It's about doggone time!!!
I just saw it last night, and there was a lot of great poetry on diverse subjects. If I'm right, it's schuduled to run at 12 am Friday nights (just like Def Comedy Jam), and it's ran again at 12 am on Sunday nights. That's when I saw it. They even have it in the same facility that they held Def Comedy Jam.
There were brothas and sistas spitting some real thoughts up there, and they didn't sound angry the whole time. They had the kind of poetry that made me wish I could have recorded it to watch it a few more times, take notes, and make sure I could appreciate every line. It was diverse, too, because the audience had all races and ages, the 1998 Slam winner (a Caucasian man) performed an excellent piece, Nikki Giovanni read a short piece, and the last poem was from an Arab woman. I cannot remember her name (something like Sumeir Mohammad), but she wrote on 9/11. It had so many levels beyond "All Arabs weren't involved", and it was quite moving. I know I felt kinda teary, and they showed the reactions of the audience.
I really, really enjoyed the show, and I'm making sure to catch it each weekend, someway, somehow. It's better than watching "ComicView" and listening to the same stuff about sex, black/white folks, smoking weed, etc. Ohh...did I digress on a BET rant? The point is that I know I couldn't have been the only one proud to see something that stimulated my thought process. Too bad it had to be HBO, not BET.
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