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iH Page 2B - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thuisday, October 21,1993 ITuming back the dial? iTelevision networks choose stereotypes over wit and writing I Continued From IB Marshal BUI and Blaine and Antoine characters are proof of that. And what about the mam my? She resides on ABC this year in "Thea," a comedy about a single parent (yes, that theme is back, too) ralsng a house full of kids. Played by comedian Thea Vi- dale, Thea is loud, brash and buxom. What more could you ask from a mammy stereo type except a handkerchief wrapped around her head? Shhhhh. ABC might hear me. Even NBC's "Fresh Prince' Of Bel Air" is starting to lean more toward the stock stere otype format. A recent epi sode had Carlton (Alphonso Riberlo) losing his virginity to a married woman. Black men can't keep their pants zipped to save their lives and black women can't keep their hands off the zipper. To be sure, there are, and always have been shows cen tered on white people that have been silly and stereo typical. The difference, how ever, lies in the fact there have always been shows with substance that balance the silliness. For every "Partridge Family" and "Brady Bunch," there's been a "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "The Fugitive" or "L.A. Law." Blacks are not getting that. All may not be lost, howev er. Fox has stuck behind "Roc," still the best black comedy on television, even though it's not a ratings suc cess. "Townsend Television" is showing signs of Improve ment. And it has Introduced two veiy good comedies - "Living Single" (starring Queen Latlfah, Kim Coles, Kim Fields and Erika Alex ander) and "The Slnbad Show" (which features the writing of Charlottean Cal vin L. Brown Jr.). Both shows have shown a nice touch in character development and writing. "Single" does go a bit overboard at times with man-bashing, but at least the female characters don't pro mote themselves as super- women. Wm Smith Soul Mission Continued From IB while the musicianship is phenomenal. The talent on this record is staggering. The musicians Include Booker T. Jones (of Booker T. & The MGs), Mi chael McDonald (Dooble Brothers), Steve Cooper and yames Gadson. Combined with a bumpin' horn section, Ihis group of musicians form the nucleus of this rousing testimony in song. ► The singing is something special. The recording opens jap with Tata Vega (Motown ^nd Andre Crouch) belting put "Table In The Wilder ness." Vega starts singing sweetly, but as the song pro gresses she growls, moans pnd screams herself Into a nenzy, lifting an already ex cellent song to a higher qual ity. Vega's performance is up Jhere with "Oh, It Is Jesus" pnd "God Is Trying To Tell 4fou Something," both done iy her. i But Vega almost out does ■jierself on "He is Amazing," a passionate testimony of a person realizing her past has ^een erased by the blood of ^hrlst. Vega sings: Wasn't it ,=rne u)ho persecuted/Denied Che comtr^ of the Lord/When jS^r their faith I made them puffer/Now he's erased my ^ays before, my lord. A lis- ;^ner who Is not moved by Such a performance - no, by puch a testimony, can't have jnuch of a soul. The "voice," Mavis Staples ite also here. Staples eats up "Some Sweet Day (Ain't It Wonderful)" as if she wrote the song herself. She too growls, huffs and shouts her way through this song, in true yesteryear church form. Her fervor Is unrelenting. Staples doesn't give up until 10 minutes after the song is over. The are several other songs that deserve mentioning. Lynn Davis' "Salvation Road" is heart-tugging. Vic tor Cook uses his elastic ten or to take "Cross Of Stone" to the heavens. And that's about where Alfle Silas ends up with "Give It All To Jesus" - the clouds. I don't think there would have been a bet ter way to close this record ing. 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