[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-24 Thread ravenadal
meaning modern day body called Hollywood. Bree - Original Message - From: ravenadal Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:11 am Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com While the Academy Award is highly coveted

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2008-04-24 Thread oberonz
, 2008 3:34 pm Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I can't comment on Harry J. Lennix's performance in Titus because I haven't seen it. But I love Harry J. Lennix (expecially his performance as Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. in Keep

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-23 Thread ravenadal
there. Bree - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:27 am Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com it was fantasy for some men of a certain persuasion ,and she was still riding

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2008-04-23 Thread oberonz
by a supposedly well meaning modern day body called Hollywood. Bree - Original Message - From: ravenadal Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:11 am Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com While the Academy Award is highly coveted

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2008-04-22 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comments like these reinforce the perception that some black folks just aren't ready for serious cinema. We're perfectly ready for serious cinema THAT DOESN'T INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE or fit neatly into racist stereotypes

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-22 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't recall saying movies like Monsters' Ball are typical. But they are in fact, less atypical than they are in a young, immature country like America. ~rave! The only thing atypical about that movie is that it did

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2008-04-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
privately yesterday and I apologize to the group now formally...including Rave. - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella Date: Monday, April 21, 2008 1:45 am Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Bosco: I whole

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2008-04-22 Thread KeithBJohnson
it was fantasy for some men of a certain persuasion ,and she was still riding that Halle Berry's in the movie? Let's go see it! wave some Blacks had back then i found the movie to be stereotyped, little better than a modern Birth of a Nation. Is such a story possible? Of course. But after

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2008-04-22 Thread oberonz
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:27 am Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com it was fantasy for some men of a certain persuasion ,and she was still riding that Halle Berry's in the movie? Let's go see it! wave

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2008-04-21 Thread Martin
: [scifinoir2] Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com (doing a credible RCA Dog imitation) That one should be fun to see. I'd love to see how the scriptwriter handles the matter of how she's looked at by people as she's evoking race hate

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2008-04-21 Thread oberonz
I made my apologies to Tracey privately yesterday and I apologize to the group now formally...including Rave. - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella Date: Monday, April 21, 2008 1:45 am Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2

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2008-04-21 Thread Tracey de Morsella
in Next Role I made my apologies to Tracey privately yesterday and I apologize to the group now formally...including Rave. - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella Date: Monday, April 21, 2008 1:45 am Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

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2008-04-21 Thread ravenadal
to that Oscar performance with pride or with shame... - Original Message - From: Martin Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008 5:03 pm Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com (doing a credible RCA Dog imitation) That one should

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-20 Thread ravenadal
black person who points to that Oscar performance with pride or with shame... - Original Message - From: Martin Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008 5:03 pm Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com (doing a credible RCA Dog imitation

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-20 Thread ravenadal
This weekend, I had the pleasure of watching Ms. Berry's nuanced and honest performance as a rather shallow, somewhat unlikeable woman struggling with crushing grief after the murder of her husband (the always likable David Duchovny)in Things We Lost in the Fire. The movie is not for everyone.

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2008-04-20 Thread Gymfig
Movies like Monster's Ball are mot typical. European actresses normally don't have to have wild sex with non European men who killed their husband. They normally don't abuse their child by calling them derogatory racist names. Usually there is more to the film than a sex scene.

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2008-04-20 Thread Daryle Lockhart
19, 2008 5:03 pm Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com (doing a credible RCA Dog imitation) That one should be fun to see. I'd love to see how the scriptwriter handles the matter of how she's looked at by people

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2008-04-20 Thread oberonz
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Comments like these reinforce the perception that some black folks just aren't ready for serious cinema. This sort of cinema has been extant in Europe for decades and European actresses have been lauded

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-20 Thread ravenadal
I don't recall saying movies like Monsters' Ball are typical. But they are in fact, less atypical than they are in a young, immature country like America. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Movies like Monster's Ball are mot typical. European actresses

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-20 Thread ravenadal
- From: Martin Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008 5:03 pm Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com (doing a credible RCA Dog imitation) That one should be fun to see. I'd love to see how the scriptwriter handles the matter

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-20 Thread ravenadal
: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Comments like these reinforce the perception that some black folks just aren't ready for serious cinema. This sort of cinema has been extant in Europe for decades and European actresses have been lauded for similar

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2008-04-20 Thread oberonz
as of today. - Original Message - From: ravenadal Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:54 pm Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Uh, excuse me, whoever YOU are (eye have been here for years). If we are going to continue this conversation

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-20 Thread ravenadal
for a fool. Please feel free to continue to write your banal responses and please continue your existance in a somewhat lesser capacity as of today. - Original Message - From: ravenadal Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:54 pm Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

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2008-04-20 Thread Martin
- From: Martin Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008 5:03 pm Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com (doing a credible RCA Dog imitation) That one should be fun to see. I'd love to see how the scriptwriter handles

[scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role

2008-04-20 Thread ravenadal
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com (doing a credible RCA Dog imitation) That one should be fun to see. I'd love to see how the scriptwriter handles the matter of how she's looked at by people as she's evoking

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2008-04-20 Thread Astromancer
or with shame... - Original Message - From: Martin Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008 5:03 pm Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com (doing a credible RCA Dog imitation) That one should be fun to see. I'd love to see

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2008-04-20 Thread Bosco Bosco
I don't have an opinion on the movie as I haven't seen it. However, one of the reasons I like this list so much is there is disagreement without antagonism or flames. I for one am really disappointed with the tone and rhetoric of this post. It really detracts from the peaceful friendly flow our

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2008-04-20 Thread Tracey de Morsella
- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bosco Bosco Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:28 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Halle Becomes White Racist in Next Role I don't have an opinion on the movie as I haven't seen it. However