I'm really excited for "Straight Outta Compton"

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, late 30s AA woman here. I had no intention on seeing this movie because the casting call notice pissed me off, and I have a real problem with Dre, despite his contribution to hip hop and pop culture in general. LOVE me some Cube though.

Ultimately, I saw the film because my husband and I are both from the South Bay LA area (Compton, Carson, Long Beach, etc) and we just couldn't not pass up the opportunity to see such an iconic story with music that was the dominant soundtrack of our youths. Everything we saw is pretty accurate So Cal lore, although the portrayal of Suge Knight was LOL funny, the only thing he was missing was a mustache twirling scene. Such a villain, he is. Interesting his downfall happened during the filming of this movie, right in Compton. Good riddance.

It was fun revisiting fashion and slang from our youth! Calling cops "One Time", "baggin'" on people, etc.

The film was heavily sanitized, and I think they really tried hard to show Eazy some respect and not villainize him when he's not here to defend himself, but the money and contract situation was shady, and he obviously had full knowledge of it. They were gentle with Heller's portrayal too. I remember when Cube released "No Vaselline" and I'm surprised that ANY of them recovered after that, he completely humiliated them in the streets. Eazy had a response diss track, and then another diss track directed at Dre, Dre and Snoop had an Eazy diss track, and for about three years, they were all just beefing at each other on wax. Again, not shown in the film just how antagonistic the relationships had gotten, but they only had so much time to tell the story.

I enjoyed it, but I would probably enjoy an unauthorized biopic even more.

One more thing, this was as close as we'll ever get to seeing all of the members performing live. Really wish Eazy had taken better care of himself.

Great review! I have family in LA and I lived in Gardena for a few years so I could relate to a lot of what you mentioned. I wished they would have mentioned Michl'le because she was more of a piece of NWA history than Dre's wife Nicole. I also heard the way Dre talked to Suge was totally fictitious.
Dre clowns his World Class Wrecking Crew days but I thought Before You Turn Off The Lights was kinda hot.

It was ridiculous that Tomika Wright was featured prominently in the second half, but not Miche'le. This woman with kids by both Dre AND Suge! lol

I liked the WCWC too! At least he wore the jacket in the film!

There's no way in hell that any of those Dre/Suge scenes were anything but pure fantasy. I do remember though that Dre always looked vaguely embarrassed whenever he was around Suge in public.

I mean really. They were all hood, but Suge was thug to his very core. They gave a BODYGUARD free reign!

Tomica was a producer of the movie. That might explain her prominent role.

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

Your comments are due to a lack of understanding of the entertainment and movie industry. Directors don't have the time or money to waste time with PC. They were specific b/c they were trying to portray/project a specific imagine. Sometimes that image is offensive. For instance, if a specific scene or role calls for the casting of a very obese south eastern Asian woman (darker skinned), the casting call for this would not be too flattering. The most important thing for the actress that accepts the role is to nail it. Then it opens her up for better opportunities.

The descriptions are what they are but the ranking of ABCD? No. Wasn't needed for a casting call.

SO would you have prefered 1,2,3,4???

The "ranking" makes perfect sense to me.

Again, I don't know if this is a case of people wanting to be outraged about something, absolutely needing to have a chip on their shoulders or a classic case of the black crab in the barrel.

Blacks are the only group who have to find something wrong with people of their race who are doing big things. If Dr. Dre had ended up penniless and back in his aunt's tiny house after NWA, no one would be crying about him assaulting a woman 25 freaking years ago!!!

As a black woman, I see nothing wrong with the casting call. Casting directors MUST be specific in their descriptions. And what you see as ranking, I see as categorizing.

But that's just me. I'm not insecure, and I don't look for reasons to feel like a victim.

Jasmine Guy (Whitley from Different World) has said that there were many times she showed up to audition for the role of a black woman only to be told that as a fair-skinned biracial woman, she was not what they had in mind. So no just calling for a black woman is not enough. There are too many hues and types of black women for a person to be that general.

There are multiple individuals/institutions/organizations I choose not to financially support for a variety of reasons. I don't consider it being a victim, it's pretty empowering if you ask me. But since you're so preoccupied with my $12 not supporting this movie and "pulling down" Dr. Dre, why don't you buy an extra ticket (something I have done many times to support black films) when you go see it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

Your comments are due to a lack of understanding of the entertainment and movie industry. Directors don't have the time or money to waste time with PC. They were specific b/c they were trying to portray/project a specific imagine. Sometimes that image is offensive. For instance, if a specific scene or role calls for the casting of a very obese south eastern Asian woman (darker skinned), the casting call for this would not be too flattering. The most important thing for the actress that accepts the role is to nail it. Then it opens her up for better opportunities.

