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For the love of God, what is wrong with these people. I'd swear there's something in the water and people are drinking it like there's no tomorrow. BTW..The Sun will come out, tomorrow, bet your botton dollar....
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Target is fighting back after being criticized for “Annie”-themed clothing ads showing a white model as Annie, as opposed to an African-American model, or Quvenzhané Wallis, the actress who plays the character in the holiday remake.
LaSean Rinique told Yahoo she launched a Change.org petition after her daughter, an “Annie” fan, noticed that a girl in the ads sporting Annie’s signature red dress and locket was white, unlike Wallis, who appears alongside Jamie Foxx in the movie remake.
Stupid move on Target's part. The poster even mentions the movie in theater, one would think they would want to actually use the Annie that played it in the movie....or if they were too cheap to pay for that, at least pay for a similar young girl.
Though I doubt this will get much attention, unless it is a slow news day.
Wasn't the original "Annie" white? No one objected to the change of race from white to black so what is the big deal with this? Some people need to get real jobs and a life as they have too much time on their hands to sit around thinking of things to be offended by. We must live in the most pathetically thin skinned society in the history of the world.
Wasn't the original "Annie" white? No one objected to the change of race from white to black so what is the big deal with this? Some people need to get real jobs and a life as they have too much time on their hands to sit around thinking of things to be offended by. We must live in the most pathetically thin skinned society in the history of the world.
Not really a big deal, just lazy on Target's part. Why advertise for a movie if it doesn't even show the main character actor in the movie.
I can't tell because its a crappy pic (I absolutely hate the fad of tripling up a pic like that). Maybe a better close up would help but the girl in the ad portraying Annie doesn't look white to me.
For the love of God, what is wrong with these people. I'd swear there's something in the water and people are drinking it like there's no tomorrow. BTW..The Sun will come out, tomorrow, bet your botton dollar....
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Target is fighting back after being criticized for “Annie”-themed clothing ads showing a white model as Annie, as opposed to an African-American model, or Quvenzhané Wallis, the actress who plays the character in the holiday remake.
LaSean Rinique told Yahoo she launched a Change.org petition after her daughter, an “Annie” fan, noticed that a girl in the ads sporting Annie’s signature red dress and locket was white, unlike Wallis, who appears alongside Jamie Foxx in the movie remake.
FWIW, the picture on the link is not the one that was criticized, the one in this ad were along with another shot of the same girl without the jean jacket:
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