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Thanks for actually mentioning the Branson/Braithwaite potential rape scenario. Anna's rape was more flat-out horrifying, but most of the media outlets have completely ignored passed-out Branson being possibly sexually assaulted by the batshit crazy maid.

McConnoghy hates British people.

Um, are you implying that it's not difficult to play a slave? Really? Jennifer Lawrence's character in American Hustle was the exact same character she played in Silver Lining Playbook, which was also a mediocre performance. Was it all that big of departure for her? Probably not. She is not a nuanced actress. Crazy is…

lupita is not a slave in real life. how is her role in the film not a huge departure from real life? my (or her) being a person of color does not mean we know what being a slave feels like any more than jennifer lawrence knows what it's like to be a heroine in a dystopian society or the drunken wife of a con man.…

La la la...I love Girls...do de do...I love Lindy....da da da...loving this post...skreeeeeeeeeeeeeetch

That was the WHOLE JOKE. She said the really hard names without a hitch and then screwed up the easy one on purpose.

Who doesn't know Idris Elba these days?!

Hahaha, me too!

Yes! I actually squealed when I saw her.

One word: Taystee.

1) 12 yrs a slave was based on the writings of solomon northup, the slave at the center of the story, so what you see in the film, including the white person who helped him, is what happened

Black women in life and movies never get to be "cute" because "cute" implies innocence and Black people never get to be considered "innocent". Think about how Black vs. white youth are portrayed in the media: white adolescents are "kids", Black adolescents are just pre-adult criminals. If they even get that. You're so…

YES. Your comment makes me think of Hattie McDaniel. She was the first Black woman to win an Oscar for playing the original Mammy, but Black women at STILL relegated to playing the Mammy (really the only "positive" portrayal of Black women you listed, but even that is an ugly, flat stereotype). HOW MANY YEARS LATER???…

So this is a bit off topic, but thank you for articulating the idea of black tax in such a clear and concise way. I am the only black graduate student in my department in addition to being the only black person teaching in my department. I'm always running into people who say oh you are here because they just wanted…

i saw american hustle and thought it was good. jennifer lawrence's performance was good as well. she was funny and the character was interesting. BUT her accent was all over the place. on top of that, it seemed like she just studied sharon stone's character from casino and pressed play (again, though, not saying that…

thank.you. what other roles will lupita get in the future? let's take a moment and think about the cast of The Help, just to think of a recent instance where black women were starring in and nominated for roles in a film (the movie itself is a separate issue...ahem). have they won anything since?

THIS.

Thank you, Wendi Muse. This year sucked ass for people of color - not only in the area of social justice but even in fucking entertainment of all places (the one realm in which people of color have always been acceptable/safe to white people - fucked up entertainment history... I think most people are familiar with…