Hey guys,
Had to jump in on this one. Kenny, I was very happy to see that they gave a brother a shot at a dating reality show even though it is FLAVAA FLAAAAV!!
To be honest, when I first saw this show I was pissed. It reminded me of the vaudeville and black-face comedies of the past. The shows where black men and women acted like buffoons so that white people can get dressed up and laugh at the monkeys. Then I realized, I'm being a little too extra and I need to let it go. Besides, the show is funny as hell. I do think that it lends to "our" (black men's) credit that we will have a diversity of women on the show and actually keep them till the end. Most of the brothers and sisters that do make the bachelor or bachelorette get their rose on the opening episode. It's like black people in horror movies, we rarely make it pass the first scene.
My question is, do you really think Flav is making the decisions on the show? Personally, I don't think VH1 would put their fate in the hands of Flava Flav. Not because I think he is an idiot, quite the contrary. I think when VH1 pitched the show, they realized that this Flava Flav character is just that - a character. I think they found that William Drayton (Flava's real persona) is a business man who is going to make sure that William Drayton is the only person that will make a clown out of Flava Flav.
As a result, I think that VH1 or the show's producers steer Flav in the right direction so that the show is interesting. Flav or William understanding that entertainment is a business, allows them to "influence" his decisions to keep the money flowing.
Brothers, I think Mr. Drayton has proven to the world that we are interesting creatures. IMHO Black Men are the last of the true Renaissance Men. We know how to handle business and our minds are open to allow everyone around us to eat off the plate of prosperity in love, money and fame!
Thanks Flava!!