Monday, March 2, 2015

At Your Service

In recent years I have been gratified to see re-tellings of fairy tales like "Sleeping Beauty" that give the heroines more agency and even present a sympathetic view of powerful women who have been reviled as wicked witches.  I intended to present an empowered heroine when I shot this video in 2013 but the actor I cast as the leading man just took over.  Black men get kicked around so much I think our brothers need to see themselves as shinning black princes just as much as sisters long to see themselves as queens.  So "At Your Service" is a damsel in distress story that puts a different face on the swashbuckling hero.




A bientôt!

9 comments:

  1. Loved it, especially the beard trimming scene! Bravo! I want to see more like this!

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  2. What a fun story! Your leading man is quite charming.

    I hope to see more of these stories! And if you're ever looking for voice actors to do different parts, I dabble in voice acting and would be happy to volunteer. <3

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  3. Bravo! I was clapping even before it was over. Excellent production.

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  4. Wow!! This was awesome! I had to watch it twice. I am in awe. Bravo, Bravo!

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  5. Hi Ladies, thank you for you applause. I have a couple more pieces like this in the works. I hope I can pull them together to post soon.

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  6. Such a cute story and yes, JohnJax is rocking that hat!

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  7. Very good! You can have an empowered heroine in the next one, as your hero really couldn't be denied his swashbuckling.

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  8. Hi Brini and Smaller Places. JanJak is the Kreyol spelling of Jean Jacques. I named him after Jean Jacques Dessalines, first leader of independent Haiti. I'm working on a science fiction piece that has women in more powerful roles. That should give me some karmic balance.

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