Comments on: Fresh Black Girls: Tisha Campbell!

By: jazzfan360

jazzfan360 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:23:00 +0000

Ooh, don't even start me. First of all, Tichina got played out at LEAST one Emmy for Everybody Hates Chris, a show the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has blatantly snubbed simply because it's on a netlet and nothing from the netlets EVER gets any play at the Emmys.

I can't be mad about Jasmine not being around on TV these days 'cause she had a good, long, VERY high-exposure run of it on one of the most-watched shows on television, where she was only supposed to be a supporting foil and ended up running the damn joint. (I was always kind of in awe of how smoothly the production team restructured that show and transitioned Dwayne and Whitley into the leads after Lisa Bonet dropped out.) Also I keep hearing these days she's got a MAJOR diva complex. She's still doing theater, though...toured through here recently in a one-woman show about black history or some such. Looked really cool but I was busy that night.

To be honest, except for the occasional spotlight moment on Martin or whenever I'd watch that (dynamite!) School Daze clip, I never really gave much thought to Tisha Campbell in general. You summed her up very well...never really appreciated her refusal to let herself be typecast. She has not gotten her due, and at this point who knows if she ever will, considering she's gained weight (the kiss of death for screen actresses) and a lot of black folks still haven't forgiven her for the Martin scandal. I'm surprised she hasn't shown up on EHC yet.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:32:00 +0000

Thembi, I’m new here, working my way back. You touched a place in my heart with the photo of you in your fly-ass Wonder Woman undergear, but I can’t believe you busted out the School Daze! Talk about taking me back! Maybe you can tell me – how come my college experience never did pan out to include a silver mermaid dress and three fresh blackgirl backup singers? You are fantastic! And Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold and Jasmine Guy deserve way more props than they ever get.

By: B.Rock

B.Rock — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:59:00 +0000

I certainly agree with you (and not just because Tisha is a fellow Jersey girl. She was the reason I would tune into Rags to Riches. That was a really good show and she has proven herself time and time again. I think she is the perfect example of Hollywood pigeon holing as she seems to perpetually be playing “Gina” from Martin.

By: determinedtobefit

determinedtobefit — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:29:00 +0000

I have to come out of lurkdom to support Tisha Campbell. I kind of forget about her sometimes but you made me remember the good back in the day times.

I never knew she was in Really Rosie! That makes me love her all the more since that was one of my favorite book/TV Special/record as a child.

My little sister and I spent hours prancing around to Little Shop of Horrors (just the singing parts) too. And oh how I loved "Rags To Riches" (cancelled way too soon!).

Thanks for the memories!

By: TalentedTenth

TalentedTenth — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:38:00 +0000

rags to riches was my show. the episode when she wanted to kill herself…i was like “oooooooooo, this girl can act!”

By: A.S.K.

A.S.K. — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:42:00 +0000

My mom took me to see a play called “Really Rosie” when I was six. It was starring a (very) young Tisha Campbell. She danced, she sang, she acted. Couldn’t have been more than 7 or 8. I was in awe. My eye kept going back to her cause I was like, damn, that girl could be ME. In new York City! Acting on a stage twice a night! I waited outside the stage door and had her sign my Playbill after the show. I’ve watched her make moves ever since. She’s my very favorite Fresh Black Girl. (And I still have my PlayBill with her autograph…)

By: Lola Gets

Lola Gets — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:25:00 +0000

"What did she say?
She said my son I pray someday
Youll find a way
to make your natural tendancies pay
huh!
Youll be a dentist!

I liked that flick as well. I saw that in the theater with two other Black friends back in like 85 or 86, and they found the portrayal of the Black women offensive. I didnt see it, but hey I was young and naieve (sp).

Now, I was listening to the School Daze sountrack this morning - I love that thing! I have to say though, that dress in the Gamma Ray performance sceen does not look good on her! Shes got a body like mine (well, used to be): shoulders wider than her hips. Those strapless thingys would have looked much better on her.

L

By: Don

Don — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Campbell is definitely a veteran in the game. Besides Regina King, I cannot think of another female actress that has worked her way up the ladder in the way Tisha Campbell has.