Erika Alexander On New Film 'American Fiction', Black Men Supporting Black Women, Neo Noir + More
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I wish these interviews would go viral like the ones with drama.
I was just thinking the same thing. I bet if Katt Williams was on there it would have over 1 mil views by now.
Right! Should have WAY more views!
They will if we share.
@@altovisemiller9900 Katt made a lot of good points as well. But he is not the only person that has gotten over 1 million views.
@@filmadcamp1512there were not enough good points in there to mention ahead of the drama and hyperbole.
She said, "I vote for the Village." Powerful.
🔥🔥🔥🔥
All this "woke" pro-black talk and she's married to a white man.
Erika Alexander is a national gem! This was such a smart, poignant, and emotionally intelligent interview. Kudos!
I honestly almost shed a tear, very powerful.
All this "woke" pro-black talk and she's married to a white man.
This was one of the best interviews ever!!! She needs to teach a master class on self worth, blackness, and cinema and how we can be of service to the community. MAXINE SHAW!!!! was the best character on Living Single. Girl we need to see you more on the big screen
I couldn't agree more.
I agree but *should
Definitely!!! They could have done a spin-off show focusing on her!
Absolutely agree such an amazing interview
Erika Alexander is brilliant! You guys need to bring her on your program more often. She's a great actress.
She is SPEAKING truth!!!! “We’ve adopted the language of our oppressors “ wow! She’s speaking truth! Thank you Queen! I’m afraid for US too.
There is much value in being multi-lingual. Americans are near the top, in people living in developed countries, who don't speak multiple languages. That wouldn't be such a problem, if we were self sufficient as a group, but we are not that. We don't have enough schools to educate ourselves, nor can we independently provide the necessities of life for ourselves. The words Queen and King are from the oppressor's language, African people had words for their leadership, yet even Afrocentric/Pan-Africanist Black people use these terms. Even the word African, is not our word, but the world accepts it, even Africans. But Africans know who they are in their own words, as well. Their focus is more narrow than the entire continent. Their ethnicity is there primary focus. The word Africa is less a problem than is the use of the terms KING and Queen. The average Black person who hear those terms think of someone like Elizabeth of England and Ferdinand of Spain. What do they mean for people of Africa and the Black African Diaspora, if not colonization and worst? Black people have not employed critical thinking nearly enough, in our struggles. It is far more fundamental and thus valuable to our struggle than is Critical Race Theory. Not all of us need to understand CRT, but all of us need to be able to apply critical thinking in all we do.
Basically
Wow, if you think america is this “systematic racist opressed” country then leave.
Yet she was married to a WM
Gtfoh
Thank-you, very truthfully and wisely said.@@siriuslyspeaking9720
This is a very necessary conversation. Thank you Breakfast Club. 🤜🏾🤛🏾
I love your channel! ❤
Love your Channel, @ReelBlack keep up the good work ❣️🥰🤗💞
RESPECTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT RB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Mike, *it* sure is! I *luv* #Erika! And *you* too! I miss our mornings w/music with *You!* Your channel is a necessary Channel! Gratitude! 💜💟💜
@@CrownedxKay I ❤your channel
Erika Alexander is a national treasure. Seriously, actress, director, writer, brilliant orator. This interview should be required viewing for all Americans--especially Hollywood.
She’s absolutely right I was in Bulgaria, Sofia on a train and seen young Bulgarian men wearing Jordan’s etc. went to restaurants black American music being played. I wasn’t surprised but I had a moment like wow. The influence!!!!
Exactly. I go to Michelin star restaurants and the majority of the time, the music being played overhead is exclusively R&B. We need to recognize our influence and capitalize on it and stop talking about being sellouts. Someone is selling it and making money from it, and if we are the creators, then it should be us ho are the main beneficiaries. Our music, our slang, our street style, our art, our idealism. We are influential and influence is power if it is harnessed correctly.
