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1. Met with a studio about my already shot romcom and they won’t buy it untilThey see how You, Me & Tuscany does 2. Met with an exec about a romance script I have, they won’t buy it untilThey see how You, Me & Tuscany does 3. Go see this film!

A film that has nothing to do with me could quite literally change my life. Plus, I’ve heard it’s really great so I’m looking forward to supporting.

“This is honestly crazy but the reality of it. Hollywood monitors how films/ TV shows do in order to see if it's worth taking a chance on other people's projects that are within the same demo.... And for black creatives there's a higher level of scrutiny,” someone said.

“All this pressure for a film that’s supposed to be lighthearted & fun. Wild that we gotta jump through hoops just for our stories to be seen on screen,” another person added.

Meanwhile, one more person said, “This is proof of what I’ve been saying: Black films are held to an impossible standard that no one else faces, just so Hollywood can justify not making them when the bar isn’t met. A Black filmmaker says she’s been told that if the upcoming movie ‘You, Me and Tuscany’ doesn’t perform well (whatever that means—it’s always arbitrary), then Hollywood will stop making Black romcoms altogether. They’ve been doing this blackmail BS in one form or another since the beginning of Hollywood.”