on making an ass out of myself in front of Daniel Sunjata
Daniel Sunjata as Langston Hughes in Brother to Brother*
Yours truly doesnt get star-struck. Grace Jones and Michael Jackson could walk right past me on 145th street with one of Brad & Jolie's adopted black babies strapped to their sides and a nikka like me still wouldnt get excited.
Yours truly does however get fine-ass-black-brotha struck. Meaning, if Im walking down the street and I stumble across some truly divine, immaculately-conceived,warm-chocolate-looking (godiva or cafe au laite, either is fine), too-much-ass, big-bulging (back or front, either is fine) black adonis...I'l get, well: struck.
So last night when me and my Gamma Phi Q brothers Ruben and Melvin were coming out of Hue-Man Bookstore on 125th after one of our long debates on black masculinity, cute boys, and voguing (roughly in that order) and I peeped who-I-peeped coming out of the
Yours truly does however get fine-ass-black-brotha struck. Meaning, if Im walking down the street and I stumble across some truly divine, immaculately-conceived,warm-chocolate-looking (godiva or cafe au laite, either is fine), too-much-ass, big-bulging (back or front, either is fine) black adonis...I'l get, well: struck.
HX Magazine went crazy a few years ago when they found out that Daniel's role as a gay baseball hero in the Broadway show Take Me Out required him to go fully nude for one scene. Male fans immediately hailed him as having the "buffest ass on Broadway." The perfomance won him a Tony nomination.
So last night when me and my Gamma Phi Q brothers Ruben and Melvin were coming out of Hue-Man Bookstore on 125th after one of our long debates on black masculinity, cute boys, and voguing (roughly in that order) and I peeped who-I-peeped coming out of the
Daniel is probably best known for his critically acclaimed portrayal of Langston Hughes in Brother to Brother as well as his Tony-Award nominated performance in the 2003 Broadway drama Take Me Out. Homeboy was also dubbed as one of People Magazine's "Top 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 2003. Sexy is also an alum of Artistic Director Spike Lee's Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, where yours-truly is currently a doctoral student.
But of course, last night, as Daniel was walking out of the gym with a skippy shirt and loose sweatpants, these biographical notes were the last things on my mind. Homeboy coulda been the head-grocery clerk at Pathmark, and living at home with his momma, I still woulda wanted to holla.
Now early 20-something black gay men are the worse to keep as friends when you're trying to get your smooth-daddy-mack on. Bitches will act-a-fool, start singing Jennifer Holiday, and call you out by your drag-name, all in attempts to fuck-up your flow. So of course, this is basically exactly what happened. Lol.
After whispering to Ruben, "hey, isnt that Daniel Sunjata...?", Melvin's loud-ass mouth immediately chimes in, "DANIEL SUNJA-WHO?" (in a voice loud enough to make a deaf-man gag) immediately exposing us as 23-year old groupies, hungry for some Broadway Trade.
The next fifteen minutes of the evening included circling the block three times, introducing ourselves to Daniel twice, and doing google searches for "Daniel Sunjata" on our wireless PCs to come up with random trivia to provide good conversation with our man-star.
In the end, Daniel was indeed a sweet-heart and we got our three seconds of conversation. But the moral of this story? Three's a crowd!!
Lol.....u see that is why i roll alone..always one loud one out the group who wants to draw attention. You should have approached him without allowing the others to know who he was....cause ol' boy is FINE!!!! btw...I will see you in DC this weekend..
Posted by
DaLite1 |
3/24/2006
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Posted by
Gizmo |
3/24/2006
You have to love your boys. Mine would have done the same thing and honestly, I would have been grateful. You probably would not have had any connection with him if it weren't for them. Damn! Brotha is fywne!!lol
Posted by
MatisseNdegeocello |
3/25/2006
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Posted by
prodigalsun |
3/25/2006
yes Prodigal, we all knew about Daniel's "straight" status and his Harlem residency...but when has that ever stopped queer boys from having fun? It was all in good fun.
Posted by
the young people's professor |
3/25/2006
Not head grocery clerk at Pathmark... LOL.
Sorry I missed your invitation yesterday!
Posted by
C. Baptiste-Williams |
3/26/2006
LOL....THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR. IT'S HAPPENED TO ALL OF US. DIANA ROSS WAS 2 FEET AWAY FROM ME AT AN EVENT AND I STOOD THERE WITH MY MOUTH AGAPE FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE AND ETERNITY. I'M SURE IF I HAD SAID ANYTHING, I WOULD HAVE SOUNDED LIKE THE TEACHER ON CHARLIE BROWN.
Posted by
Anonymous |
3/26/2006
(sigh) he's dreamy.
Posted by
Karamale |
3/27/2006
Cute story. It was like reading a novel.
Posted by
princessdominique |
4/09/2006
LOL. THAT SHIT IS MAD FUNNY YO. BROTHA YOU NEVER KNOW. My boy worked on crew of Rescue Me and say Daniel is closet bi-sexual .He say he had a nasty old girlfriend like mid forties he be hoing around on with every hot thing steps on set. He's a dick like Franco for real yo. LOL. We saw him out with this white girl and then my boy tells me he got this nasty old chick at home. Here's photos. Daniel you need to upgrade your girl dog. Dog meaning you.
http://photolinkonline.smugmug.com/gallery/1746334#86405132
Posted by
Anonymous |
3/20/2007
That was too funny!
I have ignorant ass friends who would embarrass me like that too.
Someone as phyne as Daniel Sunjata is probably used to it so don't feel too bad.
A friend of mine ran into him on the street as well and she acted like a fool too and he was his usual gracious self.
If I was there, I would've made a even bigger fool as myself.
The man is striking!!!
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7/31/2007
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