How has the city of New York influenced your writing on Tough Love and the characters? I would say New York has influenced my writing as far as straight forward and aggressive people. I would also say I am from LA, originally from South Central LA, and they have a very forward and aggressive way about them so I found a combination of the two. That’s what these characters are, they are totally real. I’, pretty much like that as well. I don’t like to hold back. I like to say straight up how I feel. The characters are very intricate and detailed. Are they based on anyone? Are they based off of you and any past relationships you’ve had? It’s actually a combination. It’s a combination of people in my life, close friends, and family members as well as TV shows and movies. I draw inspiration from everything even my own situation. The characters in the Tough Love web series are named after different characters from popular black movies. The characters don’t relate but I took the names from there. It is fictional but it’s really not, it’s based off of true events. Through your previous dating experiences throughout the years up until now which character were you at certain moments? Were you all these women? …show more content…
As far as the woman on the show I’ve been all three and I didn’t even notice it as I was writing that, that’s exactly where I was pulling from. I’ve been Monica and you know, been hurt, and dealing with a person that wasn’t acting right. Then after that I turned into Jordan or before that I was Jordan. Then Alicia, holding her boyfriend down and trying to get through different relationship issues. So I’ve been all of them. Tell us more about the Social Media impact of the Tough Love series: First, on how you approached it and secondly on the reception you’ve received about the show. Nothing I’ve done has had the reception like I’ve had from the Tough Love series. My approach originally was to make an Instagram account, I actually made two: fan page and then one for the series. What I would do is try to connect with and comment and follow people’s page that were already following different web series or different networks like BET or TV One. From there people would tell their friends and more people would start following. Then we set up a twitter account and we started interacting on there. I try to make sure that I reply on the YouTube and Instagram comments and to stay connected as possible. I personally, when I see a web series online I don’t think I would comment so its crazy to me the number of people that are actually taking the time writing paragraphs about how they feel about this character and that character. And it makes me happy. What’s the work relationship like with you and the co-creator of the Tough series your boyfriend, Caleb Davis? We work well with each other and help each other in every aspect. The Tough Love series is like our baby and we’re completely hands on. We go through the scripts and he has knowledge about what draws the audience in. I can talk a lot so sometimes he’s like oh this is a little to dialogue heavy, let’s get more action, there’s way we can show this versus telling it, we don’t want to spoon feed the audience. Sometimes I’m like know that has to be in there and we have a little debate. After he’s done editing as scene, then I’m like that looks a little weird. As I point to the script, what’s on the script isn’t coming across or conveyed properly. On set we have different debates and one of our main ones was the sex in the series. He wanted to show a little more of the sexy scenes and I was like no, the scene is not moving the story forward. I also feel like I had to protect a lot of the ladies on set. In every episode of Tough Love you hint at a social topic. Your characters touch on it and discuss it as a group, with differing opinions. Why do you feel it was important to introduce this? New York is such a connection based place and you’re always sitting around talking to new people.
