I never blamed the actor. Look at the stories they gave him. While Chloe, Lana, Lex, and the others got meat roles, Pete literally stood around to pick up after Clark, becoming a foil to help him keep his secret. They did the thing that drives me nuts in TV, which used to be more common: make the Black guy in love with a white woman, but then let it sit with no action taken. And worse, he had one girlfriend to my knowledge the entire run he was on. Like I said, neutered magical negro. :(
it was a purely standard racist decision by the network. I know i'm ranting, but notice how Pete was significantly smaller and less muscular than Clark? Yet all around, the white guys were big, strapping, or at least considered really good looking. Think about Lana's first boyfriend Whitney (now playing Flash Gordon), her second love, who's now on "Supernatural", Johnathan Kent. Even Lex and his dad are powerful presences. Even my wife--who isn't subject to as many fits of crying "hidden racism" as I--once said, "Why is Pete the smallest, least impressive, and frankly, less attractive man on the whole show?" -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I never liked his character and sometimes blamed it on the actor. However, I was wrong. I've seen other work that he has done and he is actually rather good [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > they'll probably kill him off. :( > > Well, since Pete Ross is a part of Superman canon, i guess he'll live, > but can't say i'm that thrilled he's back. the most underused > character in the entire series' run. And of course he pretty much > never had a girl, and there was the unrecquited love for Chloe all > those years. Pete Ross was the stereotypical > neutered-best-friend-magical-negro character only there to basically > be Clark's sometimes sidekick. > > talk about a token minority character. > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> > > > Pete Ross Returns to Smallville! > > Sam Jones III reprising his role in an upcoming episode. > > > > December 6, 2007 - Clark Kent is about to be reunited with an old > > friend, as Sam Jones III returns to Smallville in the role of Pete > Ross. > > IGN TV has the scoop on Pete's return, which will take place in an > > upcoming episode called "Hero." > > > > Pete was a big part of the early seasons of Smallville, becoming the > > first person on the series -- outside of the Kent family -- to discover > > Clark's superpowers and alien heritage. Pete eventually moved to > > Wichita, and Jones left the show at the end of Season 3. Since that > time > > there have been occasional rumors that Jones might make a guest > > appearance on the show, but Smallville producers previously said that > > scheduling issues prevented that from happening... until now that is. > > > > We've learned that in the episode Pete will have an encounter with > > kryptonite, which ends up giving him a superpower of his own. How this > > will affect his relationship with Clark remains to be seen... > > > > The air date for "Hero" is still to be determined, but look for it > in 2008. > > http://tv.ign.com/articles/839/839971p1.html > <http://tv.ign.com/articles/839/839971p1.html> > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
