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\"He, as a writer, was able to capture the 'New Age racism' and the little subtle touches of how we are portrayed as people of color and he flipped it upside down. What you hope to do as a writer is create a world that we’ve never seen before. And he created the world and he was masterful. He wrote a really well-crafted film that took the genre of scary films to the next level.
\"The first thing about writing is you don't go for the cliches. And I think as he structured the screenplay he never went for what was easy. He threw a lot of curve balls every step of the way. The girlfriend [played by Allison Williams] throughout the whole story, she’s the most supportive, trying to nurture this interracial relationship, and then in the end, spoiler alert: She flips the script!
\"That’s great writing because she kept being the one that said, 'How dare he treat you like that!' ... The way he built in his curves. His setups and his payoffs are beautiful.
\"It plants seeds. As artists you plant seeds. The next writer will come along and say I can go even further because Jordan now exists. Sometimes there’s limitations for any artist of color to say there’s the bar, and each time a new generation comes and raises the bar.\"
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\"I would like to believe that there’s no going back; that this isn’t just an isolated moment in time, but the beginning of an era, where films made by African-Americans and featuring African-Americans are recognized and celebrated, as well as films directed by women. Hopefully, we can move forward from here.\"
\"Viewed historically, Hollywood has established a pattern of allowing whites to write black characters. Again historically, since blacks have had to pay close attention to whites just for daily survival and the reverse is not true, we have had to know more about them than they know about us.
\"So we are in a position to better tell our stories than they are and can do it with more authenticity. Too often -- however well-intentioned they may be -- these writers fall into a trap of stereotypes. The best of our writers don’t do that and because of our history can also tell perfectly their stories as well.
\"As time progresses, Hollywood executives are slowly beginning to recognize this and the result are films like 'Get Out,' 'Mudbound' and the newly released 'Black Panther' ... getting ad and distribution support thus making millions at the box office, which is the bottom line for Hollywood.
\"Well told stories with blacks at the helm -- the future looks very bright indeed.\"
Interviews and statements have been edited and condensed for clarity.
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