I’m really not the person for small talk, so I love talking about real issues, real things that are going on, and I get really passionate. I wanted to show these friends not just sitting around talking about fluff and nonsense. I want to show them actually digging deep into real issues, real things that are going on, and a lot of times you see a lot of people, especially in the black community, will be on completely different sides of the sector as far as their ideas. You’ll see what I didn’t do in this series, when we talked about the Bill Cosby issue, I didn’t just focus on if ‘he did it’ and I didn’t just say oh ‘he didn’t do it’, I tried to keep it really
balanced. What topic are you not willing to write about? Almost afraid to touch on? I would say I would be afraid to touch on homosexual topics because that can affect people in different ways. Do you feel that you’re afraid of the backlash or that you aren’t well versed in that subject? I would say I wouldn’t be completely well versed to write about that subject. That’s a very sensitive one, and I can show the negative commentary versus the positive commentary but the negative I feel would be very offensive. So I would probably be scared to touch on that. What’s something unexpected you’d write? That people would be surprised by? I can’t say I’m working on something too different. I would say some of my struggles on that I’m trying to incorporate into the mix this season is just trying to take it deeper. Just topics that are really heavy like STDs and Domestic Violence. So I’m just trying to take it to another level and it’s getting kind of difficult. Boldest thing you’ve ever done? And what’s the boldest thing you will do? I would definitely say moving to New York. New York is a very rough place to live. It was just on the other side of America and I don’t have any family here. And I was just like oh alright, I’m just going to study in New York. It’s the media capital and in LA it was hard for me to break in. New York is not easy, it’s expensive, it’s dirty, and everyone’s trying to hustle you. There’s the extremely terrible side and then there’s the extremely exciting, fun part where everyone is driven and you really feel empowered in New York. There were times where I was like I’m out of here but I just really had it tough it out and I’d say I’ve done some really great things like put on these events, I’ve connected with the Aldo store, I did two events there. I’ve done red carpet interviews, shooting an actual show here; hoping on and off subways and New York is just a beautiful backdrop for all of that. So I would say moving to New York had such an effect on my career and my life. What I really want to do is, since I have the Instagram page Black Love Exists, I want to create a dating website. I have all these followers and I want to continue doing that and I want to have the site be restricted so it’s actually for dating. I’m really focused on that for 2016. What’s next in your career and what’s next for the Tough Love series? I really do enjoy this and I want to take it further and write different stories. Our goal now is to build a network for this and to put together multiple shows. The next thing for the Tough Love series is writing season 2 and filming that and then getting out there. Also doing that and shooting another film and another series and continuing to build this platform and build a network of different creations for Caleb and I. Where can people reach you? You can find me on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at RoniReports For the Tough Love series Facebook: Tough Love Series Instagram: @TheToughLoveSeries Twitter: @Toughloveonine
essence of New York and all its nuances in the form of terse observations. Whether
In conclusion, this show focuses on many aspects, particularly gender roles and sexism. Although this show could have more diverse characters, it focuses on male and female stereotypes very well. I appreciate that there are several strong female characters who aren’t afraid to stand up for themselves and perform typically masculine
Colson Whitehead ponders the essence of New York in his collection of essays titled, The Colossus of New York. Throughout the entire collection of essaysWhitehead inquires about what New York stands for based on the journey’s of its inhabitants and visitors. By establishing a sense of authenticity and creating an intimate relationship between him and the reader, Whitehead effectively provides his readers with a genuine account of New York. This genuineness found in Whitehad’s writing has not been met without criticism. Wyatt Mason’s critique of Whitehead’s essays reiterates throughout the review that Whitehead’s account go New York isn’t unique to New York and that the essayist isn’t particularly attentive to detail. While I agree with the
New York City’s population is a little over 8.3 million people. 8.3 million people are spread out among five boroughs and each have their own set routine. Each one of those 8.3 million see New York in a different way becuase “You start building your private New York the first time you lay eyes on it” (“City Limits” 4). Some people are like Colson Whitehead who “was born here and thus ruined for anywhere else” (“City Limits” 3). Others may have “moved here a couple years ago for a job. Maybe [they] came here for school” (“City Limits” 3). Different reasons have brought these people together. They are grouped as New Yorkers, but many times, living in New York is their only bond. With on going changes and never ending commotion, it is hard to define New York and its inhabitants in simple terms.
Many people say they want to avoid drama, and this is due to the fact that drama emits certain dark emotions, like sadness and fear. These emotions are prevalent in everyone’s reality. In reality, the issue of race is drama filled and serious, and this is how these issue should be portrayed on TV shows. People need to realize that racial conflict is not a joking matter, because it causes pain for many people in society. One drama TV show that accurately portrays the struggle of race is Luke Cage. The setting of this TV show is dark, mainly due to what the show wants to accomplish. The show is trying to put its audience in the situation of a struggling black male, and this informs the audience of the severity of his issues. This show inspires people to speak out against race, because on the powerful words the show displays. For example, the shows use of the word ni**er brings up a certain nuance not between white people and black people, but within the black community. The use of this word is exactly the power drama shows have over comedy shows, because drama shows can portray these nuances, while comedy show portray a general
From the beginning it becomes obvious that many of the characters represent familiar archetypes. Gabbie is a budding young virgin, beautiful, innocent, and vulner...
