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Superstar
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I've told y'all before that most Black people in the film world, especially actors, tend to be bourgeoise types.
So for them, they don't have a real grasp on what everyday Black people are like.
It really gets sticky when they pretend to know what people from the hood are like.
So it's assumed by both them and the cacs that hire them that they intrinsically know how to portray the average Black person.
That's where it gets fukked up.
What we end up getting are only slightly less offensive stereotypes of Black people than what their white counterparts come up with.
Even if the Black screen writers, directors, or actors aint all the way bourgie, sometimes it still gets messed up.
The telltale sign is that they don't know how Black people talk.
The best example of this is the infamous "Money be green!!!" scene from the first season of The Wire.
The actors aint hip either, so few of them say "Wait a minute. Black people don't talk or dress or act like this."
This is why Laurence aka Larry Fishburne played some of the most repugnant stereotype characters until he got a starring role in School Daze.
These dudes left the set of School Daze and did this:
Catch some of these Black actors in the street and they sound like the Queen of England.
This why Samuel L. Jackson changed the game with his role as Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction
Sam, having a foot in both worlds, knew how Black people of certain socio-economic strata talked and applied it to his character.
When we listened to Jules Winfield, it resonated heavily because it sounded exactly like someone you knew.
You can spot the errors in Travolta's and Ving Rhames' street affected delivery of the dialogue.
Sam did the same with the Ordell Robbie character, perhaps even better
Every now and then, some bourgie Black actor will get it right:
Brian Tyree Henry is an Ivy League educated, classically trained actor who happens to be a flamboyant homosexual in real life.
We dont think too much about it because his portrayal of Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles feels authentic.
Which brings us to this trailer for They Cloned Tyrone.
The name Tyrone itself is Black stereotype.
A major error that screenwriters of all races and actors make with Black characters is overdoing the profanity.
Americans in general are addicted to profanity, but when writing Black characters, it turns out as mostly profanity with other words sprinkled in.
This movie is by a Black screenwriter turned director. Maybe I'm wrong but this trailer looks and sounds like Jive Fest 2022.
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