Every black film feels like it's Tyler Perry, and that just needs to stop. But people seem to slowly be looking for what else is out there - 'Is there something else besides this type of humor?' 'I'm tired of seeing men in dresses.'

Who I was was not acceptable to black L.A. youth: the way I spoke and my sense of humor. Everybody else had relaxers and pressed hair. I wore my hair in an Afro puff. Nappy. The way I dressed. It was all about name brands at the time in L.A. I had no idea. All those things, I failed miserably at.

I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny.

I think the universe is just so big that there has to be something else out there.

There's so many, 'no, black people aren't like that' barriers in mainstream media.

Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else.