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Old 04-24-2013, 09:52 AM
 
Location: Born & Raised DC > Carolinas > Seattle > Denver
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This can't be a serious thread....lol.
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Old 04-24-2013, 10:11 AM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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I just saw Twilight and there were no black heroes in that one.



Ok, I lied. I never saw Twilight.
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Old 04-24-2013, 10:20 AM
 
Location: Birmingham
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I wonder if the average Italian guy gets tired of every movie depicting them as being mobsters or hit men

I wonder if Asian or black guys with glasses get tired of being depicted as nerds in every movie.

I wonder if every blonde with a big rack gets tired of being portrayed as a bimbo in every movie.

I wonder if every heavy black woman without glasses gets tired of having to yell, "oooooh girl" or "no, no no girl friend" or "uh uh no he didt ent" every five seconds. That is unless there's a black guy with out glasses that yells "damn" or "awww hells to the naww shawty, I ain't goin' up in dere!"

I wonder if every white guy that's funny and suave gets tired of being the center of the plot, winning the game, kill the monster, being the hero who lives unil the end to get AND kiss/bang the girl on camera and then ride off into the sunset?

Oh wait.
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Old 04-25-2013, 03:47 PM
 
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Who did you have in mind for the Asian role? I mean, someone good-looking, under 35, with a fan base?

Were you pleased by the Asian contortionist in Ocean's Eleven?
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Old 04-25-2013, 03:58 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I just saw Twilight and there were no black heroes in that one.



Ok, I lied. I never saw Twilight.
There was a black vampire (I did see it) and he ended up being ok because he warned Edward that his buddy vampire was going to kill the main girl. See? It all worked out...
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Old 04-25-2013, 03:59 PM
 
Location: Texas
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P.S. I just saw Kinky Boots and I think I have a brand new love for Chewitel Ejifor. He STOLE the show. LOVED IT...just can't say that enough!
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Old 04-25-2013, 05:00 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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I wonder if every blonde with a big rack gets tired of being portrayed as a bimbo in every movie.

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You have not seen enough movies in the past couple of decades. Today the most likely role for the big racked blonde bimbo is the 22 year old who is also the world's leading authority/practitioner in whatever specialty happens to be needed to overcome whatever is menacing the town/nation/planet. The second most likely role is leather clad invincible warrior with other worldly martial arts skills.

And sometimes she is both.
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Old 04-26-2013, 11:32 AM
 
Location: West Texas
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I wonder if the average Italian guy gets tired of every movie depicting them as being mobsters or hit men

I wonder if Asian or black guys with glasses get tired of being depicted as nerds in every movie.

I wonder if every blonde with a big rack gets tired of being portrayed as a bimbo in every movie.

I wonder if every heavy black woman without glasses gets tired of having to yell, "oooooh girl" or "no, no no girl friend" or "uh uh no he didt ent" every five seconds. That is unless there's a black guy with out glasses that yells "damn" or "awww hells to the naww shawty, I ain't goin' up in dere!"

I wonder if every white guy that's funny and suave gets tired of being the center of the plot, winning the game, kill the monster, being the hero who lives unil the end to get AND kiss/bang the girl on camera and then ride off into the sunset?

Oh wait.
Only if they're paid enough.
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Old 04-27-2013, 12:34 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C.
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I like how Hollywood had a huge number of Black presidents ...
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Old 05-01-2013, 11:40 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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What I see them do primarily on TV and in most movies is still not have a lead black character but give them the part of the person in charge figure. This is especially true once the actor is out of their 20s. So you see them as the president, the principal, the police captain/chief, the head of security, the head of the lab, the judge, etc., although I think it's getting better now. I think it was more pronounced in the 1990s.
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