The sad thing is, all that revenue, The lage part of the cake still goes to the white power structre smh
Really dope interview. She’s very direct and at the same time so graceful with the way she articulated her words 🙏🏾✊🏾💪🏾
My bag! I approve of your comment! Fingers moving to quickly without seeing!
Yup! She’s totally focused and super clear about her views.
Well said she makes me proud to be a black woman 👩🏾 👏🏾 🙌🏾 ❤️ 🖤
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I just saw the movie this morning. Up late ,so I nodded out and missed the love scene lol ! Overall, I am happy she cleared up some underlying issues so eloquently. She fit the role quite well. Gonna see it again!
Met her in the streets of NYC over 30 yrs ago while on a school trip. Wonderful woman and as nice as she was her! Love her!
Her gifting those books and being so gracious to them at the end caused me to tear up. What a beautiful person. I loved this interview.
It got me too. I would love to just sit and talk with her.
She is BEAUTIFUL she is INTELLIGENT she Is GRACIOUS she is a force to be recognized... THANK YOU QUEEN❤❤❤
YES!!!!❤
DJ Evy and Charlemagne shined the and Erica reflected back 10X. I LOVRD this session. Thank you
She NEVER disappoints! I love her interviews, what a breathe of fresh air to hear coversations of substance.
All this "woke" pro-black talk and she's married to a white man.
Erika has kept it authentic the entire time she's been in the business. As a Philadelphia native I am proud to say Freedom Theatre is where she got her start.
She represented us so well!!! Thank you Erica
Lemme just say- I love her!!! She is very enlightening. “Look at what 13% has done”… Amazing! We have to do more.
Loved the interview. Erika is beautiful, thoughtful, confident and poised.
She got me crying 😭. Black women!!! Black men got yo back. ALWAYS!!!!🙏🏾 WE WILL DYE FOR YOU 💪🏾
@H20Sniperthere’s always one like you….ready to comment & tear down someone’s (a black woman’s) character.
All this "woke" pro-black talk and she's married to a white man.
Her husband whyytee
Erika Alexander is the picture of beauty, poise, elegance and intelligence. She just taught a lesson on compensation inequality in the entertainment business and Black History. Love her!
I've been watching/listening to the Breakfast club for over 5 years now. If someone who has never heard or listened to an episode and needed just ONE recommendation, it would be this one with the amazing Erika Alexander. Thank you so much for your contribution and perspective of the world.
It was hearing part of Erika Alexander’s interview 5years ago on the radio that brought me down the rabbit hole of Breakfast Club interviews on CZcams. Love to hear her speak!
Always here for an Erika Alexander interview she’s so purposeful , informative and very aware and I appreciate that. ❤ her !!! Thank you for mentioning how Phylicia Rashad has not gotten her very much deserved Emmy awards and more!
Damn. 5 min in and she’s speaking straight FACTS!! Intelligent women with a lot to say.
She gave us a soul feeding conversation!!! Thank you, Ms. Alexander
All this "woke" pro-black talk and she's married to a white man.
Great to hear her speak, what a mentor to our people.
This woman is so dope! I have never met her but feel as if I’ve known her all of my adult life! Conversations like this followed by action is so needed in our lives and communities!
Faccccctssss
If we all Black People can come together we would be a Force in this World
That sounds like fiction
what force?
They already hating
☝Get rid of RELIGION (religion itself divides ALL PEOPLE), get rid of CAPITALISM, 4get COLONIAL white-washing (teaching African American, Hattians, & other Caribbean's that they AREN'T AFRICAN) 🤔 and then , MAYBE THERE;s A CHANCE
They would be so scared if we all came together but remember the love to divide and conquer....they are afraid of what they done to us because we would do it to them...if only...
I feel her pain and courage, Erika Alexander is living and breathing sacred medicine. Thank-you guys for having her again and again, treating her respectfully.
