Sony Execs Warned Not To Cast Denzel Washington In Big Flicks Because Black Leads ‘Don’t Play Well’
BOSSExcellence;7633685 said:
I think the iC rhetoric is so black and white people fail to see the bigger picture. This is a Capitalist market, and people are hell bent on making green. Simple and short! Heck, hoes advertising not to see brothers for marketing purposes but will still see brothers who pay.
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A Talented One
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“I believe that the international motion picture audience is racist — in general pictures with an African American lead don’t play well overseas,” the producer wrote.
He may be right though.
He may be right though.
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This is great. Sony is is taking the biggest losses of 2014.
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Noir;7633873 said:
It was a cool flic too
NothingButTheTruth
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So for everyone saying this isn't racist, how about someone not hiring a young black man as a salesman because generally, "people are less comfortable around black men" and the sales will be lower? And there are millions of other examples I and others can come up with.
The conditioning is real. You're supporting them and don't even know it.
The conditioning is real. You're supporting them and don't even know it.
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Box office grosses[edit]
Year Title Budget U.S. gross[4] Worldwide gross[4]
1992 Where the Day Takes You $3 m $390,152 $390,152
1993 Made in America $22 m $44,942,695 $104,900,000
1993 Six Degrees of Separation $12 m $6,284,090 $6,284,090
1995 Bad Boys $19 m $65,647,413 $141,247,413
1996 Independence Day $75 m $306,169,255 $817,400,878
1997 Men in Black $90 m $250,690,539 $589,390,539
1998 Enemy of the State $90 m $111,549,836 $250,649,836
1999 Wild Wild West $170 m $113,805,681 $222,105,681
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance $60 m $30,695,227 $39,235,487
2001 Ali $107 m $58,183,966 $84,383,966
2002 Men in Black II $140 m $190,418,803 $441,818,803
2003 Bad Boys II $60 m $138,540,870 $272,940,870
2004 I, Robot $120 m $144,801,023 $348,601,023
2004 Shark Tale $75 m $161,192,000 $367,192,000
2005 Hitch $70 m $177,784,257 $366,784,257
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness $55 m $162,586,036 $306,086,036
2007 I Am Legend $150 m $256,393,010 $585,055,701
2008 Hancock $227,946,274 $624,346,274
2008 Seven Pounds $55 m $69,369,933 $166,617,328
2012 Men in Black 3 $225 m[5] $170,171,342[5] $624,026,776
2013 After Earth $130 m $60,424,494 $243,843,127[6]
Year Title Budget U.S. gross[4] Worldwide gross[4]
1992 Where the Day Takes You $3 m $390,152 $390,152
1993 Made in America $22 m $44,942,695 $104,900,000
1993 Six Degrees of Separation $12 m $6,284,090 $6,284,090
1995 Bad Boys $19 m $65,647,413 $141,247,413
1996 Independence Day $75 m $306,169,255 $817,400,878
1997 Men in Black $90 m $250,690,539 $589,390,539
1998 Enemy of the State $90 m $111,549,836 $250,649,836
1999 Wild Wild West $170 m $113,805,681 $222,105,681
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance $60 m $30,695,227 $39,235,487
2001 Ali $107 m $58,183,966 $84,383,966
2002 Men in Black II $140 m $190,418,803 $441,818,803
2003 Bad Boys II $60 m $138,540,870 $272,940,870
2004 I, Robot $120 m $144,801,023 $348,601,023
2004 Shark Tale $75 m $161,192,000 $367,192,000
2005 Hitch $70 m $177,784,257 $366,784,257
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness $55 m $162,586,036 $306,086,036
2007 I Am Legend $150 m $256,393,010 $585,055,701
2008 Hancock $227,946,274 $624,346,274
2008 Seven Pounds $55 m $69,369,933 $166,617,328
2012 Men in Black 3 $225 m[5] $170,171,342[5] $624,026,776
2013 After Earth $130 m $60,424,494 $243,843,127[6]
NothingButTheTruth
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usmarin3;7633996 said:
If it was a fact, I would agree, but how do they know how much race plays a part in it? I don't even understand how people in their position can be so primitive in their way of thinking, and come to random conclusions without more than fully supporting it with various models of regression analysis.
They are reinforcing what they think is a fact, despite something like race being extremely hard to measure. There are a bunch of other variables that noticeably affect the profit made from a movie, so why jump right to race? Maybe the script was bad, maybe they didn't put as much advertisement in the movie, maybe the movie came out at the same time as another movie that was more appealing or very similar, maybe the acting was bad etc.
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Lol at you fucking idiots who clearly never graduated a business school.
There is something called branding and marketing if hollywood does not cast black stars then of course blacks won't sell good to an international audience. Blacks need branding and rebranding. The more we are pushed to more we will breakthrough.
We should put more pressure on Hollywood to break our stars internationally especially our more talented ones like denzel
There is something called branding and marketing if hollywood does not cast black stars then of course blacks won't sell good to an international audience. Blacks need branding and rebranding. The more we are pushed to more we will breakthrough.
We should put more pressure on Hollywood to break our stars internationally especially our more talented ones like denzel
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BOSSExcellence;7634059 said:
Bruh... what? Stay on topic. What the producer said was misinformed and racist.
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