I'm really excited for "Straight Outta Compton"

[Anonymous]

I can't wait to see this movie. I loved how NWA shook up the music world. Anyone else? fYI- I'm female, 49 yo, married lawyer, not AA.

[Anonymous]

I absolutely will not be supporting this film.

Mid-30s AA married female

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely will not be supporting this film.

Mid-30s AA married female

Would you mind sharing why? Not trying to challenge your beliefs at all, I just missed this music era so I'm fairly ignorant of the whole thing and would like to understand better.

[Anonymous]

Dude. Me too. I'm only 34 so its technically 'before my time' as I was a kid but by the time I was in maybe early HS I was a big fan even though by then the shift to Pac and Biggie had already occurred. I also love metallica. I'm a weird bird.

[Anonymous]

40 something AA woman

i was excited to see it until my husband informed me that now women are mad and bringing up an incident of dr. dre's hitting a lady journalist ages ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely will not be supporting this film.

Mid-30s AA married female

Would you mind sharing why? Not trying to challenge your beliefs at all, I just missed this music era so I'm fairly ignorant of the whole thing and would like to understand better.

I just saw this bumped. I could write an essay on why I can't support this movie (including the incident 10:38 alluded to). The icing on the cake was the degrading casting call that went out for women to be extras on this movie - google it, it caused quite a stir earlier this year. This movie won't see a dime from me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely will not be supporting this film.

Mid-30s AA married female

Would you mind sharing why? Not trying to challenge your beliefs at all, I just missed this music era so I'm fairly ignorant of the whole thing and would like to understand better.

I just saw this bumped. I could write an essay on why I can't support this movie (including the incident 10:38 alluded to). The icing on the cake was the degrading casting call that went out for women to be extras on this movie - google it, it caused quite a stir earlier this year. This movie won't see a dime from me.

i'm 10:38

yep told me about the casting call too. that really doesn't bother me though. i was a young teen when NWA came out and it brings back memories. maybe i'll see the bootleg version

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely will not be supporting this film.

Mid-30s AA married female

Would you mind sharing why? Not trying to challenge your beliefs at all, I just missed this music era so I'm fairly ignorant of the whole thing and would like to understand better.

I just saw this bumped. I could write an essay on why I can't support this movie (including the incident 10:38 alluded to). The icing on the cake was the degrading casting call that went out for women to be extras on this movie - google it, it caused quite a stir earlier this year. This movie won't see a dime from me.

I bet that casting call came straight from the directives of the black men producing the movie. Black men are unbelievably racist towards black women and very open about finding only nonblack and very light black women worthwhile.

[Anonymous]

Black men are unbelievably racist towards black women and very open about finding only nonblack and very light black women worthwhile.

Hmm, generalize much?

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure how that casting call is racist. They had to ask for the look they wanted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how that casting call is racist. They had to ask for the look they wanted.

that's why i say it doesn't bother me. and i'm a dark skinned lady.

those were the girls in most all of those videos back then. sad but true. not racist but def color struck or whatever term we're using now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how that casting call is racist. They had to ask for the look they wanted.

that's why i say it doesn't bother me. and i'm a dark skinned lady.

those were the girls in most all of those videos back then. sad but true. not racist but def color struck or whatever term we're using now.

You sure you watched their videos growing up?

[Anonymous]

I saw them live in 1988. Not a fan but it has been interesting watching them through the years. Will watch the movie on Netflix or HBO when it comes out.

[Anonymous]

Very much looking forward to seeing it, although I do feel some internal conflict about the aforementioned controversial things. Love Dr. Dre's work and desperately wish he would put out the Detox album, hate that he's a documented woman-beater. Conflicted hip-hop lover, I guess.

32-year-old white girl.

[Anonymous]

I am so glad that era of thuggish, misogynistic gangsta rap is over.