‘Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya Defends His Blackness In Response to Samuel Jackson

[JerseyBoy23]

I understand both sides. As an AA sometimes my immediate response to hearing Oyewelo's accent after being cast as MLK or Ejiofor's after 12 years of slave were negative but both killed their roles so they earned my respect like Daniel has because they went deep into those roles.

Sidebar: This whole thing reminds me of Mexicans getting mad the J. Lo was cast or mad that Daniel Day Lewis got the Lincoln role.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

I swear "African Americans" are some of the most enslaved ppl of African descent out of Trans Atlantic Slavery so many are so quick to have that plantation mentality as if what we go through here in America is some isolated phenomenon. Negros need to get out this country and really see the world outside of America.

I mean we are the only group of black people who don't have a country to go back to that's majority black. We're in a very unique position with unfortunately.

 

[jj23]

except Sam had a point.

Most of Hollywood has been infiltrated by tons of British actors stealing roles. And it is because they're cheaper.

Its not just black actors.

Cheaper? Cheaper or simply better? It's not just black roles, white british actors take White american roles as well.

Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender don't come cheap, neither does Idris Elba or John Boyega. Don't put British actors in the "Mexicans stealing our jobs category".

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Cheaper? Cheaper or simply better? It's not just black roles, white british actors take White american roles as well.

Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender don't come cheap, neither does Idris Elba or John Boyega. Don't put British actors in the "Mexicans stealing our jobs category".

Actually, you don't know this. Do you?

Cause last I checked dudes like Damian Lewis were racking up parts out of nowhere.

 

[MostReal]

Yeah I get it Sam but I don't support this type of media amongst black me.

Also, if you so concerned stop doing so many roles Mr. Jackson. Some other AA brehs could get those parts

 

[jj23]

Actually, you don't know this. Do you?

Cause last I checked dudes like Damian Lewis were racking up parts out of nowhere.

Damien Lewis was receiving rave reviews in the UK for tv roles from 2001/2002. Years before Homeland. He was also an actor in the Royal Shakespeare company. So he didn't come out of nowhere.

Homeland made him a universal star, but do you really think that when a TV show is as invested in success as Homeland, with Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin on board, that you are really going to look for the cheapest lead?

Same with 'House' and Hugh Laurie. He wasn't well known in the US but was paid loads for that show.

There may be another reason why they get the roles besides talent. if so i am willing to hear that, but I simply don't think it's because they cost less.

 

[Apollo Creed]

SMH...I don't even know why he had to say anything. He said something similar about rappers taking black actors jobs in the 90's as if they were taking up oscar worthy roles. When Cube snapped back at him he backed away from his point just like he did here... So why bother? I get where HE is coming from because he was a struggling actor at one point who literally started from the bottom before gettng that Jewels role in Pulp Fiction. But he needs to pick better criticisms...

I don't care if they are british, french, or whatever if they can pull it off they are doing their job.

Lol Sam literally was in the movie kong with a white british dude playing an American soldier (white dude who was in Black mirror).

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

name me 7 of these so called brit actors that are taking your jobs....

and dont include idris, he is an elite actor

il help you

ashley thomas

john boyega

daniel kaluuya

finish it off for me

chiwetel ejiofor (elite)

David oyelowo (elite)

David harewood

Idris elba (elite, and no you can't take him off because you want to )




I can see where his frustration is coming from since that's his profession.

Me personally I have no dog in this fight

 

[Frangala]

I mean we are the only group of black people who don't have a country to go back to that's majority black. We're in a very unique position with unfortunately.

just because you don't have a country to go back to doesn't mean you shouldn't venture. Sorry to be on my Pan-African phase because sometimes that is used as a pejorative but Black people cannot win in America without global support or outside backing out of this country. I know we have overcome a lot in the US but in terms of economic we are still at the bottom and will continue to do so if we don't venture outside these borders not only for economic purposes but just curiosity man I never understood how many Americans of all races in general never traveled outside the US just to see how others lives. Outside the brothers in the military, no one in my circle has ventured outside of the States or Western Hemisphere.
I know dudes in NYC who have never left their borough that's mind boggling.

 

[Vilified not verified]

Black people from Britain ain't your enemy brehs

 

[Apollo Creed]

Black people from Britain ain't your enemy brehs

This is just Sam l crying like always.

He did the same thing to rappers in the 90s.

The city of Chicago called spike and the entire Chi Raq project for misrepresenting chicago so its obvious Sam only has a problem when his check may be threatened.

Sam has been in enough films where he could start his own production company yet he hasn't, so he is part of the problem. Beggers cant be choosers.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

I mean we are the only group of black people who don't have a country to go back to that's majority black. We're in a very unique position with unfortunately.

Not accurate.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

lol @ him thinking Sam said he isn't black enough

 

[Apollo Creed]

lol @ him thinking Sam said he isn't black enough

If this was a reality tv show Sams point would be valid. At the end of the day the AA experience would need to be captured via the script more so than the actor.

 

[Jazzy B.]

I think he missed Sam's entire point. This has nothing to do with him being dark skinned, it's about him being a non African American being cast over actual African Americans to tell an African American story.

Racism/White supremacy is global but it's completely dishonest to suggest that it operates the same way in the UK as it does here, that's actually the genius of white supremacy. The reason he's made to feel "othered" no matter where he goes is the genius of white supremacy because it means a Black person from the UK and a Black person from America will have a more difficult time relating to one another although both are Black and might share the exact same skin color.

The flavor of white supremacy we experience here in America is slightly different, different enough to make Samuel Jackson's critique valid.

Yep, as I said in the other thread abut this

Get Out is a horror movie specifically about an AA in modern day White America.

If it's trying to be culturally relevant which Sam know that it is, then obviously an AA actor would be better suited for the role as they would understand the dynamic more. They would also be more likely to input relevant ideas into the role.

For example in the show Luke Cage it was the actor Mike Colter who pressed them to make his costume a hoodie riddled with bullet holes specifically because of what happened to Trayvon Martin. A non-AA actor most likely would not done that.

That is all that Sam was saying.