I just needed to get that out.
Vanity Fair - Zoe Saldana [ Harlem Renaissance ] Uptown Girl Shoot - Aug 2009
Y’know, I would love a Mad Men-style TV series based on the Harlem Renaissance. 1) It was a fascinating historical and cultural period of American history that’s rarely touched in pop culture. 2) Roles for POC that do not involve the being maids and chauffeurs or the civil rights movement (as important as the latter was, it sometimes seems like the only historical period associated with POC in pop culture). 3) Period costume porn!
I fucking love this.
YES. PLEASE. I WANT THAT TV SHOW.
YES to that show idea. Now I want to cast people and give them characters. Watch me do it.
shit. such a good idea. i can’t believe it hasn’t been done before - if it’s historically accurate, the storylines will be both entertaining and intriguing. the harlem renaissance really is fascinating.
Ah, yes! Make it happen.
One of my comics takes place in this era
Research for it is SO fucking awesome <3
Yes. Yes. Yes. A Thousand times YES.
Steaming angry I hadn’t thought of that TV show myself. I think I’m going to have to ask for permission to use that one. I just can’t get it out of my head now that it’s in there.
