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“Black Dynamite” animated series now airing on Adult Swim on Sunday nights
Black Dynamite: The Animated Series
Can you dig it?
Michael Jai White’s 2009 cult classic Black Dynamite has now been transformed into an animated series on the Adult Swim cable network, which shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9pm to 6am. The first episode aired on Sunday, July 15, but for those who haven’t seen the movie, it’s an ode to 70′s blaxploitation films such as “Shaft”, “Dolemite” and “Superfly”. The title character is an ex-CIA agent-turned-vigilante who fights against kung-fu masters, drug-dealing pimps, and “the man.”
The series is executive-produced by Carl Jones (co-creator of The Boondocks), and co-written by actors Michael Jai White (“Black Dynamite”) and Byron Minns (co-stars as “Bullhorn”). In a recent interview with Shadow and Act, Minns and White says there will be differences between the film and the TV show, such as more in-depth character development:
Minns: “We were very respectful of the characters that we originally created. But the thing that makes the animated series special is that we’re able to delve into the characters in full. In the series, it’s like we have 10 movies and now we get to see who these people are in different situations, and it takes it so much further than we could in just one film.“
White added, “Of course it’s a different pace, and [in animation] your characters have to be larger than life. But the essence of the characters is still there. That strange family unit is still evident in the cartoon. It’s a whole lot of fun.”
Other characters in the film have returned too, like “Honey Bee” played by Kym Whitley and “Cream Corn” voiced by Tommy Davidson. In the clip below, the cast talks about the show at New York’s Comic-Con convention last October, but peep the trailer for the series as well. Hilarious.
Black Dynamite airs Sunday nights at 11:30pm EST on Adult Swim.
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Jill Scott is Pregnant.
One of my favorite singers and poets Jill Scott has officially confirmed that she and her fiance, Lil’ Jon Roberts, the drummer in her band, are in fact expecting their first child on April 25th. Six months pregnant, pregnancy rumors have been circulating for a few months. That’s right Jill, keep your private life, private. Congratulations!
In The Mix … This Week!
Looking for some action this week? Well, there’s a lot of it going in the realms of books and TV; anywhere else…you’re on your own. So check it . . .
Also if you’re interested in more on the DL subject, check out the New York Times bestselling author of “On The Down Low,” J.L. King’s latest book, Love On A Two-Way Street (Pocket Books, $24), as well as his first.
Back on the road again are 90′s hip hop jazz trio Digable Planets. Ladybug Mecca, Doodlebug and Butterfly will perform at B.B.King Blues Club and Grill in NYC on Wednesday, October 8 at 8pm. For more show details, check out my October 2 post.
Thursday, October 9 at 9pm is the start of the tenth season for everybody’s favorite crime show, CSI. Now that lead character William Petersen will be on the show less (to pursue other projects), he’ll be replaced by the enigmatic Laurence Fishburne, who will play a forensic scientist with a secret. More drama, nice! Laurence joins the show’s tenth season on the ninth episode.
Now for one that’s making want to fork over the dollars to get cable! The Queen of Erotica, Zane is now bringing her Sex Chronicles to “Skinemax” aka Cinemax Friday, October 10 at midnite for 15-episodes. The series will focus on the relationships of four sexually liberated women of color (three African-American, one Latino.) All I can say . . . if the show is anything like the book Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth (Atria, $14), have a lover on standby . . . one who’s down for whatever you suggest.
Until later . . . Ciao!
ND
In The Mix … This Week!
The always loving, always inspirational, always amazing (and my favorite poet) Dr. Maya Angelou releases Letter To My Daughter (Random House, $25), Tuesday, September 23. Though blessed with one son, Guy Johnson, Maya sends a message of courage, love and wisdom to thousands of her “daughters” worldwide. (Bonus: click on the link and watch the video … and be inspired).
Even A-list actors eat humble pie every once and a while. One as of late: Angela Bassett, who joins the cast on the last season of the top-rated ER (NBC), Thursday, September 25, as a doctor with a troubled past. Oh, the suspense.
Chris Rock hits the stage in his fifth stand-up special, but this time in an around-the-world event called Kill The Messenger (HBO), Saturday, September 27 at 9pm EST – It’s kinda cool, he toured the world doing his routine, and edited it into one-major event. An HBO original.
However, if you’re in the Philly-area, stop by I Ride For My City, a 12-mile Bike Ride and BBQ (btwn the Falls Bridge and Strawberry Mansion on the 1800 Block of MLK Drive) (that’s the address on the flyer!) on Saturday, September 27 from 10am to 3pm – It’s an initiative aimed at high school juniors to study abroad at Temple University’s Rome campus. Any questions, log onto TheRICKFoundation.org or call 267.243.6003.
Also on Saturday the 27th Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew Live with Season 1 winners Jabbawockeez and BreakSk8 at Commerce Bank Arts Center (519 Hurffville, Cross Keys Rd. Sewell, NJ 08080, 856.218.8902) at 7:30pm. Fun for the entire family.
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