On another note, I noticed one of the negative review points Kenyon mentioned was the marriage thang… I’ve never gotten with his whole critique thing of gay-marriage. Why should it matter who is behind the push for the legal establishment of a legitimate civil right? I mean, it’s either a good thing or it ain’t.

And in no way could I ever be persuaded that being able to legally marry the man that I fall in love with is a bad thing, or is somehow contrary to the interest of Black folk, regardless of other more pressing Black social needs… What, we never heard of multi-taskin’?

Love my lil’ brothers beautiful mind but I gotta disagree on that one.

You may not realize this, but Kenyon is being a gracious host.

What I don’t understand about ‘support’ of this film is this: if it reflects your lifestyle and world view so adequately, how are you promoting this film besides coming to someone else’s blog and attempting to diminish its author’s opinion by insinuating your own? Starting one’s own blog (and with 5 paragraphs of content, to boot) costs considerably less than purchasing a home.

The movie “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom”, however, is not a documentary. It’s a comedy/dramedy. That means disbelief is suspended and the black gay characters can have a happy ending in pleasant surroundings.

You wrote, “it’s a good time … much of the film is laugh out loud funny… I was never bored …”. Why does this comedy/dramedy (or ANY comedy/dramedy) have to be more than that? A comedy that is a “good time”, “laugh out loud funny” and “never [boring]” is a success. Period.

By the way, I read the review of the play you starred in. You must be a gifted actor. I wish I had seen the play. I love James Baldwin. If that’s you at the top, you are an attractive young man.

It seems that the place of tension for you in my write-up about the film is where I am critiquing the class politics of the film. You used the words “ghetto” and “slums.” I didn’t. But yes, not all of us are either poor or filthy rich, though we know the reality that being black means you’re a hell of a lot less likely to be wealthy. I am happy your house is paid for. There are a lot of people, gay, queer straight or what have you, who aren’t so lucky, given the current crisis. I am also well aware of the fact that Black people have historically owned property on Martha’s Vinyard. I didn’t really take issue with that, necessarily.

But since you’re so well-off and smarter than me, have you seen these latest data about Black gay couples who are married in California? They still make far less than white same sex couples. Before you get on your moral high horse about how well off most of us are, and how dare I raise questions about class politics in this movie, take a look at this data. http://www.365gay.com/news/study-black-gay-couples-fall-behind-earnings-of-straight-couples/

I read somewhere that the film was 101 minutes long: that’s one hour and 41 minutes. I expected there to be boring stretches and there weren’t any. I also read somewhere that it was a 15 day shoot so I expected to be disappointed (the movie LOOKS pretty good) and I wasn’t.

You wrote, “it relies way too heavy on the upwardly-mobile, bourgie aspirational lifestyles that seem unrealistic. ” We black gay men don’t all live in the slums. I am, for example, a black gay man and a homeowner (my home is paid for) and I bought my 2006 vehicle brand new. More to the point, there are black families who have lived on Martha’ s Vineyard for GENERATIONS. I’m sure that some of those black families have black gay sons. You should get around more. You wrote ” they clearly don’t know any lesbians or transwomen.” Neither do I. Not by design, I just don’t know any. You also wrote “… it doesn’t need to be deep.” Is there such a thing as a “deep” comedy/dramedy? If so, name one (or two).

Finally, you wrote, “it’s a good time … much of the film is laugh out loud funny… I was never bored …”. I agree with this and, honestly, what else does any reasonable person EXPECT from a COMEDY?

And the Ernest Hardy review in the Village Voice sucks. On what basis was his review “totally fair”? What movie did he see?