FastSaying

Considering the popularity of soaps with the African-American audience, it's grotesque that the entertainment industry, for all its vaunted liberalism, is lagging so far behind social changes in the United States. And why has there never been an all-black daytime network soap? It would probably blow the white soaps off the map.

Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia

African-AmericanAudienceBeenBehindBlowChangesConsideringDaytimeEntertainmentEntertainment IndustryFarGrotesqueIndustryLiberalismMapNetworkNeverOffPopularitySoapSoapsSocialStatesUnitedUnited StatesWhiteWhyWould

Related Quotes

The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry.
— Lance Reddick
AfricanAfrican AmericanAmerican
The Fairmont Concert Association is able to bring in big-name entertainment from across the United States and from other countries at a very reasonable cost. For an adult membership of $35, a person can watch nine concerts in Fairmont and Blue Earth. It's a good situation for both communities.
— Helen Gould
EntertainmentUnited States
To be employed in the entertainment industry is a miracle.
— Kate McKinnon
EmployedEntertainmentEntertainment Industry
The entertainment industry is terrified of silence.
— Laura Linney
EntertainmentEntertainment IndustryIndustry
I have been working professionally in the entertainment industry since I was six.
— Blake McIver Ewing
BeenEntertainmentEntertainment Industry