I can’t help but to gravitate to everything that she does. She brilliant and I’m eager to see all the opportunities soon flooding her way. Erika is a powerhouse with a great fan base. I see so much in her that she’s willing to give to this industry and culture if invited… Well deserved and Erika, I stand with you!
She is too militant and pro black for white Hollywood. Thus interview explain why we haven't seen her in more mainstream movies and TV show. Her comments will make white people nervous and uncomfortable.
I love this sista as an actress but more importantly as a sista who speaks truth to power! Great job The Breakfast Club with the interview!
I can listen to her all day! We love you Erika! 🤗❤️
Yo better believe it ❤
Beautiful, eloquent, and intelligent. Ms. Alexander is such a gem. 👸🏾 If you haven't seen American Fiction go see it ASAP. It's funny and thought provoking. It really breaks away from how Black people are stereotyped in movies. Plus the cast did a great job
I love her presence . It’s powerful even through the internet! And her stories need to be recorded ! She has a very interesting life
This lady is just naturally gorgeous 😍😍
Viola Davis outacted Meryl Streep on the Movie "Doubt" and Viola only had one Scene and Meryl was the star of the Movie
Erika is speaking the truth about Hollywood! Dropping gems! Have ❤ her since The Cosby Show. Anytime she’s on the screen, I’m watching it.
JESUS, her entire brief synopsis of how blacks were treated during slavery and how it equates thee exact same today, even down to how black women are so called labeled as masculine WAS F**KING BRILLIANT!!! I hope that did not go over yall head man becuz she was speaking straight facts
All this "woke" pro-black talk and she's married to a white man.
I seen American Fiction on Christmas Eve. This movie was amazing!! Made me laugh and had me angry at how true some of the story is.
I saw it this past weekend. Didn't live the ending but I agree with every point you just made
I saw American Fiction 2 Fridays ago. It was well written, satirically funny and a very good thinking movie. Definitely will see it a 2nd time. Jeffrey Wright has moved from Supporting Actor to Leading Man and it's well earned. 👏🏽👏🏽
Maxine Shaw Attorney at Law. 👍
@Lakers In 5 What it do my G?! 🗣👋🏻
@@jayskicksnfits9372stuck inside, too icy out to make a move. 🙏 for 🌞
Just said this in my head 😅
Innocent guilty🎶🎶🎶
She is always so thoughtful and so insightful. Nothing but GEMS! This Erika is the truth. Love all the interviews she does.
Teaching, preaching with such eloquence, articulation --- and passion.
I love Erica!! What an amazing talent!
Wow this interview is so powerful and truthful im watching it in tears.and this time its not menopause tears😢 great interview
LOL to the menopause comment, 😅 in solidarity Sis! ❤️💚🖤🙏🏾
^^^ This comment right here! 😅
Erika Alexander has always been one of my favorite actors. Her strength, character, and forthright manner of communicating speaks to my soul.
Thought provoking and a very teachable moment. She’s so eloquent.
I love this woman and her strength on being able to speak truth when that is not the new normal. Much success my sista
I love Erika !!!! She’s knowledgeable and articulate 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 She has poise and class !
Yes, she's very knowledgeable!!
This interview was so powerful and she is Absolutely Beautiful. I always love the knowledge she drops about these Young Black Folks these days about their history since they want to be so forgiving and trusting. It's important to know your history and theirs as it pertains to us. It directly relates to how we are perceived. I Love Black People
I gasped when she spoke about protecting women and seeing us as delicate. Literally felt pressure/heaviness in my chest and sorrow.
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Great Interview. Not only is she intelligent but also extremely beautiful.
This interview with Erika is amazing her hair is beautiful.I love the way she articulate herself.The auntie that i could talk to all the time.#BlackDon'tCrack!!❤
I need to find a theater showing American Fiction too. Erika Alexander is stunning and brilliant. I love her interviews.
