A Day Late and a $ Short

Besides Mama and Disappearing Acts, this is one of Terry McMillan's best works.  I remember reading this book in its entirety at a bookstore a few years ago and hoping that a movie adaptation was around the corner.

Truthfully, I don't remember the entire story but if you come from a dysfunctional family *raises hand* or love to watch movies about them, I say get your treats by Saturday afternoon so you can veg out the right way.

Now, here's my honest $0.02.

Anyone who is a fan of Terry McMillan knows that TV movie adaptations leave something to be desired.  I remember really looking forward to Disappearing Acts on HBO and find that Wesley Snipes is the lead male character, who is not only supposed to be really tall but buff (was Idris Elba not available?) 

Wasn't really in love with Taye Diggs being in the Stella movie either.  Not that he's not attractive, I just don't see any woman with her own thing going on getting involved with him.

Wayback Wednesday: Eddie Kendricks

Date with the Rain is one of those rare grooves I discovered when Garth Trinidad's Chocolate City was the business.  I think of it every time it rains here so obviously, it's been on my mind often, especially as I recover from therapy.  

Sometimes I reminisce on how this and other underground jams would play on my little Aiwa stereo while enjoying a little green and a good drink.

Black to the Future: ‘Frankie and Alice’ FINALLY Gets Major Release Date

Chances are strong that if you’ve got a “DVD man”, you’ve  already seen this or at least heard about it.  Not judging you but let's show a little love on April 4.Halle Berry stars in a story about a woman dealing with multiple personality disorder in the 1970s, and based on a true account.  Click here for more details.

Now before you start, watch the trailer below to remember how we first fell in major like with Ms. Berry.

Wayback Wednesday - Unlimited Touch

This was one of my skating rink jams back in the day.  Doesn't seem like 30+ years but that's just one of those facts of life.  Anyway, there isn't a whole lot to be found on this group but I'm grateful to Soul Walking for their 411.

I didn't make the video as there seems to be no official video for this classic jam.  Enjoy!

I Miss Bounce TV

A few weeks ago, illness forced me to leave my hole in the wall and live in a house where every tv has Time Warner cable, which does not carry several stations that specialize in old movies.  Now, I get free rides to the hospital, a view of the mountains...in fact, just about everything is free since I don't write as often.  But this does not mean that my mind has stopped working...not counting the occasional brain fart.
) I didn't see '12 Years...' though I like Chewitel and Brad Pitt mostly because I didn't want to.  I'm glad a deep chocolate sis is getting love but why cant she be loved as a lawyer, damn good mother or something else?  This is not to say that hoes, slaves, crackheads and maids are not worthy but Clair Huxtable was along time ago!

Then the minute the powers finish raving about "the red Ralph Lauren dress", here comes Aisha Tyler.

People that trip me out the most are the ones with REALLY ethnic names (as in starts with De or La or ends in esha/isha/ishia, etta or other combination) but run real fast to the other side.

Anyway, besides being not funny, I don't know much about this chick except she has a White husband.  I tried when she did Talk Soup some yrs. ago.

So in getting to my point, there's been nothing on TV to watch while I recover.  Oh yeah...reruns of I Love Lucy, Dragnet, shows from the 70s and the occasional hour-long program dedicated to bacon and other delectable treats I can't eat.

RIP Don Mitchell

Last week, we lost the great Don Mitchell at the age of 70.  I have not gotten around to watching the original Ironside but he was the only person I liked in Scream Blacula Scream.

As the link shows, he made many TV guest appearances but never became a household name or had the name recognition that ex-wife Judy Pace would have.

However, one thing that impressed me was that he became a businessman after acting gigs slowed down and he would be considered part of Hollywood's First Black Power Couple back in the 1970s.

Mr. Mitchell is in the brown suit below.  Enjoy!

Goodbye Great One

Nelson Mandela was born the same year as my last uncle who I lost a few years ago.  While I was glad the physical suffering was over with in the case of both men, I cried inside because I knew these type of men are a dying breed.

My uncle was never a political person but at peace being a Black man who provided for many making an honest living and never took BS from anybody.

In short, we now live in an age where Black males are more than happy to display their sexual prowess on camera for 15 mins.  And make babies without a ring.  And accept scraps from anyone with a smile.

We hear more about this type of being instead of proud family men who are upstanding citizens, pass down morals and good living to the next generation.