‘I don’t mind anybody’s leftovers’: Paula Jai Parker Doesn’t Mind Getting Work Taraji P. Henson Turns Down

She continues:

Taraji P Henson

We all knew that Empire was going to be a hit because we want to see us, and they don’t give us us enough real enough for us, and when we get it real, we will watch it. And what we like, they like. And this is what I think a lot of black producers and showrunners and directors get twisted. They try to cater to them, when all they have to do is cater to us because what we like, they will like. They waste their time trying to make it work for them when they don’t want your perception of what they want – they want to see you at home. It’s like their way of looking into our living rooms. ‘Cause they have absolutely no idea…they don’t get that we’re the same, just different colors. What you experience at home, we experience at home. Your man cheating, they man cheating, you know. It’s no different. Your kids are bad, our kids our bad. But it’s just a cultural difference, and they want to see us. And it’s like they thrive on looking in, and I love that people are being more daring with showing the LGBT community, and they way that they love. And I think that’s another reason why Empire does well because we’re all the same.

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