She looks the same from Living Single, no sign of aging ❤
Powerful interview with Ms. Erika💙🔥✌️🌹
I love her so much I watch living single to this day. I'm glad she is getting her deserved credit
She's so beautiful n the last of a real black women
@bigmattic65 lmao oh you one of those huh? All ima say is her character in Living Single, Max , the one she said that white folks claimed was "too strong"....she may not shake her ass but she loved sleeping with men and treating them like conquest. Something I'm sure you'd say about a modern women. So I doubt you really know what she represents frfr
I still watch Living Single as well…. Erica Alexander is a phenomenal, intelligent and talented woman! I’m definitely a fan.
Amazing, amazing interview. Erika has been top tier her whole career!!!! WE. APPRECIATE. YOU!!!!!
Love me some Erika ❤. It breaks my heart to see her cry in these interviews. It’s not the first time, this is something she and many others carry so much around in themselves and have to have a brave face on press runs, etc. It just comes to a head at a point.
@12:35
It's always a great interview when Erika is on the show….. Peace and blessings to all her endeavors 🙏🏾🤎
Man she spoke nothing but honesty power and strength 💪 ❤🙌 what an amazing interview way to close the week off 🙌 we need more conversations like this every month please 🙏
I just fell in love w/ Erika! 👏🏿✊🏿💙 each time she comes to the Breakfast Club she is soooo regal and as Charlemagne mentioned "intentional ". She reminds me of Philicia Rashad ! Blacc men let's stand up for these queens! 👏🏿✊🏿
This woman doesn't age at all... She still looks exactly like the first time I seen her over 20 years ago... Gorgeous
I love the smarts of Erika Alexander she's always articulated facts about the movie, tv industry, she is a accomplished actress, excelling in everything she does as all of these men and women of color always have to supersede their counterparts and they always are having to negotiate pay when their counterparts have less talent and they get a better pay salary out the gate, so the more men and women in the industry open their mouths and discuss the disparities the better the pay scale will be even across the board, receiving a tony a Grammy,a emmy, an academy obviously does not translate to earning more money for people of color and this needs to stop ASAP!!!
Morning thanks for sharing this conversation with Erika Alexander. I appreciated her boldness, speaking truth to power, kudos.
Top interview she is a strong woman but also wants to uplift the black family and black man. Love Her!
She speaks so eloquently ❤ i agree that when you brand something as black cinema, black this and that, you put yourself in a box. As someone who's not black, i would feel like i cannot relate and so would not even give it a chance.
I was just thinking of her beautiful self ❤ an original sister that's still looks like herself and works very hard she is also regal and mature and let's not forget educated ❤️ Love her! This is a great interview 👏🏾 🙌🏾 👍🏽 👌🏾 🙏🏽 Thank you for giving us substance 💯🖤❤️💚😘
I'm really enjoying this interview. I loved Ericka's role in American Fiction, it was a breath of fresh air to see my chocolate skin Sister in a romantic role.
Just caught "American Fiction" in the theatre this week... fantastic film! Very intelligent, very funny, and well worth the trip to the cinema. Go see it, you won't feel like you've wasted your time or money!
I love her, from the hair and shouting out the hair dresser to the way she speaks on topics that matter to her. Phenomenal actress that knows her stuff
I really enjoyed this interview, she gets her point across so elegant and direct. It's good to see her out and about. Still a beautiful woman
Love Erica since living single. She is so talented and intellectual. We need more like her to speak out
American Fiction was an AMAZING movie! Everyone reading this needs to go see it!
I'm so blessed to have been surrounded by strong black woman like this. She is and has always been beautifully and boldly black. Love the energy she brings and I have never seen her in a bad movie.
I wholeheartedly enjoyed listening to Erika. This is one of the best interviews ever. I was glued to every single word. BRAVO 👏🏻
Wow. This was as informative as it was invoking. Another fantastic Erika Alexander Breakfast Club interview in the books. Gems on top of gems. Ms. Alexander is exceptional in every way and even though we're not even out of the first month of the new year, gonna call it by saying this is and will be one of the best BC interviews this year. Looking forward to watching American Fiction.
