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I've Never Heard of You Either!" is
David's latest DVD, a tribute to his 15 year career that has
proven to be a true journey. In this 53 minute performance
David shares his views on life, his kids and marriage. Sit
back, enjoy and get to know the comedian who's never heard
of you either.
Also take a look at one of David's latest Vlog's,
MLK Day!
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From:
Talk It Out
Think of Black Men Revealed like The View for
brothers. KING-MAG.com sits down with host, David A.
Arnold, to find out what TV One’s newest show is
talking about.
America get ready for a new point of view. TV One’s
new series Black Men Revealed is an unscripted (and
unpredictable) roundtable discussion among four
brothers about anything and everything. We spoke
with host and comedian David A. Arnold to find out
what all the talk was about.
KING-MAG.com: Originally, how did the show come
about?
David A. Arnold: Me and Greg Shelton, a friend of
mine from the Jamie Foxx camp, got to know each
other while I performed at certain venues. I heard
about the show that he was doing and called for an
opportunity to read for the show. I went in, sat
with the producers, and did a 3 hour audition or dry
run of a mock show. They all gave me great feedback.
Okay, but real talk, what makes this different from
other male-focused talk shows? You know, the formula
hasn’t exactly been a runaway success.
We’re not calling it a talk show as much as we’re
calling it a talkish show. We’re not sitting down
and acknowledging the camera going “welcome my name
is” and “with me today is” – we’re not doing that.
Every week I’m sitting with four of my different
brothers from four very different walks of life.
We’re just at my house, chillin’, playing some
dominos, and the cameras just happen to be catching
some of the conversation. Boys all over the country
get together, without their girls, and just talk.
We’ve recreated that moment. It’s not people on the
show because they have a movie to plug or a book to
sell. It’s really people here to talk about issues;
and that’s totally different from a talk show where
guests are promoting something.
With this forum, the topics are obviously targeting
an audience that’s neglected by the mainstream
media…
The topics that we chose were what we thought were
the hottest among black folks, but I also believe
that some of the topics cross color lines. Why Men
cheat? It’s not just black men who cheat. Some
things are just man things – and I’m not saying that
cheating is a man thing but it crosses all barriers.
There were so many topics that we want to do, so we
are just trying to find our rhythm. And we do more,
we will tackle bigger subjects that we feel aren’t
being address in mainstream society. The mainstream
society won’t talk about the myths of Black Men –
that’s something we need to talk about amongst
ourselves. We also have an episode called “Turn-Ons
and Turn-Offs: From Head to Toe” where men talk
about what turns them on and turns them off about
women.
Wait, doesn’t that violate the man-law?! There’s a
reason why we have these talks when the women aren’t
around.
[Laughs] I’m sure there will be some things that are
said that some men will say, “I can’t believe this
brother just said that.” I’m sure there are times
where the man-law was not completely violated,
thrown out the window and stepped on [Laughs]. Yeah,
there are some people who might think some codes are
being broken, but there’s a lot of men out there who
don’t care about it. Some men are tired of men who
cheat making the men who don’t cheat look bad.
In theory, how important is this show for black men.
You know, a lot of people out there think we’re not
good at talking, that we’d rather take it outside.
Communication is the key to everything. The more we
talk about issues, the more we break barriers. We
are all not as stereotypical as the public makes us
out to be. We find out we’re not as different as we
once thought we were. We are hoping to change things
and be able to talk about everything.
Finally…We already know women will be tuning in,
trying to find out more about us, but why should men
tune in, seeing as this is actually a reflection of
what they do on a daily basis with their own group.
TV One is about to present a show that is the
epitome of keeping it real. It’s going to attract
the attentions of females especially, but I hope it
attracts the attention of the men. We hope to bring
a light to the people who need to be spoken to and
heard from. And it’s funny. That’s why they have me
– if it gets to heavy, I can still make people
laugh. - Mike Brown
Black Men Revealed airs every Sunday on TV One 10-11
PM ET. Check your local listings. |
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