Not to mention that Jesse Owns biopic role going to a Canadian (?) actor who had never even heard of him before...

No baby. just because their black comes with an accent does not mean they are better than us. We have the best acting schools in the world and black Americans have been graduating out of them for decades. If your black brits were any good, they would be able to WORK in the UK. But if their own people don’t want them,…

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…

I think you’re over-simplifying this a bit. The industry is at a tipping point when it comes to gender and racial equality, so it’s not just about choosing an actor. It certainly never is just about the acting for white actors either.  It’s political, it’s racial, there is complete and utter bias in the selection of…

Hmmm. I was hoping for Cliff Notes not a deep dive into Black Twitter fuckery but fine, I’ll go look into this.  Godspeed. 

I agree with some of your points but I’m sick and tired of the “it’s called acting” argument. How well you play someone different from you is not the be-all end-all measure of successful acting. In fact, truthfulness is much more important to acting than being a chameleon, and though you can research a role to kingdom…

Also, the diaspora watch European/African media where African Americans are often portrayed in a fairly negative light; in different ways (Euro media are plain old colonial-racist, African media can have this patronizing attitude). And since people in general question their media consumption too little, it has maybe…

I saw Cynthia on Broadway in The Color Purple and she was fabulous. Do I think Samuel L. Jackson also has a point? I do, and the reason I do is because he’s in the trenches and he sees how the sausage is made, he hears the conversations, he’s won and lost in this game.... I cannot dismiss what he’s saying. I hate for…

Marshall?

I don’t mean this in a negative way, but are you <30 y.o.?

The Trump n-word tape means nothing. I’m sure it exists. Everyone must know he’s dropped a few n-bombs in his life. But... anyone who’s stood by Trump this long isn’t going to drop him over a racial slur.

She and her husband aided and abetted Trump’s rise to the presidency. They’re fuckwits and should never be referred to as America’s sweetheart.

Sigh. I don’t know what exactly it is you’re ‘remembering’, but do you honestly think that all the slaves in the trade being black was just a coincidence?

I’m pretty sure that white supremacy also had a little something to do with the existence of the slave trade, considering it’s the sole reason Africa is part of the ‘triangle’ at all. To frame it solely in economics term is actually misleading. To rebrand slavery completely as ‘Atlantic Triangular Trade’ is a…

Really?

While I appreciate your snark, I already pointed out that this won’t make a difference.
The GOP is running the show here and they are fine with sexual assault, especially when they have 60 “character witnesses” to dispute a decades old claim.

Like...do fans really think they’d ever have a shot at being a big/gf of a celebrity if that celebrity was single? And if that celebrity had a wife and child, that’s a turnoff?

When a music artist or some TV talent retires in Japan, it mostly means they are ceasing operations with a particular agency, and longer, more powerful, and more loyal they were the more difficult it is to have freedom.

This was predictable.

But his partner in crime - the IDC - has been utterly gutted tonight. The IDC had always been a firewall for him by preventing progressive legislation from crossing his desk, sparing him from having to *actually* veto it. And now if the Dems manage to pick up a couple of seats in the general, he’ll no longer have…