I am awed by her solutions to our many of our community problems🙏🙏
Love her! She's so authentic. This is the interview Hollywood needs to see.
These are definitely conversational subjects that OUR entire community needs to have!!! S/o to Queen Erika!!!
28:47 That is absolutely the dumbest thing I heard Charla say. There is zero difference in intelligence when it comes to men and women. And Erika is a true queen to correct him in that manner. This is the mindset that all black people need to have when we see each other. Thank you Erika, she is exhibiting true brilliance.
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@@thepyt1 You might want to reread my comment.
No I read it correctly. The panda was meant for charlamagne
@@TheCloveart i actually agreed with you
@@thepyt1 My bad, thanks.
This beautiful Queen is a CROWNED JEWEL of our community. She always speaks from her heart and the love of our community is apparent. Love to see her in interviews. May she stay blessed + abundant!
I could listen to you talk all day. Erika Alexander!!
Just love her, her work and American Fiction is great!!
Beautiful interview. So eloquent and powerful.
I love hearing her speak. Her interviews are always entertaining and informative ✨️
American Fiction was HILARIOUS!! Brilliant, funny, and inspiring.
Applause, Applause, Applause!!!! Erica Alexander is a jewel!!!! This was a very thoughtful and insightful interview! I loved seeing her from Maxine Shaw attorney at law to the GAW she is today!!! I will always support her career!!!❤❤❤❤
I ❤️ HER!!! I learned how to do yarn locs because of Max!
What a beautiful, talented and intellectual human being. Thank you Erika Alexander for this interview. You are speaking on behalf of so many of us. We see you! Thanks to those that have seen you as a woman and not just a dark skinned, nappy headed “hammer”. You are EVERYTHING and your empowering voice and words touched my soul. Thank you again for voice and contributions.
Black women take notes: this is how you own a room while being dignified. You don't have to yell, or be rude to complain & get your point across! She gave black men compliments, too. It didn't take away from what she wanted to say. INCLUSION
We already know and do 💪🏿
Conquer white men!
i could listen to her all day. I would interview her in a heartbeat!
Erika is such a creative and brilliant force. I loved American Fiction. It’s serious funny introspective imaginative.
I LOVE hearing Erika speak🖤
AMAZING interview! Always a blessing to hear the goddess herself drop facts and gems! Love her mind and her energy! She deserves all the accolades and notoriety for her caliber of work! A true legend still leading the charge! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Damn good interview. This Queen is absolutely brilliant ❤.
Great Interview!! 👏🏽❤️ Erika ALWAYS gives a great, intelligent, compassionate interview EVERYTIME!! 💯 I learn something new EVERY interview she does!! I can listen to her speak all day!! 🥰❤️
Thank you for another great, informative interview as always Queen!!👸🏽❤️ We LOVE You!! 🥰❤️🥰🫡
Amazing conversation! Erika Alexander is the TRUTH! I cannot wait to see American Fiction this weekend. OOHWEEEE! This is one of my favorite Breakfast Club interviews!
I’ve always enjoyed to hear her speak! She’s a phenomenal woman!
“Black people shouldn’t always have to save everybody including us” Yes we shouldn’t always have to choose a movie because it’s black . My friends just talked about not always having an interest in ALL black movies but we go because we know the barriers they face and the fact that they don’t always do well. But if they market the movies with black leads more , we don’t always have to save the movie or feel pressured to go see it.
A real one for sure! Loved the backstory from living single!
This is it. Awesome. Don't back down...please Ms Alexander. Your voice is needed. R.I.P Mrs C Delores Tucker.
Erika is absolutely amazing and highly intelligent. I wish this conversation was had on a bigger platform so she could really be heard by those who make the decisions.