I Didn't Elect [barack] Obama Because He's

Just Look At The Cinema Itself: It's Comprised Of Lots Of Movies About Graphic Novels, And If You're Not 20 Years Old And Wearing A Cape And A Mask And White, You're Out Of Business. Today's Cinema Is A Proliferation Of Comedies, Which Are In Some Ways Creating Caricature Images. They're One-dimensional.

Democracy Is About Criticism. I Didn't Elect Obama Because He's A Black; I Voted For Obama Because He Was The Right Person At The Time. Period. The Exceptionalism Of A Black U.s. President Is Not Important To Me. It's What He Does. And Who He Has At The Table. And What He Does To Change The World - That's What's Important.

Popular Literature And Culture Used To Reflect People's Aspirations, Pain, And Passion. All Those Particular Things Are No Longer Available To Us.

I Was Able To Do The Saint Of Fort Washington, On The Relationship Between Two Homeless Men.

The Civil Rights Movement Didn't Deal With The Issue Of Political Disenfranchisement In The Northern Cities. It Didn't Deal With The Issues That Were Happening In Places Like Detroit, Where There Was A Deep Process Of Deindustrialization Going On.