I suspect the argument could be made that Allen is ill-equipped at the job of differentiating between good or bad media, regardless of race. As stated above, I don’t know that any TV executive is any better or worse at it, but Allen’s history of basically producing free EPKs for media companies in exchange for a weekends at posh hotels is evidence that his judgment is, put mildly, impaired. And in a court he would have to establish race was the factor, when any reasonable defense could establish other factors. I’m not saying race didn’t enter into the decision of the cable company execs, but unless there are emails or records indicating it, the verdict is unlikely to be in Allen’s favor
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 8:50 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I share your opinion of Allen, and of course it’s possible this is purely > a business decision. But that seems like the wrong question at this point. > The court did not find that there was bias, only that both the applicable > law and the facts justify that the question be litigated in court. > > Also - the point that always seems to need to be made, if it were true > that the only mediocre material given exposure was produced by white > people, whole black people need to produce excellent material to get on, > that would be discrimination. So even when this gets to court, the question > is not really “is Allen’s product mediocre?”, but more like, is it > significantly more mediocre than material that routinely does get a tv > contract? > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 12:36 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm going to ask the obvious question here - isn't it possible that >> Comcast, Charter, et al aren't carrying his networks because they don't >> bring anything to the table? I'm 43 years old, and I can't remember once >> in my life when I've watched something produced by or starring Byron Allen >> (at least, intentionally - there were occasions when I'd fall asleep during >> Scottish Conan Guy and "Comics Unleashed" would come on - that would >> normally be the signal to shut the damn TV off already). A quick review of >> Entertainment Studios' theatrical releases reads mostly like SyFy/Lifetime >> MOTW fare, and their TV output is, at best, derivative of more popular fare >> that's already saturated their various markets. I can see why Allen and his >> team say it's discrimination, but isn't it *possible* the issue is that he >> isn't that creative? >> >> M-D >> Playing devil's advocate - no hitting in the face, please. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
