Brandon Black On Playg the First Gay Character the Maa Movi | Observer

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• BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY ROLE A MAA MOVIE: 'I THK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB'
• TYLER PERRY’S NEWT ‘MAA’ MOVIE MAK HISTORY WH GAY CHARACTER
• BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER THE MAA CEMATIC UNIVERSE

BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY ROLE A MAA MOVIE: 'I THK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB'

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TYLER PERRY’S NEWT ‘MAA’ MOVIE MAK HISTORY WH GAY CHARACTER

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So you play the first openly gay character a Maa movie.

BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER THE MAA CEMATIC UNIVERSE

And when I found out I was the first gay character a Maa movie, I thought, "Well, I thk I'm qualified for the job. It's really excg that this movie wh this many ey on is gog to have a gay, Black character who is sure of himself.

I told myself when I move to Los Angel, I will be a gay person who has moved to Los Angel.

I got my mom dnk on some endls mimosas — a very gay task [lghs] — and then I told her.