tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4956015695890663088..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Angelina Jolie in blackfaceRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-80710023325078431132007-07-09T22:47:00.000-07:002007-07-09T22:47:00.000-07:00Spike Lee did what "very thing" that I said hasn't...Spike Lee did <I>what</I> "very thing" that I said hasn't been done? Turn into a black actress and bid on Daniel Pearl's story? Why don't you learn to write more clearly so I don't have to interpret your vague messages?<BR/><BR/>Re "Your ostensible Mayan movie would get just as many complaints as did Mel's BECAUSE YOU AREN'T MAYAN! It may not seem likely, but it still is true...": This isn't true, it's your (worthless) opinion. Perhaps this explains your ongoing problems here. You don't know the difference between fact and opinion.<BR/><BR/>It's pretty easy to show up your worthless opinion. How many complaints did good non-Native productions such as <I>Powwow Highway</I>, <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/drmkeepr.htm" REL="nofollow"><I>Dreamkeeper</I></A>, and <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/flagsof.htm" REL="nofollow"><I>Flags of Our Fathers</I></A> get? Not many, because they were <I>good</I>.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-12859624977107182932007-06-30T06:34:00.000-07:002007-06-30T06:34:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- Except for the fact that S...Writerfella here --<BR/> Except for the fact that Spike Lee did the very thing that you say has not been done, you might be correct. But then he has succeeded in many quarters of the field and likely could have accomplished the Daniel Pearl film, IF HE WAS SO INTERESTED. Apparently, he was not, and it went to Angelina Jolie, who had the money and the interest, even if Oprah was looking elsewhere for bad books and Dr. Phil's next faked (ala Jerry Springer) hot topic. Guess what? Your ostensible Mayan movie would get just as many complaints as did Mel's BECAUSE YOU AREN'T MAYAN! It may not seem likely, but it still is true...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-45467495881625302202007-06-26T11:49:00.000-07:002007-06-26T11:49:00.000-07:00You aren't as ignorant of the role of money in mov...You aren't as ignorant of the role of money in moviemaking as you sound, are you? You do know whites and minorities in Hollywood aren't playing on a level field, don't you?<BR/><BR/>"It is the case that Angelina Jolie negotiated for and then purchased the rights to the story" because she and Brad Pitt are fabulously wealthy. How many black women besides Oprah have their kind of money?<BR/><BR/>Let's check the facts. According to one listing<BR/><BR/>http://www.ivillage.co.uk/newspol/celeb/cfeat/articles/0,,528719_705020,00.html<BR/><BR/>Jolie is the 6th most powerful actress in Hollywood. No black actress is on the list.<BR/><BR/>In short, several half-black actresses might've bid against Jolie if they'd had as much money as she does. And I'd make a more authentic Maya movie if I had as much money as Mel Gibson does.<BR/><BR/>So you think the only way critics could end Uncle Tom portrayals of blacks (Stephin Fetchit, Amos 'n' Andy) was to produce their own nonstereotypical works featuring blacks? Wrong. They ended these portrayals by criticizing them--by pointing out how wrong they were.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-66269418288778961112007-06-24T02:53:00.000-07:002007-06-24T02:53:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- writerfella has yet to see...Writerfella here --<BR/> writerfella has yet to see A MIGHTY HEART, and so comment on the film soon will be forthcoming. BUT -- it is the case that Angelina Jolie negotiated for and then purchased the rights to the story as a film. Any complainants should realize that all they had to do to get a half-Black actress (and there are several) to play the role of Mariane Pearl was to bid against Jolie and then finance their own film of the story. That not being the circumstance, then all they are doing is what critics are doing -- they did not make the film and only are consumers. This may not be the world that they wish it to be and, to change it, they must become participants other than just filmgoers...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.com