4TH WEEK

 The Antena manifestos were written in regard to writing.  The collaborators at Antena were extremely upset with how English was historically warped for agendas, how frivolous the language was, and how dominating language can be. Written down were ideas that could be considered revolutionary, but wanting language to integral in fighting for justice and liberation seems normal to me. I particularly enjoyed reading The Mundane Afrofuturist Manifesto. Martine Syms wanted new work be relatable and believable. I first was upset with his “no mulattoes” point for many reasons though I completely understand why Syms would make that a point. I believe that these are written in lieu of a convention. In the case of Antena, some difficulty could arise in trying to assemble Oxford, MLA, Chicago, and the many other governing bodies of the English language to do away with all of the current rules for something revolutionary. Manifestos are published so whoever is reading knows exactly what someone’s goals are.

2016 SUPERNATURAL TV RULES

-        Characters can only be revived once, twice if the character is played by Angela Bassett

- If you have a show that has a plethora of elements, like True Blood, explore as many of those elements as you can, but not at the expense of the plot.

-        No unnecessary profane language (stop writing curses in just for views)

-        IF THERE IS CLEAR SEXUAL TENSION BETWEEN TWO FEMALE CHARACTERS LET THEM BE AN ITEM (cough cough @ XMen Evolution)

-        Get some black YA from the Bronx, from Harlem, From NOLA, (black america has MANY parts)

-        Have gay romance plots that matter

-        IF YOU’RE GONNA HIRE POC (YOU BETTA) RESPECT THEM AND TELL THEM FILMING DATES AHEAD OF TIME

-        HIRE TRANS ACTORS

-        Stop casting a lot of extra-handsome actors.

-        Don’t throw in a love story if it’s not essential

-        STOP COVERING TITITES. SHOW THEM

-        SHOW PENISES TOO

-        It’s OK to address social issues in metaphors and in real dialogue

-        ONLY FLASHBACK WHEN IT’S NECESSARY (NONE OF THIS BS LIKE ARROW)

-        [If y’all kill uncle ben one more time imma do it my damn self ]

-        @execs STOP BEING AFRAID OF WHAT WHITE VIEWERS THINK. GO AHEAD AND CAST FOR MILES MORALES AND VAL ZOD AND MANY MORE BLACK SUPERHERO LEADS

-        Set a story in Jamaica or Brazil, a place americans are not all too familiar with

-        HIRE NATIVE ACTORS

-        HIRE ASIAN ACTORS

-        HIRE DARK SKINNED ASIAN ACTORS

-        STOP MAKING ARABIC SOUND LIKE THE CHARACTERS ARE HEXING EACHOTHER

-        GET ODELL BECKHAM JR ON THE TV

-        If you have a CW budget rather than a CBS budget then act like it.

-         @ Flash, I need y’all to get Senator Knowles on screen. K? thanks. Bye.
- have all the sexual innuendos as you want!