I can’t even explain how happy this makes me. I’m tearing up at my desk. After all of the Oscars fuckery and no one even mentioning Asian Americans in the “missing in film” category, this brings me intense joy.
The thing about Constance Wu is that she’s perfect and amazing and her comedic timing is absurdly good and I love her.
It’s not a remake. He re-used the name to take away power from the original. Like when you do a google search—now a movie about Nat Turner’s slave rebellion may get the top hits.
That’s a myth made up by Confederate sympathizers.
It’s a myth concocted by Confederate sympathizers.
Exactly... And you can cast black folks in non-historical roles that garner the same award-winning praise:
I loved the movie Creed— Ryan Coogler presented a thoughtful, nuanced, beautifully made picture, and the weakest thing about it was Sylvester Stallone as Rocky.
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Ice Cube: “Maybe we should have put a slave in Staight Outta Compton.” 5:00 mark.
What. The. Fuck.
It’s pretty fucking rich that people are cool with consuming and confronting slavery in the form of entertainment while gasping at the horror of it all, but refuse to budge when it comes to things like criminal justice reform, income inequality, etc., and acknowledging the lingering effects of a country built on the…
YOU MEAN BLACK PEOPLE DO OTHER STUFF AND JUST LIKE LIVE THEIR LIVES AS BEST THEY CAN LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?
And when Hollywood does decide to make movies about black people or any people of color, they end up casting white people
I’m tired of slave movies, too. We only get kudos when presenting a racial struggle. It’s frustrating. I loved the movie Creed— Ryan Coogler presented a thoughtful, nuanced, beautifully made picture, and the weakest thing about it was Sylvester Stallone as Rocky. I can’t stand blood sport . . . and yet I was…
You know what I would love? More movies with black people just being people. Like dramas, character pieces, etc., with black people just being normal people, you know, like we are in real life. Not “black movies” (stay away Tyler Perry. Stay far, far away). Not slavery movies. Not Straight Outta Compton. Not Boyz in…