beenz
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Slave, whore, criminal, maid, butler etc
I'm happy for her as a talent but these roles Black people win for is
only one I can think of that bucked that trend was jamie foxx in ray.
Next Negro To Win A Oscar For Play Subservient Roles
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only one I can think of that bucked that trend was jamie foxx in ray.
Jennifer Hudson in Dream Girls, Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost, Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby, Cuba Gooding in Jerry Maguire, Louis Gosset Jr in An Officer and a Gentleman.
beenz
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I cosign all of this except for cuba. that nikka was straight :c00nbron: :ruckus: in jerry macguire.
*L*E*G*A*C*Y*
Done.
Yerp.
Steve McQueen is a great director that has broad range...but for some reason the media forgets about him. Black directors are marginalized and never given their just due.
Then again, how many black directors are there in Hollywood that can make great films outside of the box that aren't just rewarded for them but actually can receive a sizable budget for them?
*L*E*G*A*C*Y*
Done.
All this thread reminds me is how sadly marginalized we are in Hollywood. I was going to write a long spiel about it, but shyt there's so much here to build on, I'd rather wait until I can get my thoughts together and chime in.
But yeah, congrats to Lupita but it's so sad that slave, butler, criminal, servant roles are still the only prominent roles in Hollywood for blacks. And black men have pretty much been written out of the Hollywood pictures save for a few choice actor's (Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson) who have been around for ages and rappers that take the unfamiliar black actors roles altogether (where's Kadeem Hardison? where's Joe Morton? where's Bokeem Woodbine? where's Morris Chestnut?).
Black cinema in the 90s can't be compared to black cinema in the 00s or now.. There were too many roles showcasing black men and women as strng 3 dimensional types. "The tanning of America" ruined this...now the only black roles there are are being rewarded for subservient/neutered roles or for roles that pretty much reaffirm negative black stereotypes.
Also, black women in hollywood are more revered now than black men. Why? Men like to see women. Women like to see women. I'm convinced only black men like to see black men on screen kicking ass and taking names. I guess we've been so sick and tired of being treated like garbage and beneath everybody that whenever we got our heroes (whether they should be Jordan or Denzel or whoever) we like to hold on to them.
All I can say is even in 2014, we are still collectively "breaking through" and having firsts and that's sad.
But yeah, congrats to Lupita but it's so sad that slave, butler, criminal, servant roles are still the only prominent roles in Hollywood for blacks. And black men have pretty much been written out of the Hollywood pictures save for a few choice actor's (Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson) who have been around for ages and rappers that take the unfamiliar black actors roles altogether (where's Kadeem Hardison? where's Joe Morton? where's Bokeem Woodbine? where's Morris Chestnut?).
Black cinema in the 90s can't be compared to black cinema in the 00s or now.. There were too many roles showcasing black men and women as strng 3 dimensional types. "The tanning of America" ruined this...now the only black roles there are are being rewarded for subservient/neutered roles or for roles that pretty much reaffirm negative black stereotypes.
Also, black women in hollywood are more revered now than black men. Why? Men like to see women. Women like to see women. I'm convinced only black men like to see black men on screen kicking ass and taking names. I guess we've been so sick and tired of being treated like garbage and beneath everybody that whenever we got our heroes (whether they should be Jordan or Denzel or whoever) we like to hold on to them.
All I can say is even in 2014, we are still collectively "breaking through" and having firsts and that's sad.
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it's not that I am ashamed but more so feel it's a disservice to myself and black people as a whole that this chapter of our history and other films which place blacks in similar submissive/vulnerable roles are rewarded and pushed the hardest by cacs with obvious agendas.
fukk you mean WAS nikka, you did write a long spiel nikka
WE ARE AFRAID OF OUR OWN POWERS...
so we let white people have there way with our history huh smh
so we could do this ...
look at us...not in control of our own power
but letting a false institution come in between
us
so we let white people have there way with our history huh smh
so we could do this ...
look at us...not in control of our own power
but letting a false institution come in between
us
The meat of the post was not even really 2 1/2 paragraphs.Hardly an actual dissertation....
Ronnie Lott
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Ronnie Lott
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Negro's also don't understand that Denzel only won for Training Day. Because they didn't want to give it to him for playing a strong black man in Coach Herman Boone the year before. I remember Denzel was talking about this in an interview. Saying it was a make up award for Remember the Titans. He said they rather give him the award for playing a bad cop, than a positive strong black male character.
to Denzel for keeping it real.
and to keep even more real, denzel could have or should have won for his roles is Malcolm X, Antione Fisher, John Q, glory. Givin Denzel an oscar was a backhanded compliment and a fukkin joke
Ronnie Lott
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this doesnt apply here fam
ignorethis
RIP Fresh RIP Doe RIP Phat
What ya'll should be offended by is that "12 Years" is a American slave movie, but neither Chiwetel/Lupita/or Steve Mcqueen are descendants of slaves. They're British/African or both.
Lol they couldn't find any AFRICAN-AMERICANS for the main roles or directors? And I'm African myself.
Lol they couldn't find any AFRICAN-AMERICANS for the main roles or directors? And I'm African myself.
Of course they don't catch feelings, it's not their history or ancestors.