The descriptions are what they are but the ranking of ABCD? No. Wasn't needed for a casting call.

SO would you have prefered 1,2,3,4???

The "ranking" makes perfect sense to me.

Again, I don't know if this is a case of people wanting to be outraged about something, absolutely needing to have a chip on their shoulders or a classic case of the black crab in the barrel.

Blacks are the only group who have to find something wrong with people of their race who are doing big things. If Dr. Dre had ended up penniless and back in his aunt's tiny house after NWA, no one would be crying about him assaulting a woman 25 freaking years ago!!!

As a black woman, I see nothing wrong with the casting call. Casting directors MUST be specific in their descriptions. And what you see as ranking, I see as categorizing.

But that's just me. I'm not insecure, and I don't look for reasons to feel like a victim.

Jasmine Guy (Whitley from Different World) has said that there were many times she showed up to audition for the role of a black woman only to be told that as a fair-skinned biracial woman, she was not what they had in mind. So no just calling for a black woman is not enough. There are too many hues and types of black women for a person to be that general.

You're making a lot of assumptions and seem really worked up.
I saw and loved the movie. I have zero problem with descriptive casting calls- they need to be. They need to and have every right to describe the look they are going for in clear and explicit terms. But if you can't understand why an A girl being light skinned and a D girl being dark skinned would be seen as problematic I don't know what to tell you. You can put out a casting call and ask for exactly what you are looking for without ranking the descriptions. People can note and acknowledge that something is messed up without playing the victim.

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

You cannot really be this much of an asshole, can you?

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Anonymous wrote:

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

Your comments are due to a lack of understanding of the entertainment and movie industry. Directors don't have the time or money to waste time with PC. They were specific b/c they were trying to portray/project a specific imagine. Sometimes that image is offensive. For instance, if a specific scene or role calls for the casting of a very obese south eastern Asian woman (darker skinned), the casting call for this would not be too flattering. The most important thing for the actress that accepts the role is to nail it. Then it opens her up for better opportunities.

+1 exactly

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Anonymous wrote:

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

Your comments are due to a lack of understanding of the entertainment and movie industry. Directors don't have the time or money to waste time with PC. They were specific b/c they were trying to portray/project a specific imagine. Sometimes that image is offensive. For instance, if a specific scene or role calls for the casting of a very obese south eastern Asian woman (darker skinned), the casting call for this would not be too flattering. The most important thing for the actress that accepts the role is to nail it. Then it opens her up for better opportunities.

The descriptions are what they are but the ranking of ABCD? No. Wasn't needed for a casting call.

SO would you have prefered 1,2,3,4???

The "ranking" makes perfect sense to me.

Again, I don't know if this is a case of people wanting to be outraged about something, absolutely needing to have a chip on their shoulders or a classic case of the black crab in the barrel.

Blacks are the only group who have to find something wrong with people of their race who are doing big things. If Dr. Dre had ended up penniless and back in his aunt's tiny house after NWA, no one would be crying about him assaulting a woman 25 freaking years ago!!!

As a black woman, I see nothing wrong with the casting call. Casting directors MUST be specific in their descriptions. And what you see as ranking, I see as categorizing.

But that's just me. I'm not insecure, and I don't look for reasons to feel like a victim.

Jasmine Guy (Whitley from Different World) has said that there were many times she showed up to audition for the role of a black woman only to be told that as a fair-skinned biracial woman, she was not what they had in mind. So no just calling for a black woman is not enough. There are too many hues and types of black women for a person to be that general.

Glad you enjoyed the movie, but please don't confuse someone's beliefs with being a victim.

But its perfectly okay to label someone jawdroppingly stupid and a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated just because they understand how casting calls work.

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

Your comments are due to a lack of understanding of the entertainment and movie industry. Directors don't have the time or money to waste time with PC. They were specific b/c they were trying to portray/project a specific imagine. Sometimes that image is offensive. For instance, if a specific scene or role calls for the casting of a very obese south eastern Asian woman (darker skinned), the casting call for this would not be too flattering. The most important thing for the actress that accepts the role is to nail it. Then it opens her up for better opportunities.

The descriptions are what they are but the ranking of ABCD? No. Wasn't needed for a casting call.

SO would you have prefered 1,2,3,4???

The "ranking" makes perfect sense to me.

Again, I don't know if this is a case of people wanting to be outraged about something, absolutely needing to have a chip on their shoulders or a classic case of the black crab in the barrel.

