I don't think Hollywood thinks like that anymore. I don't think that they really are looking for great new directors. They are looking for entertainment makers that will churn out more of the same.
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Mike Street <streetfor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The diaspora has space for positive and negative movies. I think Precious > is great film and everyone did a great job regardless of the subject matter. > Cause a Tyler Perry pic is all we seen to get these days and we are not > talking about any real topics. So I hope Precious allows other blk directors > a foot in the door. Cause it seems we have all disappeared. > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:36 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/ >> >> > > > -- > Get Social and Follow Me: > > Join me on Facebook > http://facebook.com/mikestreet > > Follow me on Twitter > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 > > Join the Harlem NY Community > http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
