In what way are (is?) The Netherlands headed the Hollywood route? In terms of treatments of peoples of color, or just in general? If the former, is it portraying us as from the stereotypical 'hood, or the unrealistic good guys? By the way, does "Netherlands" mean anything in the language? I know "nether" usually refers to the lower or hidden regions of something, such as the nether regions of Hell or the nether regions of one's body (no offense meant by either!)
-----Original Message----- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Meta Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 17:05 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Goofing around with Web searches on "Doctor Who" --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I agrree. I saw actor Steve Harris ("The Practice", the wife beater from "Diary of a Mad Black Woman") on Tavis Smiley last night, and he said much the same thing. He was talking about Hollywood tendencies to stereotype Blacks at both ends of the spectrum: either bad to the bone "streetwise" (I've come to hate that word!) thugs, or, conversely, saintly heroes who are too perfect and who often are treated like sexless eunuchs with no lives (that last is mine). At any rate, Harris was also saying he'd like to see more Blacks just portrayed as regular guys with good and bad qualities. > Than his best chance of seeing that is watching films, etc from just about anywhere other than America. Sadly The Netherlands seems to be headed for the 'Hollywood other' route. I hope its just a phase. Meta SPONSORED LINKS Science <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Science+fiction+and+fantasy&w1=Scie nce+fiction+and+fantasy&w2=Genre+magazine&c=2&s=53&.sig=8s5ldQicr16mMwkM wHGybg> fiction and fantasy Genre <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Genre+magazine&w1=Science+fiction+a nd+fantasy&w2=Genre+magazine&c=2&s=53&.sig=6x48yHym4cI_VD4C3GisSg> magazine _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "scifinoir2 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
