Cobb: Soul Plane Postmortem

July 10, 2004

Soul Plane Postmortem

Those who are convinced of their moral superiority and influence on American Society will no doubt remain lost in their own solopsistic universe, exterior to market realities, but I would like to remind all concerned that the sky did not fall and the state of Black America today is the same as it was six weeks ago.

Budget:
$16 Million

Gross Box Office Reciepts to date:
$13.9 Million

Rubbing it in the face of the Great Protectors of Black Images in Hollywood:
Priceless.

Now happen to know that somebody's going to sell some DVDs to get their money's worth out of those puppies. There will be some spots created for whatever the latest ghetto fabulous program is on MTV, and they'll close the gap and some paneder's kids will get to go to college. That doesn't change the fact that Soul Plane is just another brick in the wall.

And I bet you hadn't even thought about it this week.

Posted by mbowen at July 10, 2004 03:48 PM

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