Al Lovett

A Reasonable man

[Schrödinger's Litter Box @Brewjew308]

Gonna have this certified banger in my head for the next ~50 days 🎵🔊

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

These are our 70s male movie icons. They helped to pave the way.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

The 1970s marked an important shift for Black actors in American cinema. After decades of Hollywood limiting Black performers to stereotypical or supporting roles, a new generation of leading men appeared as detectives, action heroes, romantic leads, villains and complex characters. Calvin Lockhart, Yaphet Kotto, Richard Roundtree, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Jim Brown, Glynn Turman, Robert Hooks and Max Julien were all part of that changing era.

Richard Roundtree became an international star as John Shaft in Shaft in 1971, creating one of the decade's most recognizable Black screen heroes. Jim Brown successfully moved from an legendary NFL career into Hollywood, while Fred Williamson developed his own tough, confident screen persona. Jim Kelly brought martial arts into the mix and reached an international audience through Enter the Dragon in 1973.

Yaphet Kotto demonstrated remarkable range, appearing as a Bond villain in Live and Let Die before later starring in films such as Alien. Max Julien became closely associated with The Mack, while Robert Hooks helped establish the influential Negro Ensemble Company. Glynn Turman, meanwhile, built a career across stage, television and film that would continue for decades.

Many of these men became associated with what became known as the Blaxploitation era. The genre remains complicated because some films relied on stereotypes involving crime, violence and hypermasculinity, yet they also placed Black actors at the center of stories at a scale Hollywood had rarely allowed before. Black audiences could finally see leading men who were stylish, powerful, intelligent, romantic, rebellious and sometimes morally complicated.

These actors helped expand what was possible for the Black leading men who followed them. Their careers were different, and many extended far beyond the 1970s, but together they represent a period when Black actors were forcing Hollywood to reconsider who could command the screen.

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[Al Lovett @Gua117]

@Zebop @TheePopCore Is he really worthy??? Not a fan at all.

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

@Martina Home training

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@KwikWarren He got exactly what he voted for

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

@KwikWarren Where do they get these Black people in Florida??? Is the brain washing that good?

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

@DrJasonJohnson Wemby is "soft" he can't play defense and he needs to bulk up.

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

@gggirl924 No

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

@KwikWarren Not that, he was accomplished and without any scandals they could dig up. That was the icing on the cake.

[Curiosity @MAstronomers]

This incredible footage from Artemis II shows swarm of moving metals orbiting our planet like bees around a hive.

We are witnessing the transformation of our orbital environment in real-time.

[Matt Dowell @MattDowellTV]

Here is everything Dawn Staley had to say today about Geno Auriemma, his statement, and her perspective:

"No distractions at this time... I grew up in the projects of North Philly. 215, 267 area code. Nothing can derail us, or me, from staying with the task at hand."

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

@KwikWarren Unless they play an instrument I wouldn't consider them musicians. In my mind they should be separated. one for singers and one for musicians.

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

@KwikWarren Are you serious? You that child couldn't sing a lick!

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

My grandaughter is taking her talents to @Bradley in Peoria Ill.

[Dawson Girls Hoops @HoopsDawson]

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR - JOURNEY “GETS BUCKETS” LOVETT 😎 @journey_lovett @drdavis111 @DawsonHighSchl @AthlPearlandisd

[Baby Girl 🌹🕊🌹🌹🕊🌹 @nanahendrix66]

😂🤣😅🤣🤣🤣

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

RIP!!

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

TRUTH spoken here!

[IG: RahiemShabazz @rahiemshabazz]

The myth that less than 2% of white people owned slaves is easily debunked by Nikole Hannah Jones. Pay Attention.

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

Nothing is ever deleted on the internet. Try as they might. The chief pervert in his glory

[Kool Karyn 😎 Resister Since Day One 💙 @koolkaryn]

This is the Trump photo that was accidentally included in the Epstein file release. Once they noticed the mistake, it was quickly removed. I happened to grab a screenshot before it was taken down. 🙃

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

@killuminati @ArtOfDialogue_ Delroy was robbed in Da 5 Bloods. He deserved and Oscar for that role. I was pissed that he wasn't even nominated.

[Al Lovett @Gua117]

Two outstanding actors.

[The Art Of Dialogue @ArtOfDialogue_]

Denzel Washington gives Delroy Lindo his flowers, & Delroy Lindo tells the story for the first time in front of Denzel Washington about how Denzel stopped him from leaving New York when they were young actors, during a candid Sinners Q&A hosted by Denzel.