Why Aren’t We Excited For a Smith Family Takeover?

Some years ago (let’s say it was around 2000), one of my best friends listened to some long prolonged rant of mine about not liking an interview by Will Smith. My friend retorted by saying, “ya know, would it be too crazy to believe that Will Smith could be the first Black President? I mean, you can’t laugh it off because he’s an actor, look at Reagan. He’s about as popular as possible, super charismatic guy…” He trailed off in my head because I thought, My God, he might be right. While it didn’t come to fruition in any sense, it has preserved the thought in my head that one of Hollywood’s most successful box office draws ever, could in fact, do whatever the hell he felt like doing. What Will (and Jada) felt like doing, was legacy building, recognizing the power of the their cumulative careers and using that might to put their children into the fame machine early. If that sounds cynical in any way, it isn’t meant that way, it’s just the path they’ve walked. If that was their intent from the beginning, then it would be hard to say that they haven’t been successful at becoming the First (Black) Family for entertainment.

So guess what DC, the First Family is about to invade your mythology full force. With Will Smith signing on to play Deadshot in the Suicide Squad movie slated for 2016, that would make the two heads of that household in prominent roles within the DC Universe. Depending on who you ask, Jada Pinkett-Smith has had a memorable and noteworthy run as the newly crea…