...writers of all races and every ethnicity could be shown this video to learn about stereotypes to avoid in their screenplays. Television and movie producers could benefit from hearing other producers such as Hal Kanter and David Wolper talk about their experiences with African-American representation in their shows.
Ellis, Edward Robb., and Jeanyee Wong. The Epic of New York City. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf, 2005. Print.
Josh Tillman, a.k.a. Father John Misty, is a man who sees himself as a kind of modern day prophet for skepticism and cynicism. One would be hard-pressed to find a more unique, modern musician. He carries himself with a kind of raw, mountain-man type crudity, which is then manifested in his violently honest and intelligent lyrics. Specifically in reference to his latest album, ‘I Love You, Honeybear,’ one finds an honest, self-aware, yet pervasively cynical Tillman. The anti-hero in a love album which is decidedly an anti-love album.
The characters are relatable. Carmen is the most thoughtful of the four friends, and recognizes the importance of friendship more than others do. Carmen is half Puerto Rican and half White, she lives with her single Latina mom. Throughout the book she has to deal with feeling replaced when she finds out that her dad is engaged to a white woman who already has two teenagers. Bridget is an athlete, she spends her summer at a soccer camp in Mexico. She is impulsive and reckless, but her high spirits help her make friends quickly. Lena is the shy one. She travels to Greece to spend the summer with her grandparents. She is quiet and happiest when she can just be alone. She's not much into boys, because through experience she's learned that they usually only like her for her looks. Finally there's Tibby, the rebel. The only one of the 4 girls stuck at home, she views it as plain and boring.
The complexity and depth in the fan fiction is that the homoerotic relation and desire between the women are more obvious and clearly revealed. “They know each other intimately, in the ways friends and lovers know each other, [...]” (UbiquitousMixie). Comparing this to Cunningham, who has described the
Ninety percent of Americans marry by the time that they are fifty; however, forty to fifty percent of marriages end in divorce ("Marriage and Divorce"). Love and marriage are said to go hand in hand, so why does true love not persist? True, whole-hearted, and long-lasting love is as difficult to find as a black cat in a coal cellar. Loveless marriages are more common than ever, and the divorce rate reflects this. The forms of love seen between these many marriages is often fleeting. Raymond Carver explores these many forms of love, how they create happiness, sadness, and anything in between, and how they contrast from true love, through his characters in "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love". Four couples are presented: Mel and Terri, Nick and Laura, Ed and Terri, and, most importantly, an unnamed elderly couple; each couple exhibits a variation on the word love.
To conclude, New York City is one of the most densely inhabited metropolitan collection of cultural diversity in the world in which structures our temperament. New York City applies an imperative influence upon trade, economics, mass communication, skill, style, and education. Frequently it is known that New York City is a crucial core for global politics and has been depicted as the ethnic headquarters of the globe. New York City has been known as a melting pot of culture and as this prolong throughout towards the current day, the city has become ornate with distinct cultures. You can easily experience many aspects of different cultures by going to the different ethnic neighborhoods that exist throughout the city.
The disciplines are simply a means to that end.” During my time here, I have focused most of my course work on the following: rhetoric, identity, and social change. How do these elements all effect each other and how do we use communication strategies and theories to make an impact on the world? In my previous course called Communication and Inclusion, Professor Sarah Jackson had written an article for the CAMD website called, “Looking ahead: Social movements in 2015.” Here, she talks about the most recent deaths at the time of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in NYC. These killings had brought up issues of race and inequality in America and essentially started the first major wave of the Black Lives Matter Movement. In her class specifically she taught about “how social and political identities are constructed in the public sphere, with a particular focus on how race and gender are constructed in national debates”
When you associate anything with New York City it is usually the extraordinary buildings that pierce the sky or the congested sidewalks with people desperate to shop in the famous stores in which celebrities dwell. Even with my short visit there I found myself lost within the Big Apple. The voices of the never-ending attractions call out and envelop you in their awe. The streets are filled with an atmosphere that is like a young child on a shopping spree in a candy store. Although your feet swelter from the continuous walking, you find yourself pressing on with the yearning to discover the 'New York Experience'.