Tessa Thompson refused to say Philly slang “Jawn” in “Creed III.” Is anyone else too good to use African American slang?

[VoxSphere74]

Do any Black actors refuse to say the n-word though?

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

That’s kind of weird because she used it a lot in the first movie

 

[scorpino]

I really wanted to like this movie but the lack of jawn ruined this film for me

 

[WTFisWallace?]

It's fine.
I hate when actors, who obviously don't speak or use certain words or dialect in real life, try and force slang terms. It sounds cringey as fukk.
Insecure used to have that same problem IMO when they used the n-word.

Plus, plenty of folks in the community don't use slang or speak proper.

Of course, you also change as you grow. They're living in the Hollywood Hills in a $20 million plus mansion so lifestyle change.

So you hate (bad) actors that can’t get the accents/language of the characters they’re portraying down correctly?

I agree with that, and I guess it makes sense….if Tessa and the film team felt like she couldn’t get it down, even after the 2 other films. Might as well ditch it.



But the idea of evolving beyond from where they came from in certain contexts is flippant, even tho it’s also real.

 

[King Poetic]

Is it a big deal

Not everyone who lives in their particular city use the slang over and over and grow out of it

 

[Sauce and Footwork]

Y’all really calling her a c00n for not saying one slang term. Maybe she takes her character seriously and feels the level they are on in the movie wouldn’t make sense for her to still be using slang as adults. It’s a up north term, it’s not like it’s some beloved word by the African American community. Some of y’all just miserable. That’s a beautiful black woman representing black women in a positive light. I’m from Atlanta, but if I was an actor I wouldn’t wanna say shawty all the time for my character if my character was an adult over 30

 

[KneeGrow.]

Not shoehorning slang seems like a good thing.

 

[85 East]

Growth of a character.

 

[BrothaZay]

That’s kind of weird because she used it a lot in the first movie

Came in to say this. Sounds like she’s being difficult for no reason high yella beyotch.

 

[NinoBrown]

We know what type of time she own...one of those funny Blacks...

 

[Save $ not Hoes]

She got a big head. I couldn’t help to notice the whole movie

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

c00n

 

[Seoul Gleou]

Tessa Thompson shares what she refused to say in Creed 3

Creed III star Tessa Thompson has revealed what word she refused to say in the new movie.

uk.sports.yahoo.com

 

[Premeditated]

right? it's like Janet making Pac take an aids test before shooting love scenes for Poetic Justice

 

[humminbird]

she did say it was because the character moved to Los Angeles