History Podcast / BlackMenCantJumpInHollywood

Originally launching on July 26th, 2015, and with nearly 300 episodes to date.

* RecycledInSpace: The hosts immediately conclude upon watching the film that ''Film/UndercoverBrother'' must have been Hollywood's attempt at a ''Black Film/AustinPowers''.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Early on, the hosts indulge in the occasional running gag where they try to figure out the ethnicity of Creator/DwayneJohnson. They eventually conclude he counts as a black man. They also have to remind themselves that Creator/KeanuReeves is not white.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Jerah complains for several episodes that there is not a modern day biopic for UsefulNotes/HarrietTubman or UsefulNotes/FrederickDouglass. Come the review of Film/{{Harriet}}, all three hosts are immensely disappointed, feeling that the film did not demonstrate the truly amazing accomplishments of Tubman, and instead was both boring and possessing too much [[ArtisticLicenseHistory historical revisionism]].

** ArtisticLicenseHistory: Either Hollywood's tendency to give depth to black historical figures, or their refusal to show just how awesome many of them truly were.

** [[SidelongGlanceBiopic Sidelong Glance Biopics]]: Specifically the variety that are marketed as having a historically famous black protagonist, but in actuality are about TokenWhite characters meeting these historical figures. This comes at the expense of depth or character development given the the nominal black leads. The three hosts can barely get through reviews of ''Film/FortyTwo'' and ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'' without [[RageQuit rage quitting]] the episodes.

** James will try to determine whether certain Will Smith films, such as''Film/{{Hancock}}'', ''Film/GeminiMan'', or ''Film/CollateralBeauty'' are actually good.

* TheWhitestBlackGuy: The hosts love Creator/WillSmith, but due view him as being this, as he is one of the very few non-white actors who: Hollywood allows to take on roles originally written for white actors, ''and'' have films that do very well across audience demographics without being labelled as "Black Films".

* GoshDangItToHeck: Braylock almost never swears, while Jerah and James are both SirSwearsALot. This emphasizes the OOCIsSeriousBusiness when Braylock breaks down and swears at the offensiveness of ''Green Book''.

* BerserkButton: Understandable, given that the show often touches on the racist caricatures that ''STILL'' pop up in Hollywood films.

** TokenMinority: The hosts despise this type of character on principal, and specifically avoid films where this is the ''only'' role played by a person of color.

* GoshDangItHeck: Braylock almost never swears, while Jerah and James are both SirSwearsALot. This emphasizes the OCCIsSeriousBusiness when Braylock breaks down and swears at the horribleness of ''Green Book''.

Following this lead, the show focuses on "The Cause", i.e. more leading rolls for non-white, and especially black, creators in modern day Hollywood.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: The hosts indulge in the occasional running gag where they try to figure out the ethnicity of Creator/DwayneJohnson. They also have to remind themselves that Creator/KeanuReeves is not white.

** ButNotTooBlack: Because it follows the trend of Colorism, which denies rolls to black actors who are deemed to be too dark in complexion by Hollywood executives.

** TokenMinority: The hosts despise this type of character on principal.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Cause originally was solely for black men getting more leading roles in Hollywood films. The hosts later upgrade this to also include black women, and later other non-white races.

** James will try to determine whether certain Will Smith films, such as''Film/{{Hancock}}'' or ''Film/GeminiMan'' are actually good.

* TheWhitestBlackGuy: The hosts love Creator/WillSmith, but due view him as being this, as he is one of the very few non-white actors who: Hollywood allows to take on rolls originally written for white actors, ''and'' have films that do very well across audience demographics without being labelled as "Black Films".

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Cause originally was solely for black men getting more leading roles in Hollywood films. The hosts later change upgrade this to also include black women, and later other non-white races.

** James will try to subtly slip the title of the episode's subject into the conversation, with mixed results.
** The characters will briefly discuss whether the films ''Film/{{Hancock}}'' and ''Film/GeminiMan'' are actually good.

* RunningGag: Jerah hates it if a leading black actor is not given a love interest, especially if their co-lead is a white character that seems set up this way. To correct this, he will often present what he calls "The Swirl", where he pitches a piece of erotic FanFiction as a means of [[FixFic correcting the problem]]. He recites it while stereotypically "sexy" music plays in the background.

* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Jerah especially likes seeing interracial couples in movies.

* RecycledInSpace: The hosts immediately conclude upon watching the film that ''Film/UndercoverBrother'' is just ''Black Film/AustinPowers''.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: The hosts indulge in the occasional running gag where they try to figure out the ethnicity of Creator/TheRock. They also have to remind themselves that Creator/KeanuReeves is not white.

* TheWhitestBlackGuy: The hosts accuse Creator/WillSmith of being this, as he is one of the very few non-white actors who: Hollywood allows to take on rolls originally written for white actors, ''and'' have films that do very well across audience demographics without being labelled as "Black Films".

Following this lead, the show focuses on "The Cause", i.e. more leading creative rolls for non-white, and especially black, in modern day Hollywood.

* TokenMinority: The hosts despise this type of character on principal.

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''Black Men Can't Jump (In Hollywood)'' is a humorous a weekly comedy film podcast hosted by Jonathan Braylock, Jerah Milligan, and James III.