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Article: Robert Townsend: a new kind of Hollywood dreamer. Actor-producer-director plans to make films that uplift and transform Black audiences.
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- June 1, 1991
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ROBERT TOWNSEND
A New Kind Of Hollywood Dreamer
Actor-producer-director plans to make films that uplift and transform Black audiences
FOR most of his 34 years, Robert Townsend was happy being thought of as a successful comedian. After all, he had successfully poked fun at Hollywood with Hollywood Shuffle and elicited howls of laughter from fans with his HBO specials and stand-up comedy.
But that's not enough anymore for the man behind the hit movie, The Five Heartbeats. Today, the Chicago native sees himself as a dreamer--a serious dreamer. He dreams of making films to uplift Black audiences and spur social action. He also dreams ...