I totally agree. The worst is having a black actor and he or she is cast as a thin support character or comic relief.
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > You're right, but that goes back to my whole original point: H'Wood caters > to prejudices and blacks suffer. At some point, doing what's easy and > quickly profitable turns into stagnation and resistance to change. It's why > in 2010 we still have major discussions about why "Precious" gets all the > raves, but the mainstream ignores movies with blacks in more positive roles. > Sorry, off my soapbox now! :) I wanna go read up on your quantum > entanglement post. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:13:03 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Knowles, Crowe to Star in "A Star is Born" > > > > Movie making isn't reality. They are shooting for stars that will have a > big draw. If it wasn't Russell Crowe it would have been Depp, or some other > white guy. Two black people in the roles would equal a "BLACK MOVIE." Having > one of each equals a cross over. > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> >> Worf, case in point (although i know you weren't arguing against prejudice >> in H'Wood). With all the people out there who could be cast opposite >> Knowles, they skip all the potential black men to pair her up with a white >> dude? I'm already reading some stuff hailing the "bold" move of the >> interracial relationship. Got nothing against that, but again, in a world >> where black-on-black love doesn't get much play on the big screen... >> >> Yes indeed, we must make our own stuff... >> >> ********************************************************** >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/feb/09/russell-crowe-beyonce-star-is-born >> >> In what may strike cynics as a case of life imitating art, Russell >> Crowe<http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/russellcrowe>looks set to take a >> leading role in A Star Is Born, a remake of the classic >> Hollywood melodrama about a fading, drunken superstar who finds himself >> eclipsed by a younger model. The former Gladiator star is reportedly in >> talks to appear alongside Beyoncé<http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/beyonce>in >> the Warner Bros production. >> >> The original 1937 version starred Fredric March and Janet Gaynor as an >> aging Hollywood actor and the bright young ingenue he takes under his wing. >> The film was remade in 1954 with James Mason and Judy Garland. The hugely >> successful 1976 version cast Barbra Streisand alongside Kris Kristoffersson >> and re-routed the story from the film industry to the music business. Elvis >> Presley was initially approached to take the Kristoffersson role but >> reportedly bailed out after he was refused top billing. >> >> The latest overhaul apparently casts Crowe as a down-on-his-luck musician >> who embarks on an affair with a rising young singer. Nick Cassavetes is >> pencilled in to direct, while the supporting cast will be fleshed out by the >> likes of Mad Men mainstay John Hamm and singers Alicia Keys and Rihanna. >> >> Crowe, now 45, won a best actor Oscar for his role in Gladiator. His >> recent films include Cinderella Man, American Gangster, Body of Lies and >> State of Play. He will next be seen as the hero in Ridley Scott's >> revisionist take on Robin >> Hood<http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/dec/23/robin-hood-russell-crowe-trailer-review> >> . >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
