What better event to ramble about than tonight's NAACP Image Awards as my first official blog? This year’s event did not have many surprises so this won’t be very long. But I was especially moved by a few particular moments, and pissed off about one.
Darryl “Chill” Mitchell, star of the FOX sitcom “Brothers” was awarded for his role. For nearly a decade, he has been confined to a wheelchair but he was overcome with tears during his acceptance speech, telling the audience: “As long as you all got legs, I'm going to always walk”. Beautiful!
Tyler Perry accepted the Chairman’s Award after a brief tribute from the legendary Cicely Tyson and a very spirited performance by Tamela Mann. Perry’s applause worthy speech included a sound bite that I am sure we will hear again and again. Paraphrased, he said: “We don’t have to wait for Hollywood to green light ‘our’ projects, we can build our own intersections”. [...]
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Darryl “Chill” Mitchell, star of the FOX sitcom “Brothers” was awarded for his role. For nearly a decade, he has been confined to a wheelchair but he was overcome with tears during his acceptance speech, telling the audience: “As long as you all got legs, I'm going to always walk”. Beautiful!
Tyler Perry accepted the Chairman’s Award after a brief tribute from the legendary Cicely Tyson and a very spirited performance by Tamela Mann. Perry’s applause worthy speech included a sound bite that I am sure we will hear again and again. Paraphrased, he said: “We don’t have to wait for Hollywood to green light ‘our’ projects, we can build our own intersections”. [...]