Netflix cancellation of The Get Down only proves one thing: White people should lay off on trying to produce shows based off of black culture. I know that as a company and as a distributor Netflix did what's right for the business after The Get Down's Executive Producer and Creator Baz Luhrmann decided that movie's were more of his fit, and I quote that he put off two years for The Get Down.

For all those who aren't familiar with Baz, his most popular movie is Romeo + Juliet, the modern twist on a Shakespeare tragedy staring Leonardo DiCaprio. He is also known for directing The Great Gatsby, in which Leonardo DiCaprio played Jay Gatbsy. Believe it or not, those movie's were beautifully created and because of that they are listed high on my list of favorite movies of all time. You can say I am, or was a fan of Baz Luhrmann. But, most of all I was a huge fan of The Get Down.

People reading this is probably thinking, why is she taking this cancellation serious? There are many of my favorite shows that have been cancelled. I won't list them here because that's useless, but knowing that I won't be seeing The Get Down any more on TV hurts more than people can understand. Why?

Hip hop culture means a lot to me. For a college speech for a class I did a whole informative speech on The History of Hip Hop. Previously, to that my favorite high school teacher, had a deep passion for Hip Hop too. I remember sitting two semesters in his class watching movies like Beat Street, and Juice. I fell in love with the movie Juice, so much that I went home and watched it maybe 8000 times, and even downloaded the song intro song Juice (Know The Ledge) by Eric B. & Rakim.

But before that I always loved Hip Hop. Maybe due to my father who always played Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, and Grandmaster Flash who made the wonderful song "The Message". Melle Mel said and I quote, " It's like a jungle sometimes. It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under." Why did I quote this song? Living in the concrete jungle is tough as a inner city kid with big dreams of one day working in the entertainment business. That's why I loved The Get Down.

It showed how Hip Hop was in the 70s and 80s. It showed the lifestyle. The culture. Everything. People needed to see how rough it was for minority kids back then who saw their escape of a life of poverty through Hip Hop. Just like most modern inner city kids still find their escape through Hip Hop. Some of the people I'm friends with find their escape and show their creativity through Hip Hop.

And I get it, the show was expensive to produce and the scripts were constantly rewritten, but the final production was amazing, and so the cancellation has many of it's fans in rage that some are spamming Baz's instagram and Netflix's instagram with the hashtag #RenewTheGetDown. I agree renew the God damn show...or duh find a new director.

But this is the reason why I don't like when white people produce our culture because the dedication is always never fully one hundred percent and really it's because they can't relate. Baz didn't grow up in a Hip Hop culture. As a New Yorker, everywhere I turn I'm exposed to hip hop. The mural of Biggie in Bedstuy and my neighbors blasting the oldies. The kids on the train saying, "SHOWTIME!". The people forming circles as they begin to Harlem Shake, and Get Lite.

Baz probably have never been exposed to that. A google search is probably all that the Australian did and maybe gotten stories from the Father's of Hip Hop but it's nothing to just learn about it. It's more to be apart of it. Millennial's are beyond obsessed with 70's and 80's style, music, all of the above. So seeing it on the screen was refreshing, seeing a cast who were minorities like me and my friends, were refreshing, the visuals were refreshing. It was an amazing show and I hate to see it go.

I honestly wish that one day someone revives, and preferably in the control of someone who passionately loves the beginnings of Hip Hop as much as I do. Maybe it might be me, who know's I am majoring in film. But, I'm sick and tired to white people touching my culture, getting us riled up, and abandoning it because it wasn't their forte (Yes, subs to Miley Cyrus).

We need more black men and women going into film producing and creating shows about topics and idea they're passionate about. I hate to see The Get Down Brothers, Shaolin Fantastic and Mylene go. I guess season 1 ended quite satisfying but there are some unanswered questions. This show received accolades from critics. So to see one of the two black shows go on Netflix upsets me a lot. All the more reasons for me to continue with one of my degrees in Film. #RenewTheGetDown.