Tyler Perry, A New Baby and tight lips?

This has been an interesting, productive and rewarding week for me. My hubby got the job! It's official! Let's just say his new boss is a contraversial figure in radio. Humm.

I am working on my new baby, THE ULTIMATE LATINA THEATER FESTIVAL and here is a draft of the logo for the event. I love it! Thanks to the marvelous KERVIN. I am having a blast with planning this one. I'm going back to having fun people! BTW, I'm looking for a publicist asap. There's an entire job posting on my myspace page. www.myspace.com/latinoflavoredproductions

This week, the weirdest thing happened to me. Shirley (my assistant) called me to tell me we got an email and a phone call from Tyler Perry's people. They wanted to buy anything we had. DVD's, Books, etc. They wanted to know everything that we did. I thought, wow how cool is that? Then I started dreaming. I thought it would be super cool if YO SOY LATINA! could go on a national tour as a TYLER PERRY PRODUCTION. Nice. Or better yet, a film. Whatever the outcome, it's really nice to know the industry is taking notice.

I received an email from a print publication in NYC this week interested in doing a story on me and LFP Inc. So I give them background, blah, blah, blah. Then I tell them that we have successfully reached the million dollar mark. Isn't that great? He says, I don't want to focus on that really. And he said it in a way to make me feel I had said something I shouldn't have. This is what I don't understand about my peeps. When an all Latina company makes a million dollars producing empowering plays about the Latino experience, why should I keep my mouth shut! For what? It's exciting. It means we're doing something right. When Forbes puts out their list of top 25, is anyone saying, "Oh they shouldn't do that." I can't believe in 2007 some of us are still feeling like we need to keep quiet and blend in. Don't speak out. Don't bring attention to ourselves. Why? For fear they'll think we're Latino? News flash: WE ARE! So, I decided not to do the interview.

Have you noticed that we own diddly squat? Where are our TV shows? Not the ONE we have on ABC. It's almost as if we are only allowed one at a time. Think about how many cable stations there are. Hundreds. Where are our films? Haven't seen much? But when Jennifer Lopez does her thing, we all have something to say about it. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, this woman does more than anyone else (besides Salma) to keep us out there. She could have taken that Hector Lavoe money and done something else with it. However, she chose to keep true to her peeps. I don't know. Maybe it's me but something weird is going on in Latinowood. And it's nothing. Which lead me back to this: When something exciting does happen, why shouldn't we share it?