The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
Actors shouldn't have to turn down opportunities like that, but you got a point.
Viola Davis: "I Betrayed Myself, And My People" By Starring In "The Help"
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Actors shouldn't have to turn down opportunities like that, but you got a point.
oldman_Ghost!
If u Google who gives a fuck. My name ain't there!
I don't think she should apologize at all. It's a period piece that tells what it was like to be black with a job (especially maids) in the 50s and 60s deep in the south who couldn't have a voice, who couldn't call out social injustices. I didn't feel it was pandering to any white audience because (without given away the movie) a lot of the white characters in the film got theirs and her character and the other maids did have a happy ending.
If anyone hasn't seen that movie...need to. Like i said, the white characters in that film get theirs...especially one character...all i would say is....she won't be fucking with any pie again!
If anyone hasn't seen that movie...need to. Like i said, the white characters in that film get theirs...especially one character...all i would say is....she won't be fucking with any pie again!
Nah Fam...
DOS_patos
Unverified Legion of Trill member
but shes not to blame in anyway.
oldman_Ghost!
If u Google who gives a fuck. My name ain't there!
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King Freeman
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If I could figure that out when I did she should have been able to as well. These actors took these roles some of them fully understanding the white savior trope and the disservice it did to blacks. Theres blame to be had. Like I said respect to her for identifying and trying to correct that shit going forward.
IP360
Doctorate & Ph.D in Bootyology
Exactly!
People criticizing a movie and they haven't even seen it yet. Like you said, it's a period piece.
My question to everyone is...you don't wanna see those type of movies...you don't wanna see the drug dealer type movies...so what movies do yall feel these these black celebs should only do? What kinda movies should only be made about us??
Maza Yanga
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oldman_Ghost!
If u Google who gives a fuck. My name ain't there!
I'm lost i'm really trying to understand her stance. Like how was that movie a fuck'd up choice for her. In fact for all the black actresses in there?
It wasn't a bad movie. Their characters actually got some get back and It ended well for them...
Like are we not suppose to showing/tell display what happen to us back in the day?
Like i won't watch 12 year a slave cause it would enraged me too much..but i think it still a necessary movie..
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IP360
Doctorate & Ph.D in Bootyology
Yeah I don't understand why she's apologizing either. Especially since her and Octavia had the starring roles.
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King Freeman
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She acted in it, has since identified the problem and is criticizing it. You coons in here huddled up. Be quiet.
oldman_Ghost!
If u Google who gives a fuck. My name ain't there!
And again what was the problem?
Slide Like M.Bison
Uptown, Downtown...Switzerland.
To keep it a buck, this movie was far better than I thought it would be and none of the “fetching and stepping” shit I expected...
...it’s definitely worth a stream.
Loch121
OG
Selma was good though
The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
It's not about the quality of the movie or whether or not it ended well for the characters in it. It's about the perpetuation of the stereotype that blacks can only be slaves and servants. I'm sure she understand that there was a period where that was true. That doesn't mean that in the 21st century that most black focused movies have to still be about slavery, subservience, or the Civil Rights movement.
Like @King Freeman pointed out, if more high profile black actors/actresses passed on shit like this, maybe it would force Hollywood to change its ways. I guess the flipside of it is that sometimes black actors do pass on roles that they feel will be denigrating and come to regret it. I saw an article a while back where Dave Chapelle, David Allen Grier, and a few other black actors got offered to audition for the role of Bubba from Forrest Gump. They all passed because they didn't want to be seen as playing a black buffoon role. They basicaly misread what the role was about and regretted passing because the movie would have undoubtedly help their careers. It's fucked up that black actors get caught up in that kinda situation, but it is what it is.
oldman_Ghost!
If u Google who gives a fuck. My name ain't there!
But to me...and anyone who watched the movie it was much more than just "A black actress being a maid" it had a story to tell and a message to it. I thought thats why her and the likes of Octavia Spencer took the roles.
It doesn't seem on some Robert Townsend "Hollywood shuffle" shit.
But if that's how she feels...ok.
deadeye
Warrior
The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
I feel what you saying, but if the problem is that too many roles offered to black actors are about characters in position of subservience, another movie about black characters in positions of subservience is undesired even if it has a twist. Django was much different than your average slave movie, but some people didn't see it just off fatigue from seeing black people as slaves in movies.
