darkstarr8
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It's not so much that Hollywood's racist, it's that white people like to see other white people in their movies, I suppose you could argue that's racist if you want to.
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Iheart~Cali;1349712 said:
So Zoe Santana shouldn't be on this cover with the other 3 instead of Gabby!!
And again don't take what I'm saying as a diss, but clearly they are dissing black women!
And is Gabby hot?? when did Precious come out and what else has she done besides that to make her "hot"!!
It's in your face and believe me Zoe is "hot" she's been many films this year alone!
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dontdiedontkillanyon
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Let's face it, if you're not white and in Hollywood then you have to fight five times harder than white people in the industry, that's common knowledge. As far as I'm concerned Zoe Saldana is an anomaly. Fair play to her for her success so far but there are other black actresses out there who could probably act her under the table but they're not getting a sniff at the success or same opportunities she managed to grab. Someone like Naomie Harris should be a certified Hollywood A-lister that every household should know about right now, Viola Davis can hold it with the best of them and she should be leading films, etc.
Dev Patel: bloke out of Slumdog Millionaire came out recently saying how even after the success of the film, all the Oscars it won and all the praise he got from all his peers (go search Anne Hathaway gushing away when she met him) he's still struggling to find roles that aren't the stereotypical terrorist and taxi driver roles. He was in that Last Airbender film this year and that was it. Next year he's doing a film with some proper acclaimed actors out the Hollywood system that will probably be up for Oscars in 2011/12. I think it's pretty pathetic its come to that, but then on another note if black film makers made better films that more people would genuinely want to watch then they might just gain more attention that way as well.
Dev Patel: bloke out of Slumdog Millionaire came out recently saying how even after the success of the film, all the Oscars it won and all the praise he got from all his peers (go search Anne Hathaway gushing away when she met him) he's still struggling to find roles that aren't the stereotypical terrorist and taxi driver roles. He was in that Last Airbender film this year and that was it. Next year he's doing a film with some proper acclaimed actors out the Hollywood system that will probably be up for Oscars in 2011/12. I think it's pretty pathetic its come to that, but then on another note if black film makers made better films that more people would genuinely want to watch then they might just gain more attention that way as well.
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Iheart~Cali
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traestar;1349956 said:
Lol @ the bolded. A 300 lb unattractive Black girl makes the cover of an international publication, and Black people see it as a diss...lmao. There's just no pleasing some people. Ok, I can see I'm going to have to end this back and forth with you. You just say the most meaningless things and don't address what I've pointed out to you several times already: For every Black actress you've named, there is a White one in the same boat. And yet you just keep listing of names of only semi-famous Black girls that the vast majority of Elle readers could care less about.
No Zoe shouldn't be on the cover instead of Gabby. Precious came out last year but the reason why Gabby should rightfully be on the cover is because she's got a fascinating story that people are interested in right now. Last year this time she was an absolute nobody. And now she's got an Academy Award nomination to her credit, which, interestingly the prettier, skinnier, lighter Zoe Saldana doesn't have.
Btw, Zoe will be in a total of 4 films this year; which has absolutely NOTHING to do with any of this, and you should know better.
Good day sir.
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dontdiedontkillanyone;1350014 said:
*hand claps* I'm not screaming racism or truely dissing someone, I'm just stating something that I'm starting to see!
And thank you dontdiedontkillanyone, I like your example!
Plus I watched Naomie Harris since The Tomorrow People and watched her grow as an actress, she has been in 28 Days Later and
the Pirates of the Caribbean!
And Dev Patel I didn't know about his story but I figured that they would want him in a role like a taxi driver or terrorist. And it's definitely
wrong, Dave Chappelle talked about how they tried to get him to wear a woman's dress on Blue Streak and how he turned that down! But Actors
like the Wayans bros or Jamie Fox or even Will Smith would do these uncomfortable and embarrassing roles and look where they are.
[video=youtube;q-6jPCF7tEU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-6jPCF7tEU&feature=related[/video]
Even Denzel talked about his experience
[video=youtube;8sbcKt4UO2c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sbcKt4UO2c[/video]
You have to put together...there's a message being told here
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Cabana_Da_Don
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The black guy always dies.
WORD TO TYREESE AND THE OTHER NIGGA IN LEGION.
WORD TO TYREESE AND THE OTHER NIGGA IN LEGION.
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playmaker88
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Yall should have seen what they did to charles S dutton in Surviving the game.. Matter of fact.. how many movies that nigga die in..Seems like he had his share
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