Blacks are the only group who have to find something wrong with people of their race who are doing big things. If Dr. Dre had ended up penniless and back in his aunt's tiny house after NWA, no one would be crying about him assaulting a woman 25 freaking years ago!!!

As a black woman, I see nothing wrong with the casting call. Casting directors MUST be specific in their descriptions. And what you see as ranking, I see as categorizing.

But that's just me. I'm not insecure, and I don't look for reasons to feel like a victim.

Jasmine Guy (Whitley from Different World) has said that there were many times she showed up to audition for the role of a black woman only to be told that as a fair-skinned biracial woman, she was not what they had in mind. So no just calling for a black woman is not enough. There are too many hues and types of black women for a person to be that general.

Glad you enjoyed the movie, but please don't confuse someone's beliefs with being a victim.

But it's your beliefs that reveal whether or not you feel like a victim.

If I believe no one will ever love me because I'm overweight/too thin....too short/too tall...etc, I have a victim mentality.

If I believe I'll never get a job because of ___________, then I feel like a victim.

And if I believe that ranking the descriptions of actors in a casting call from lightest & most attractive to dark & unattractive...then...here's the kicker: assigning letters to those categories...is somehow disparaging to black women, then I have a victim mentality. Poor me, I"m considered unattractive by everyone--even casting directors. The world has it out for me because I'm black..I'll never be seen as attractive as light skinned women...boo hoo.

As a darkskinned black woman, the casting call doesn't bother me, and I don't consider it a Civil Rights violation. The only reason a person would feel "some kinda way" and want to boycott a is because they somehow feel VICTIMIZED by the agency.

So be real with yourself. Realize you do feel insecure and work on it.

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

Your comments are due to a lack of understanding of the entertainment and movie industry. Directors don't have the time or money to waste time with PC. They were specific b/c they were trying to portray/project a specific imagine. Sometimes that image is offensive. For instance, if a specific scene or role calls for the casting of a very obese south eastern Asian woman (darker skinned), the casting call for this would not be too flattering. The most important thing for the actress that accepts the role is to nail it. Then it opens her up for better opportunities.

The descriptions are what they are but the ranking of ABCD? No. Wasn't needed for a casting call.

SO would you have prefered 1,2,3,4???

The "ranking" makes perfect sense to me.

Again, I don't know if this is a case of people wanting to be outraged about something, absolutely needing to have a chip on their shoulders or a classic case of the black crab in the barrel.

Blacks are the only group who have to find something wrong with people of their race who are doing big things. If Dr. Dre had ended up penniless and back in his aunt's tiny house after NWA, no one would be crying about him assaulting a woman 25 freaking years ago!!!

As a black woman, I see nothing wrong with the casting call. Casting directors MUST be specific in their descriptions. And what you see as ranking, I see as categorizing.

But that's just me. I'm not insecure, and I don't look for reasons to feel like a victim.

Jasmine Guy (Whitley from Different World) has said that there were many times she showed up to audition for the role of a black woman only to be told that as a fair-skinned biracial woman, she was not what they had in mind. So no just calling for a black woman is not enough. There are too many hues and types of black women for a person to be that general.

You're making a lot of assumptions and seem really worked up.
I saw and loved the movie. I have zero problem with descriptive casting calls- they need to be. They need to and have every right to describe the look they are going for in clear and explicit terms. But if you can't understand why an A girl being light skinned and a D girl being dark skinned would be seen as problematic I don't know what to tell you. You can put out a casting call and ask for exactly what you are looking for without ranking the descriptions. People can note and acknowledge that something is messed up without playing the victim.

Would you feel better if the unattractive dark women were A and the light, long-haired model types were D?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

Your comments are due to a lack of understanding of the entertainment and movie industry. Directors don't have the time or money to waste time with PC. They were specific b/c they were trying to portray/project a specific imagine. Sometimes that image is offensive. For instance, if a specific scene or role calls for the casting of a very obese south eastern Asian woman (darker skinned), the casting call for this would not be too flattering. The most important thing for the actress that accepts the role is to nail it. Then it opens her up for better opportunities.

The descriptions are what they are but the ranking of ABCD? No. Wasn't needed for a casting call.

SO would you have prefered 1,2,3,4???

The "ranking" makes perfect sense to me.

Again, I don't know if this is a case of people wanting to be outraged about something, absolutely needing to have a chip on their shoulders or a classic case of the black crab in the barrel.

Blacks are the only group who have to find something wrong with people of their race who are doing big things. If Dr. Dre had ended up penniless and back in his aunt's tiny house after NWA, no one would be crying about him assaulting a woman 25 freaking years ago!!!

As a black woman, I see nothing wrong with the casting call. Casting directors MUST be specific in their descriptions. And what you see as ranking, I see as categorizing.

