All white Oscars? Serious question.
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Anonymous
| Everyone knows who owns Hollywood. Good luck with that. |
Anonymous
You are confusing the actors, who tend to be liberal, with "Hollywood," which is as retrograde conservative as can be. |
Anonymous
Like Marissa Tomei? |
Anonymous
It's called Reality. The Reality you prefer to ignore. ‘The Martian’ Slammed Over ‘White-Washing’ Asian-American Roles http://variety.com/2015/film/news/the-martian-white-washing-asian-american-ridley-scott-1201614155/ "MANAA noted that Weir describes NASA’s director of Mars operations Dr. Venkat Kapoor as an Asian-Indian character who identifies religiously as being “a Hindu.” The group pointed out that in Scott’s film, his name is changed to Vincent Kapoor, and he’s played by British black actor Chiwetel Ejiofor... MANAA also noted that Mindy Park, described by Weir as Korean-American, is played in the movie by Mackenzie Davis, a white, blonde actress." I didn't hear any blacks complaining about this. Did you? |
Anonymous
Exactly. |
Anonymous
Probably because in this case, it was a manufactured controversy. 1., saying casting Chiwetel Ejiofo is whitewashing is kinda crazy. 2. Mindy Park was NEVER described as Korean in the novel. Not once. Many people assumed so because of the last name Park, but Park can be both Korean and Anglo. Could they have cast another minority? Sure. But having a woman in science was enough for me. The clear snub of highly rated movies like Compton, Creed, Beasts, and maybe even Chiraq is completely different than casting an African actor and a non-determined ethnicity for a woman character. |
Anonymous
It's not just selecting more scripts for actors of color; it's also giving actors of color chances for roles that have nothing to do with race. Why not cast Idris Elba as Bond? Why not cast Amandla Stenberg in a role written for a teenage girl instead of Chloe Grace Moretz? (That's just an example; I like Chloe Grace Moretz.  ) Why not cast any Asian/Latino/any other race actor of equal talent in any role?
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Anonymous
Halle Berry I'll give you, but Jamie Foxx was phenomenal in Ray. |
Anonymous
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Aunt Viv speaks out:
"And here's the other thing, for you to ask other actors, and other black actresses and actors, too, to jeopardize their career and their standing in a town that you know damn well you don't do that. And here's the other thing—they don't care. They don't care! And I find it ironic that somebody who has made their living, made their living and made millions and millions of dollars from the very people you're talking about boycotting just because you didn't get a nomination, just because you didn't win." "The second thing, girlfriend, there's a lot of s--t going on in the world that you all don't seem to recognize. People are dying. Our boys are being shot left and right. People are starving. People are trying to pay bills. And you're talking about some [expletive] actors and Oscars. It just ain't that deep." http://www.eonline.com/news/732196/the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-s-janet-hubert-slams-jada-pinkett-smith-for-calling-an-oscars-boycott |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Maybe, but Russell Crowe's role was a lot more challenging. Halle Berry, though, most overrated performance ever. As I recall, she didn't even speak that much in that movie. |
Anonymous
What are you talking about? Marissa Tomei was outstanding. I still remember her character twenty years later, which is more than I can say for a lot of other Oscar winners. |
Anonymous
Oops, wrong year, I meant that Russell Crowe in a "Beautiful Mind" should have won over Denzel Washington in "Training Day." Love Denzel, but come on. I was actually in Hollywood around the time of the Oscars in 2001, and there were billboards everywhere trying to guilt the voters into voting for the black actors and actresses. And, lo and behold, Denzel and Halle both won that year. The Halle one was particularly undeserved. And Denzel was great, but his role was no where near as challenging or as well-executed as Russell Crowe's. It just seemed as though politics were at play. |
Anonymous
| well they did make a black stormtrooper despite it being impossible |
Anonymous
| Shouldn't the Oscars mirror the Globes? The minorities qualified to be considered for Globes should be reflected in the Oscar nominations. |