--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, this is no race issue...No matter how hard you look at it...I have to say that what is happening is an overreaction to a non-issue...I fail to see any malice implied by by Joilie's portrayal of the role...
I don't know that anyone is implying "malice." No one is calling AJ a "racist." I haven't seen that. You haven't even articulated a reason why you think this isn't a race issue. Well, I guess you'll be fine with Shatner starring in "The Astromancer Story." Cool? -fin > > tetsuwanatom1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer <cwbadie@> wrote: > > > > Thanks for your opinion...When you can give me a LOGICAL comeback, > I'll change my position... > > Is someone trying to change your opinion? I didn't realize. No one > has to "make" this a race issue, it already is by virtue of what's > happening. You're free not to care, you asked "why" someone should, > and I answered. You asked why can't someone enjoy the movie, I can't > because it's terrible. > > For someone who seems to value logic, tell me how the old "why don't > you make your own movie" is always an answer to questioning > Hollywood's movtives regarding race? Ah, you don't like what's > happening in Iraq? Why don't you take over the government!! See . . . > > > > tetsuwanatom1 <tetsuwan@> wrote: --- In > scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin <truthseeker_013@> wrote: > > > > > > (standing ovation) > > > > > > Astromancer <cwbadie@> wrote: I > > can't keep quiet any longer...Why should anyone care??? > > > > Because of this. > > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/sfeature/sf_minstrelsy.html > > > > >Why can't someone just enjoy the damned moved and not make it a > race > > issue??? > > > > Because the movie sucks. > > > > >I understand about our exclusion for the media...but sometimes > > >enough is enough...I have always felt that if someone has a > > complaint about such things, make the movies yourself... > > > > Oh brother. Okay. Give me 300 million and I'll make that sci- > fantasy > > epic featuring one all Black nation. > > > > Saying that there are other things that one could better spend > their > > time worrying about isn't really an answer. We can have more than > one > > issue on our plate. > > > > Moreover, if AJ's playing Mrs Pearl is okay, what's to stop > someone > > from deciding it's okay to slap make-up on Hopkins and let him > play > > MLK? Think they wont? > > > > > > > > Martin <truthseeker_013@> wrote: If she's going for > > the *soul*, the *why darken her skin*? > > > > > > Please remember- non-sensical ravings... > > > > > > KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Big conversations on an e-mail chain I'm > > on, and I suspect, around the country, about Jolie playing Mrs. > > Pearl. I'd never seen Mrs. Pearl before I saw her on Charlie Rose > the > > other night, and was surprised to see obvious African heritage in > > her. Then I finally saw a picture of Jolie as Mrs. Pearl, and was > > surprised to see she had on makeup to darken her skin. Lots of > > Sisters are upset, others say that Mrs. Pearl is *not* majority > > Black, and has a right to choose whomever she wants to portray > her. > > Pearl was going for the soul of the actress, not her skin, is the > > idea. > > > > > > What do you think? Is this an issue at all, or a non-issue? > > > > > > *********************************** > > > http://www.playahata.com/hatablog/index.php > > > > > > Angelina Jolie is a fair skinned white woman with blue/gray eyes > > but in a Mighty Heart she is playing an Afro Cuban/Dutch woman, a > > transformation eased with a wig, dark brown contact lenses and her > > make-up artist. The cross-racial casting left some upset, with > > criticisms ranging from, "It rubs me wrong" to it being a "new > > generation of Hollywood in blackface". > > > Most don't know that Mariane wanted Angelina to play her, asked > > her personally, and the two have become good friends. The > > HuffingtonPost was 1 of 6 outlets at a 20-minute round table with > the > > actress, and asked, "Were you nervous playing someone > multiracial?" > > Angelina fixed her eyes, fiddled with the $15,000 Cartier watch on > > her wrist, and answered: > > > "The idea is, if you ask Mariane, because she did address that, > > and if you did actually want to find somebody that was her exact > > makeup, she's actually majority Dutch, and she's as black as she > is > > Chinese, and she's Cuban, and she's French. So, it could have gone > to > > many different racial backgrounds, probably, if you went technical > on > > it. And that, you know, is a reality. 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