But that's just me. I'm not insecure, and I don't look for reasons to feel like a victim.

Jasmine Guy (Whitley from Different World) has said that there were many times she showed up to audition for the role of a black woman only to be told that as a fair-skinned biracial woman, she was not what they had in mind. So no just calling for a black woman is not enough. There are too many hues and types of black women for a person to be that general.

There are multiple individuals/institutions/organizations I choose not to financially support for a variety of reasons. I don't consider it being a victim, it's pretty empowering if you ask me. But since you're so preoccupied with my $12 not supporting this movie and "pulling down" Dr. Dre, why don't you buy an extra ticket (something I have done many times to support black films) when you go see it?

I actually did just that. And I walked into the theater full of self-confidence and self-love that's too strong to get bent out of shape over casting call descriptions.

This is not a Civil Rights issue. And be honest: The only time a person would want to boycott something is when they feel victimized.

So you keep your $12 in your pocket. Dre certainly doesn't need it. He is, after all, a billionaire. No one, the casting director or anyone else, misses your $. In fact, I believe it was #1 at the Box Office this weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

Your comments are due to a lack of understanding of the entertainment and movie industry. Directors don't have the time or money to waste time with PC. They were specific b/c they were trying to portray/project a specific imagine. Sometimes that image is offensive. For instance, if a specific scene or role calls for the casting of a very obese south eastern Asian woman (darker skinned), the casting call for this would not be too flattering. The most important thing for the actress that accepts the role is to nail it. Then it opens her up for better opportunities.

The descriptions are what they are but the ranking of ABCD? No. Wasn't needed for a casting call.

SO would you have prefered 1,2,3,4???

The "ranking" makes perfect sense to me.

Again, I don't know if this is a case of people wanting to be outraged about something, absolutely needing to have a chip on their shoulders or a classic case of the black crab in the barrel.

Blacks are the only group who have to find something wrong with people of their race who are doing big things. If Dr. Dre had ended up penniless and back in his aunt's tiny house after NWA, no one would be crying about him assaulting a woman 25 freaking years ago!!!

As a black woman, I see nothing wrong with the casting call. Casting directors MUST be specific in their descriptions. And what you see as ranking, I see as categorizing.

But that's just me. I'm not insecure, and I don't look for reasons to feel like a victim.

Jasmine Guy (Whitley from Different World) has said that there were many times she showed up to audition for the role of a black woman only to be told that as a fair-skinned biracial woman, she was not what they had in mind. So no just calling for a black woman is not enough. There are too many hues and types of black women for a person to be that general.

There are multiple individuals/institutions/organizations I choose not to financially support for a variety of reasons. I don't consider it being a victim, it's pretty empowering if you ask me. But since you're so preoccupied with my $12 not supporting this movie and "pulling down" Dr. Dre, why don't you buy an extra ticket (something I have done many times to support black films) when you go see it?

I actually did just that. And I walked into the theater full of self-confidence and self-love that's too strong to get bent out of shape over casting call descriptions.

This is not a Civil Rights issue. And be honest: The only time a person would want to boycott something is when they feel victimized.

So you keep your $12 in your pocket. Dre certainly doesn't need it. He is, after all, a billionaire. No one, the casting director or anyone else, misses your $. In fact, I believe it was #1 at the Box Office this weekend.

I strongly believe in supporting artistic endeavors you believe in and want to see more of so great for you pp! I won't continue to argue with you about whether or not I feel victimized (because having to defend myself to a stranger on the internet would make me a victim lol) but I can promise you, not a tear was ever shed on my end - sounds like a happy ending for both of us.

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But since you're so preoccupied with my $12 not supporting this movie and "pulling down" Dr. Dre, why don't you buy an extra ticket (something I have done many times to support black films) when you go see it?

I actually did just that. And I walked into the theater full of self-confidence and self-love that's too strong to get bent out of shape over casting call descriptions.

Good for both of you, voting with your $, but sad that people have to do this. A small but pretty literal black tax.
It's not surprising, I get it. Just sad and irritating that it's necessary.

It's funny -- I feel the same about the lack of quality art films for grownups that I do about the lack of quality films with AA casts/topics. But it would never occur to me to buy two tickets when seeing an arthouse film.

--white guy who enjoys arts/entertainment from all cultures and wishes there was more to choose from

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

Your comments are due to a lack of understanding of the entertainment and movie industry. Directors don't have the time or money to waste time with PC. They were specific b/c they were trying to portray/project a specific imagine. Sometimes that image is offensive. For instance, if a specific scene or role calls for the casting of a very obese south eastern Asian woman (darker skinned), the casting call for this would not be too flattering. The most important thing for the actress that accepts the role is to nail it. Then it opens her up for better opportunities.

