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January 20, 2003
Big Wheel Keep on Turnin'
my mailbox is full good news. this morning, one of my existential partners hooked me up with a film review of sorts from a.o. scott:
[...] The sense of musicianship instilled in his students by Dr. Lee (Orlando Jones) in "Drumline" and the ethic of haircutting handed down by Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) in "Barbershop" are presented as the gifts of the "old school" — things worth doing well not for money or glory but for their own sake and for the pride that comes from doing them well. The movies communicate that feeling, which is music to ears of any color.the hard lesson i learned somewhere around 1992 after reading gwaltney's drylongso, was never under any circumstances, second-guess blackfolks. so while i like to play the curmudgeon game as much as anyone, i have become fairly immune to huge intellectual constructions about why blackfolks do something different than whitefolks. because they do. deal with it. i count myself fortunate to be born into a corner of a caste which laid down a set of principles, ways and means that are the strong threads of character and flavor we call the old school. i know that its light is covered by a bushel basket woven by the hands of smiling demons. but a big wheel is turning and slowly that light is being revealed. every once in a while a flash escapes sometimes it's a steady beam.
Posted by mbowen at January 20, 2003 08:43 AM
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