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Topboy season 2 has just dropped on Netflix and as you would expect it has gotten a lot of attention and fanfare not least because it was being promoted by the likes of Drake and Lebron James but what of the content and story line? The black movie & tv industry in the US has matured in the years it has been active and has given us a variety of different classics from Friday to Love and Basketball. The UK scene on the other hand seems to be just getting started but with every other movie following the Gangs, Drugs and Violence formula - are the black directors and script writers in the UK scene simply choosing to refight the battles already fought by their US counter parts or are they producing such films because their investors want a return and this is a tried and tested formula? Given the cultural stereotypes that already exist in UK society what responsibilities if any do directors, script writes and all those behind the camera have to fix the image of black culture in the UK movie industry?
Topboy season 2 has just dropped on Netflix and as you would expect it has gotten a lot of attention and fanfare not least because it was being promoted by the likes of Drake and Lebron James but what of the content and story line? The black movie & tv industry in the US has matured in the years it has been active and has given us a variety of different classics from Friday to Love and Basketball. The UK scene on the other hand seems to be just getting started but with every other movie following the Gangs, Drugs and Violence formula - are the black directors and script writers in the UK scene simply choosing to refight the battles already fought by their US counter parts or are they producing such films because their investors want a return and this is a tried and tested formula? Given the cultural stereotypes that already exist in UK society what responsibilities if any do directors, script writes and all those behind the camera have to fix the image of black culture in the UK movie industry?