Actors of Color Get Real About What It's Like To Play a Stereotype

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4. Yep - seems like the rule of precedent plays just as big of a role in the entertainment industry

as it does in our legal system. Seems like too many people prefer a pat formula that has worked before over real creativity and risk taking. You also look in terms of singers and the songs they sing - the subsequent songs released by an artist often have the same overall form and chord progression as the original big hit. Perhaps the prime example of this, back in the '70s, I believe, was Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - or as I called them, Gary Puckett and the Union F#@kits.