Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Jason’s Lyric”

How he responded to the criticism of the film

In something of a Spike Lee response, McHenry talked about how the critics received Jason’s Lyric. He claimed that some didn’t understand it and some just weren’t paying attention at all because the film featured an all black cast.

“There are two communities. Reviewers don’t understand black movies. They don’t understand the vernacular and they don’t understand the situation the actors are portraying… I don’t know how anybody could not like the movie.”Take Kingdom Come [2001] with Whoopi Goldberg and Loretta Divine. Do you think the Academy Awards people will pay any attention to these fine performances? If my name was Woody Allen, and I didn’t have to raise a dime, and could make anything I want because he’s got a tribe of people that support his A$$, I would get Academy award nominations. “African-Americans are a minority in this industry. Being black has no biological significance at all. We’re not a different species. Racism is in the interest of the majority or we wouldn’t have it.