Because there is lot of other topics to explore besides criminals and rappers as it pertains to black people in the U.S. or even abroad? Maybe I'm cynical but I don't see it as variety at all, it's the same themes over and over.

As if MLK hasn't been the subject of how many different forms entrainment media? I don't watch Empire so I can't speak to whether it actually has well, written characters and not caricatures but it does exist so does count for something.

I've been down a wiki wormhole recently, reading about different black figures of the Reconstruction and early 1900s and some of these people are so remarkable and yet I've never heard of any of them in school or even from others in the black community. It's really a shame.

I'm not talking all media but specifically, TV and feature film dramas, particularly those based on real events/people. Yes, there are shows like The Wire but honestly, shows about drug dealers/gangs are almost just as bad to me.

True but isn't that even sadder?

Anyone else tired of movies and TV shows about slavery being the primary vehicle in which black actors can stretch their dramatic acting muscles? There are so many awesome people and events from the post-Civil War era that could be turned into interesting, dramatic series and yet all we get it stuff about slavery.

I realize that. I'm just saying the show's creator is a black guy and maybe they've considered that having a show called 2 Black Guys without input from a black guy would be pretty damn stupid. Admittedly, I may be giving Seth MacFarlane too much credit.

He's still the show's creator. I know each production is different but I'd imagine he will have some input into the characters of the show. I could be wrong though.

Considering the track record, in terms of the portrayal of black characters in shows created/produced by white dudes, I'd say we're not really "there" yet in the U.S. Not to say that a white person cannot successfully create and develop black characters, look at David Simon or even Danny Strong, but the evidence of…

A quick google search will reveal that J. Lee is, in fact, a black guy.

What a half-assed gimmick account.

It's meant to be…? That's news to me.

The actor who does The Joker cosplay looks a lot like Tesla and has already played him in a small role for a special on the History Channel:

Would the payer be one "Jamie Foxx"? Because I may or may not have heard a strange, unsubstantiated rumor about him to the same effect last year.

The reviewer didn't say black female, she said female POC which is person of color. Therefore it includes Asian women as well.

Who is this "we"? The word link is a shortened form of "hyperlink" so I don't understand how its usage can be considered quaint. It's not a different word for it, it's literally the root.

I think I'm more confused as to why the OP thinks "hyperlink" is a quaint phrase…

It's not an AV Club decision to get you to click on it. Facebook designed it with that expected behavior; when there is a post that goes beyond the word limit (I don't know what the specific number is), it automatically hides the rest of the text behind a "See More" link. Clicking the link only expands to the full…

But Iraq is meant to be pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable as in "eh-rahk", not "eye-rack".

It really is a contrivance. One of the few things that has annoyed me about the show. It's like the writers just make things happen for PLOT! not because they make sense.