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Most of black Hollywood need to move out of the way...

posted 15 years ago by TheQuietStorm
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They're taking up room with their inability to recognize great storytelling, their inability to come together with their own resources to create works of substance they believe in, their inability to NOT play the victim role, their inability to be innovative and their collective inability to lead by example. They're in the way of progress. Nothing but a bunch of losers.

There are some exceptions.

Halle Berry - maybe not the best black actress but she is definitely one of the most famous in the world, mainly because of her ability to humble herself, recognize her limitations and disappear into the background for the sake of a film.

Denzel Washington - He could benefit and contribute more by taking the background more, producing a project here, nurturing a director there, etc. Besides that, he simply gets it.

John Singleton - He knows story and really has a talent for the craft of filmmaking, but he tends to be hack sometimes.

Tyler Perry - No, I don't think he has the talent for the craft of film storytelling. But he does have a basic idea of story and he understands the motion picture business. He's a risk taker, very resourceful.

Taraji Henson - She's a survivor, very resourceful like Tyler Perry. She can, however, benefit more from understanding what great story is all about and demanding better from herself.

Will Smith

Queen Latifah

Viola Davis

Terrence Howard

Don Cheadle

Chiwetel Ejiofor

There are others. But they're too irrelevant to hurt black Hollywood, let alone to be mentioned here, while big enough to recognize if they are walking down the street in the black community. These types usually put in good work in great movies no matter how small the role. With more of the right focus, these types can become relevant players in Hollywood.

As for the rest of them, like the many who had something to do with the making of this unimaginably horrendous film, they need to do us all a favor and disappear. Simply move out of the way for really talented young people of color looking to do great things with their abilities, abilities most of them so tragically don't possess.

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[–] CountSuckula 14 years ago

I feel your pain TQS; Jean-Claude La Marre makes Uwe Boll look like Kubrick by comparison.

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[–] saturnchick 14 years ago

I disagree wholeheartedly with your characterization of Tyler Perry. He's a disgrace as far as I'm concerned. Granted, he may be resourceful and quite successful, but he is also a hypocrite. He disguises himself as a legitimate movie maker who is attempting to jettison the "stock" African American from Hollywood storytelling, all the while his films reinforce so many African American stereotypes.

As far as the rest of your list is concerned, I agree. You've left off some important actors, though: Djimon Hounsou and Morgan Freeman, to name a couple.

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[–] herringfive-1 14 years ago

I hate when people complain about the stereotypes. They talk about the stereotypes but they don't mention the fact that he also portrays Blacks in a good light. With fulfilling careers and marriages. He shows black men as great fathers. The stereotypes aren't offensive to me because there are really black people (black people I personally know) that act like some of his characters. Madea is my grandmother... plain and simple (minus the gun). His movies don't reinforce stereotypes because they also introduce starkly different aspects of the black community. I love Tyler Perry, he allows me to see faces that look like mine on the big screen.

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