I watched "Hawthorne". It has potential. I like Smith's character loved what
she did to her daughter! If they can carve out more uniqueness to the role and
be sure to create a character that's Pinkett, and avoid the show being just
another medical drama, then it can be really good. I like most of the
characters, though the dude from "Alias" is a bit too obvious seeming in his
role: the handsome young doctor who's sensitive and all that. Too "Grey's
Anatomy" or George Clooney for me. Hoping a Brother gets a role other than the
walk on doctor, or the dude who had the grave illness. Nice seeing so many
women get the spotlight, but that's one thing cable shows give us (The Closer,
Saving Grave, In Plain Sight, Army Wives) that's not always as prevalent on the
so-called broadcast channels.
Enjoyable show overall.
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From: mcjennings...@yahoo.com
To: "SciFi2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:39:05 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list
Sigh...well, at least I hope he respected her behind closed doors.
I'm watching the last half hour of Lonesome Dove. I'm finding lots of good TV
since I cut out all 3-digit channels.
Anybody planning to watch Jada Pinkett's new series "Hawthorne"?
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>From : "Martin Baxter"
Date : Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:27:40 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list
None whatsoever. Roddenberry recognized it by putting her right behind
KEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOK on the Bridge, so that she (or at least *parts*) of her
made it in shot. And, if the tales I've heard are true, Roddenberry did *more*
than just "recognize" her beauty... he *appreciated* it in a way *all* men wish
they could've.
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>From : mcjennings...@yahoo.com
To : "SciFi2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com>
No chauvinism in recognizing beauty. I was flipping channels (a chore without a
remote), and I saw her at that console. I was just back from 18 months in the
Philippines, and I was appreciating Black Women. And here is Uhura. Lawd!
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From: "C.W. Badie"
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:39
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Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list
....And consistently the most beautiful babe on the show...pardon the
chauvinism, but she was gorgeous!
--- On Thu, 6/11/09, Adrianne Brennan wrote:
From: Adrianne Brennan
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:26 PM
I dunno, I've always thought Uhura kicked ass. :D
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On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM, ravenadal wrote:
Beware of the "Disposable Negro Effect" which is akin to the "butterfly
effect." You may think a negro is disposable but then you remove them and all
heck breaks loose. I mean haven't you seen Douglass Turner Ward's "Day of
Absence" where all the negroes disappear one day and all the white folks don't
have a clue as to what to do?
I mean take something as innocuous as Lt. Uhura on Star Trek. You would think
she was a disposable negro, afterall, anybody can answer the phone, but it
totally ignores the fact that her showing up on the bridge everyday in those
boots and that mini-skirt made the mens, James T. and the rest of dem, happy -
heck - eager to come to work. Remove Uhura and it gone get snarly, snarky and
plum ugly up in there quick and in a hurry.
~rave!
--- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, George Arterberry wrote:
>
> Please list the greatest disposible Negroes in sci-fi.What is a disposible
> Negro you ask? Well if he or she is removed from the storyline it wont change
> one iota. I'll nominate Anastasia "Dee" Dualla and her totally uncalled for
> suicide in Battlestar Galactica.
>
> I mean we needed at least some sisters in modern-day Tanzinia to help
> repopulate the human race.
>
> There are so many others to list,where do i start?????
>
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