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* TylerPerry's movies provoke a strong LoveItOrHateIt reaction, though there is controversy on whether it's because white people don't see his movies or because they are of poor quality. ''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And that's all that needs to be said about it]].''
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* TylerPerry's movies provoke a strong LoveItOrHateIt reaction, are not very popular outside the black community, though there is controversy on whether it's because white people don't want to see his black movies or because they are of poor quality. ''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And that's all that needs to be said about it]].''
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** Parodied by Kenan Thompson of ''SaturdayNightLive''. "Some of you may know me from my films like ''Medea's Family Reunion'' and ''Why Did I Get Married?'', or you may know my sitcoms, like ''Meet the Browns'' and ''House of Payne''. Or you may be white."
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* ''FamilyMatters'', particularly after the introduction of Steve Urkel.
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* The 2003 ReBoot of ''TheTwilightZone'' suffered from this. It aired on UPN, a station known for its minority shows, and it ended up being [[RaceLift forced to reflect that]] (plots such as a racist white man waking up black, an African-American host, etc). Sadly it only lasted one season, presumably the changes scared away some white viewers but weren't enough to attract UPN's usual demographic.
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* ''DoraTheExplorer'' is universally loved by small children.
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* The title character of the popular AlexCross series is black. This is another example of a book where the POC lead character's race is kept ambiguous until after you've started reading.
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* The title character of the popular AlexCross Alex Cross series by JamesPatterson is black. This is another example of a book where the POC lead character's race is kept ambiguous until after you've started reading.
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* ''AWizardOfEarthsea'' had explicitly non-white main characters, though taking place in a fantasy world. And yet the TV-movie adaptation gave everyone a Caucasian RaceLift save for the main character's best friend who remained black.
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* ''FamilyMatters'', particularly after the introduction of Steve Urkel.
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* The ''HaroldAndKumar'' films have a Korean and an Indian as the lead characters. They are also popular, hilarious, profitable, and well-reviewed.
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-->--'''Kenan Thompson''' as '''TylerPerry''', ''SaturdayNightLive''
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* ''TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' was a black-led sitcom and is a classic that launched WillSmith's career.
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It is not uncommon for works featuring non-white leads to become popular when advertising hides or downplays the presence of non-white characters. Sometimes these works see no drop in popularity when the lead is shown to be a person of color, suggesting that readers will enjoy a good story once they get over their initial reluctance from seeing a person of color on the cover.
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* TheKaneChronicles by RickRiordan, who wrote the popular PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians series, has two biracial lead characters. However, note that the leads' race is not immediately obvious on the [[http://www.rickriordan.com/my-books/kane-chronicles/books/red-pyramid.aspx cover art]], unlike the [[http://www.rickriordan.com/my-books/percy-jackson/percy-jackson-olympians/lightning-thief.aspx cover art]] for ''The Lightning Thief''.
* TheKaneChronicles by RickRiordan, who wrote the popular PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians series, has two biracial lead characters. However, note that the leads' race is not immediately obvious on the [[http://www.rickriordan.com/my-books/kane-chronicles/books/red-pyramid.aspx cover art]], unlike the [[http://www.rickriordan.com/my-books/percy-jackson/percy-jackson-olympians/lightning-thief.aspx cover art]] for ''The Lightning Thief''.
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* This is incredbly common with black actors. Many of them only get lead roles in all black films that aren't really mainstream. If they do get work in mainstream movies, they often play the TokenMinority.
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* The TV series ''KungFu'' was originally meant to star BruceLee. However, executives feared that a show starring an Asian man would be rejected by viewers and cast the white David Carradine.
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* Al Simmons was black, but {{Spawn}} was still the most popular comic book series of TheNineties Note however that due to his full-body costume (not to mention being disfigured) Spawn's ethnicity wasn't immediately evident.
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* Somewhat subverted with DCComics {{Steel}}, who was the most popular of the replacement Superman characters during TheDeathOfSuperman storyline. His own series didn't last long, but that may have been due to the near-crash the American comic book market suffered in the 90's.
* Somewhat subverted with DCComics {{Steel}}, who was the most popular of the replacement Superman characters during TheDeathOfSuperman storyline. His own series didn't last long, but that may have been due to the near-crash the American comic book market suffered in the 90's.
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* It's depressingly common - especially in the Young Adult category - for POC lead characters to be obscured or get an outright RaceLift on book covers, with this trope sometimes passed around as an excuse for doing so. One of the best-known recent examples is the U.S. cover for Justine Larbalestier's ''Liar''. [[http://www.racebending.com/v3/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Liar.jpg Compare the originally planned cover (left) with the finalized cover (right.)]]
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The result of this belief is that works starring people of color are rare compared to works starring white people. If a work of fiction wishes to deal with issues of race, it will likely star a white person with POC's as supporting actors. See MightyWhitey, WhiteMansBurden, and WhiteMaleLead.
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The result of this belief is that works starring people of color are rare compared to works starring white people. If a work of fiction wishes to deal with issues of race, it will likely star a white person with POC's as supporting actors. See MightyWhitey, WhiteMansBurden, WhiteMaleLead and WhiteMaleLead.PopCultureIsolation.
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* Martial arts films starring BruceLee, JackieChan, and JetLi have gained mainstream popularity in the United States.
** ''RushHour'', a film starring the black Chris Tucker and the Asian JackieChan, was popular with both audiences and critics. The sequels got more negative reviews but remained highly profitable.
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* ''The Real McCoy'', an all-black comedy sketch show on the BBC, bombed.
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* ''LittleMosqueOnThePrairie'', a Canadian show about Muslims, ran a respectable six seasons.
* ''The Desmonds'', a Channel Four comedy in Britain, became almost as famous as ''TheCosbyShow''. The star of the Desmonds was invited to do a walk-on part on ''The Cosby Show'' as a relative of the Huxtables.
* ''Good Gracious Me'', a British comedy sketch show with an Asian cast, was highly successful.
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* Danny Glover has tried to raise funds for a film on the Haitian Revolution. However, he keeps getting rejected because the story lacks white heroes. Read about it [[http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080725061939.qkti45ek here]].
* Tyler Perry's movies aren't especially popular though there is controversy on whether it's because white people don't see his movies or because they are of poor quality. ''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment And that's all that needs to be said about it]].''
** Parodied by Kenan Thompson of ''SaturdayNightLive''. "Some of you may know me from my films like ''Medea's Family Reunion'' and ''Why Did I Get Married?'', or you may know my sitcoms, like ''Meet the Browns'' and ''House of Payne''. Or you may be white."
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