Spike Lee Fired As Director Of James Brown Film; A White Guy is Going to Replace Him

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yeah, i think you're reading too much into what i'm posting, breh. i'm going to kindly ask you to cool it as to your speculation as to what you think i know. i'm not implying that i know everything about james brown or that he's a 'cokehead ******'. i don't mind being further educated at all, so you can stop trying to put words in my mouth. i know plenty about how we're portrayed from being an entertainer myself and from 'bamboozled', just to keep the convo spike oriented.

my points are simple, it's funny that eddie murphy is going to play him because of the impression. and to clarify what i mean when i say 'anyone can tell this cocaine story', i'm referring to the rockstar life in general. looking back the synecdoche wasn't quite clear. my bad. while james brown was an important figure in the black community, i know enough and believe that he had quite an influence on white people as well. White kids jocking our style didn't start with rap! they've always loved this shyt, even if they could only do it secretly. from the perspective of someone looking at brown as an american icon, i do believe that it makes no difference the race of the director. i would like to see spike direct the film despite his image, don't get me wrong. how do you think a black director (any) would handle the 'hollywood propaganda nikka moments' differently than a white dude?

and i see what you mean about rick james and how that may have changed public opinion, but i was listening to the shyt before i even knew what it was. i grew up on older black music, though i am young (25). i wasn't listening to rap until i was 16. i ask you not to categorize me without knowing me. anyone that takes these exaggerated protrayals seriously is, as i said before, dense. mainstream movies and tv don't change what actually happened. i appreciate your point of view and your passion but, as you probably already know, it's more productive to share the knowledge than to just call someone a dumbass. don't point the finger, point somebody in the right direction. but it's all good!

You are starting to come to your senses but you are incorrect about portrayals impacts. James Brown represents an era that is no longer. I think, no, I KNOW you are underestimating the worlds knowledge on JB. You said your 25. How many people who are say 20 or even your age possible don't know shyt about the REAL STORY. I have to toss you into that same boat because of how you came off. How you was talking, thats all you know to even say that.(cokehead angle) And if his real story isn't told. He'll be nothing more than Rick James 2.0. Now when I say the REAL STORY, watch my reply to this next guys question. You might start to see where I'm getting at. You gotta realize, they NEVER want OUR STORY out there. Cleopatra to Jesus bruh. But peep this...

"42" had a white director and it wasn't too bad

What the White director didn't do was tell you the truth. They told you the white version of the truth. There was basically no mention of the truth. The Negro Leagues was better than the MLB. Just like today, Negro's tend to be more athletic so you can imagine the white league vs the black league. So back in these days, when whites wouldn't let blacks integrate with there society, we started our own. Most people can probably name more players from the Negro leagues than you could from MLB during that time period. Just a couple of yankees, and the rest is negro leagues. But the point was the Negro Leagues was thriving. Then the MLB made a deal. We'll let you guys into our league if you drop the Negro Leagues. The plan was to take 4/5 players at first. They ended up taking 1. Jackie Robinson
The negro leagues died off because they was tricked into thinking they would get there day in the MLB as well. There are TONS of negro league players who then spoke out on it, calling Jackie Robinson a c00n, an uncle tom/etc. I know, I know, this is all news to you. Would of made a good movie too. Instead, lets make it seem like that character Harrison Ford played didn't have the biggest hand in what I'm talking about. White Lies (whats the definition, a lie that isn't really a lie because its white )

Spike is aiming for The Help box office returns

I'm not even sure what that is supposed to mean. Any director would hope there box office returns was high. What do you mean bruh?