How John Singleton Saved The “Furious” Franchise
Brian and Roman forever!
The earth-shattering fate of iconic filmmaker, John Singleton, who at age twenty-four, made history with his critically-acclaimed coming-of-age urban tale of survival, Boyz n the Hood, by becoming the the youngest and first Black director to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director, is another reminder of how the gems of the industry need to be appropriately hailed for their magnificent contributions while they’re lucid enough to feel the love.
As the years pile up, it’s only natural to look back at the cultural landscape and marvel at how good you had it when you were impressionable enough to soak up the creative succulence of genius minds.
These revolutionaries defiantly curated stories on their own terms, at the risk of being punished by an all-White system of thugs, who are still criminally biased when it comes to fair representation of non-White talents — in all facets of the business.
Every generation likes to boast about why their “time was the best,” and that’s based on the richness and durability of selected influencers, and why those prized deliverables will never have an expiration date.
For Gen-Xers, during the teen years and past the early stages of adulthood, we were consistently feted with…
