Morgan Freeman Talks ‘The Gray House,’ Rips Into Black History Month: ‘My History Is American History’
variety.comMarta Balaga Morgan Freeman isn’t a fan of Black History Month. “I detest it. The mere idea of it. You are going to give me the shortest month in a year?
And you are going to celebrate ‘my’ history?! This whole idea makes my teeth itch. It’s not right,” he tells Variety. “My history is American history.
It’s the one thing in this world I am interested in, beyond making money, having a good time and getting enough sleep.” Having exec produced Civil War series “The Gray House” alongside Lori McCreary through Revelations Entertainment, the past is very much on Freeman’s mind. “If you don’t know your past, if you don’t remember it, you are bound to repeat it,” he says.
During election year, this statement seems particularly poignant. “Do you know this song? ‘To everything, there is a season.’ It really, really works in showbusiness.
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