, it felt exactly like a bundle being expelled from my womb.  My cries were not a climax, clearly I was in pain.   As a mommy and a filmmaker, I liken...
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Listenthis song took me back to 1987 where i found a new...
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“I have learned to trust in practical things. Practical people and practical...”
– Mouse/Mouse Ward
Jul 5th
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Jul 5th
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int. mr. charles' apartment
take a peek at the opening scene from my most recent script WILD BUTTERFLIES.     Fade In: TITLE: CLEVELAND 1984 INT. MR. CHARLES' APT. - HALLWAY - DAY BEE stands at the threshold with her short Jheri Fro freshly sprayed. BEE What chu doin'? ...
Jul 5th
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Jul 5th
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How I Learned to Hate the Scarf!
They are cute and all, but for continuity’s sake, scarves are a complete nightmare.   In my short film BLACK GIRLS HEART CHARLIE, Connie is an eccentric scarfmaker who becomes obsessed with everything Charlie Kaufman and everything scarf. She wraps herself in them, her man in them…they are everywhere in her life and they were a piece of work on set.   Any crew member can attest to...
Jul 5th
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June 2010
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Jun 30th
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int. waffle house
a final draft formatted scene from my screenplay SUNSHINE GIRLS. INT. WAFFLE HOUSE - NIGHT SIXTY-EIGHT, a dark man with rainbow colored hair extensions, leans over the serving counter feeding POPS. Pops is feeble and delights in this affection. SIXTY-EIGHT One for you. ...
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“Midway ain’t on the map.”
–  Rochelle/Sunshine Girls
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