The descriptions are what they are but the ranking of ABCD? No. Wasn't needed for a casting call.

SO would you have prefered 1,2,3,4???

The "ranking" makes perfect sense to me.

Again, I don't know if this is a case of people wanting to be outraged about something, absolutely needing to have a chip on their shoulders or a classic case of the black crab in the barrel.

Blacks are the only group who have to find something wrong with people of their race who are doing big things. If Dr. Dre had ended up penniless and back in his aunt's tiny house after NWA, no one would be crying about him assaulting a woman 25 freaking years ago!!!

As a black woman, I see nothing wrong with the casting call. Casting directors MUST be specific in their descriptions. And what you see as ranking, I see as categorizing.

But that's just me. I'm not insecure, and I don't look for reasons to feel like a victim.

Jasmine Guy (Whitley from Different World) has said that there were many times she showed up to audition for the role of a black woman only to be told that as a fair-skinned biracial woman, she was not what they had in mind. So no just calling for a black woman is not enough. There are too many hues and types of black women for a person to be that general.

Bless your heart. This is what the culture of fatherlessness, poor values, and glorification of the lowest common denominator has wrought among African Americans. What other group of women would so vocally support and defend their own denigration?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also learned why so many Blacks hate and do not trust the police.

this is a little joke right?

[Anonymous]

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But since you're so preoccupied with my $12 not supporting this movie and "pulling down" Dr. Dre, why don't you buy an extra ticket (something I have done many times to support black films) when you go see it?

I actually did just that. And I walked into the theater full of self-confidence and self-love that's too strong to get bent out of shape over casting call descriptions.

Good for both of you, voting with your $, but sad that people have to do this. A small but pretty literal black tax.
It's not surprising, I get it. Just sad and irritating that it's necessary.

It's funny -- I feel the same about the lack of quality art films for grownups that I do about the lack of quality films with AA casts/topics. But it would never occur to me to buy two tickets when seeing an arthouse film.

--white guy who enjoys arts/entertainment from all cultures and wishes there was more to choose from

I bought two tickets because I made it a point to treat others to the movie.

Will be going to see it again this week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

You cannot really be this jawdroppingly stupid. They couldn't just say light skinned black women wanted to play video vixens and dark skinned black women wanted for character roles? They had to rank it from A to D in order of skin color and connect skin color to beauty, class and values? I think you know exactly what is wrong with that casting call and you are just a dick who doesn't care how women of color are treated.

Your comments are due to a lack of understanding of the entertainment and movie industry. Directors don't have the time or money to waste time with PC. They were specific b/c they were trying to portray/project a specific imagine. Sometimes that image is offensive. For instance, if a specific scene or role calls for the casting of a very obese south eastern Asian woman (darker skinned), the casting call for this would not be too flattering. The most important thing for the actress that accepts the role is to nail it. Then it opens her up for better opportunities.

The descriptions are what they are but the ranking of ABCD? No. Wasn't needed for a casting call.

SO would you have prefered 1,2,3,4???

The "ranking" makes perfect sense to me.

Again, I don't know if this is a case of people wanting to be outraged about something, absolutely needing to have a chip on their shoulders or a classic case of the black crab in the barrel.

Blacks are the only group who have to find something wrong with people of their race who are doing big things. If Dr. Dre had ended up penniless and back in his aunt's tiny house after NWA, no one would be crying about him assaulting a woman 25 freaking years ago!!!

As a black woman, I see nothing wrong with the casting call. Casting directors MUST be specific in their descriptions. And what you see as ranking, I see as categorizing.

But that's just me. I'm not insecure, and I don't look for reasons to feel like a victim.

Jasmine Guy (Whitley from Different World) has said that there were many times she showed up to audition for the role of a black woman only to be told that as a fair-skinned biracial woman, she was not what they had in mind. So no just calling for a black woman is not enough. There are too many hues and types of black women for a person to be that general.

Bless your heart. This is what the culture of fatherlessness, poor values, and glorification of the lowest common denominator has wrought among African Americans. What other group of women would so vocally support and defend their own denigration?

There was nothing denigrating about a casting call that cast black women in every single category from A-->D. Some people are perennial victims and will twist anything to make themselves out to be victims. We all know that black women's appearances can range from model type to complete disgusting--like all races--just so happens that they were casting blacks for a 'black film'. Nice try though, Sista girl. Cause only an easily victimized black woman would take such an elementary stance.

Another person who doesn't understand how casting calls or the entertainment field works.