I will never believe that Gaithersburg is the same distance from DC as Waldorf. I drive to Cleveland once or twice a month and that feels like a much more comparable trip.

Welp, I guess Lupita Nyong’o’s can kiss her acting career goodbye since according to the stellar logic of these brilliant people just chock full of common sense, she can only accept roles if the character she’s playing happens to be Kenyan and born in Mexico.

+1! Talk about a complete oversimplification of a complex issue?!

It sure is nice seeing all these white people comment on the dynamics and privileges at issue between different Black folks in America without any knowledge of the subject at hand.

“Was there any grumbling about David Oyelowo, born and raised in the UK, playing Dr. Martin Luther King?”

Yes, and the prejudice comes into play because most Black American actors out today are graduates of the best drama schools in the country. This is overlooked because foreign Black actors are more highly regarded simply because they are not America.

The Zoe Saldana criticism was 100% valid.

And black American actors aren’t well trained and come from highly prestigious schools??

That’s simply not true... Actors are cast for a variety of reasons....being well-trained is, of course, one, (but only if that matters), but actors are also cast (or not cast) based upon reputation (are they easy to deal with, or overly complicated), their looks, their weight, their personal experience, personal…

Because after you’ve had decades of white people play historical figures of African, Middle Eastern, Native American, etc. descent, you get a little tired and untrusting.

I’m sorry but, high profile actors you named aside, are you really telling me you believe that there were no well trained African American actors suitable to play African Americans?

For me, the thin edge of the wedge was when BOTH Dr. King Jr. AND Coretta Scott King, were given to Brits when the last biopic on his life was made a couple of years back. Then there was the movie about the Lovings. Where both parts were played by a Brit (the wife) and an Aussie (the husband).

Oh, we always think we are reaching the bottom with these people, and then... it turns out, no, this is not the  bottom.  Sigh.

Quite impressive, first it was perjury that was no biggie for a Supreme Court nominee, now attempted rape is a-okay. We’re almost there, bottom must be just a few feet away...

Explain why the GOP seemed to know about this possibility and had a letter from 65 women refuting these accusations ready to go, within moments after they were made public.........

People are just going to pop out of the woodwork with years of records from their therapists, passing FBI administered lie detector tests left and right.

Everything you wrote is 100% full of shit. And I would love to find out which approved Splinter dipshit is going around bringing trolls like you out.

Just like your Idiot in Chief, you are too rock stupid to use the “Salem Witch Trials” as a proper analogy.

Man here. Have never worried about my career being destroyed by a rape allegation. Apparently, it’s common for Republicans though.

I think Haddish is probably aware that as a Black woman in Hollywood, accolades don’t necessarily mean people pay you more, or cast you more. What you need is an agent who advocates for you like all fuck, and cast members who use their clout to ensure you’re also paid fairly (like Jessica Chastain and Octavia…