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Will win praise only because it's black


Start applauding the oscars that will be hoisted on this in the name of diversity.

Hanks will lose because he is a while male who plays a successful, educated white guy. This will win because of the opposite.




If wanting illegals deported makes me a bigot - then wanting a rapist jailed makes you a sexist!

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This film won't be winning any major awards and I really hope no one acknowledges the rest of your post that's hilariously trollish. If any of the actors get nominated or win attention for this film, it's because it features an Oscar winner and Academy-snubbed actor. It's no different from the Disney films featuring recognizable, acclaimed white actors that garner critical attention in an otherwise standard family film.

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No, how stupid are you? You're judging what's worthy even though we can guess your ass isn't seeing anything that doesn't star a white guy as the lead. So how are you better informed to tell us what movies are getting shafted?

I hated the #OscarSoWhite whinefest last year eve though I thought Idris Elba was robbed of a nomination. But there will be a more racially diverse collection of nominations this year not because of any agendas but because the reviews for many racially diverse motion pictures are so strong this season. And these movies were already in the pipe or filming when last year's Oscar controversy broke out. So it wasn't as if anything was planned ahead of time.

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The OP's post wasn't trollish unless you think stating facts is a troll move.

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Hanks won't get nominated because ultimately he is playing type in an average film.

This film is not going to get praise simply because the characters are black but even if it did it still wouldn't make up for the countless movies full of white people that got undeserved nominations simply because the white Academy members could better relate to white characters on the screen.

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LOL you are an absolute moron. Many films win because they're good, they're original and bring something new to the screen. Yes, I am aware that money is also a part of it, but it may surprise you to know that people don't want to see the same crap over and over, AND it's been proven that diverse programming gets higher ratings and a lot of praise.

Take your whiny implied "reverse racism"/"white people discrimination" troll post out.

God forbid a movie gets made that doesn't star white people with some black characters in the background.

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lol you sound like a troll. what you said literally had nothing to do with what the person you replied to said. All they said what that diverse programming can bring higher ratings and that the movie had was good, original and brought something new to the screen and its's sad that a movie with black main characters was being trolled. They didn't even mention the Oscars or "hating white people." It seems you just desperately wanted to call black people racist fr no reason when the OP was the one being racist...

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I love it :-) Saying 'lol' before discussing a rather serious matter shows a very poor aspect of your lower class upbringing. I'm guessing mamie pulled you to the side in elementary school and told you "when da white peoples be tryin to argue wit u, just LAUGH at em. Nuttin makes dem madder!" Sorry, baby girl. I have an opinion about the matter, and I'll discuss it wherever and however I want. Some points of my post were based on response to the post. Others, my own input and opinion. Not that I owe you any explanation. "LOL"- laugh it up all the way to the community pantry, you simple minded hoodrat.

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Wow you are just outright racist. Yikes

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In your eyes I'm racist anyway, for being born white. Might as well have fun with it. Yikes!

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Preach

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@easystopsweepstakes

I love it :-) Saying 'lol' before discussing a rather serious matter shows a very poor aspect of your lower class upbringing. I'm guessing mamie pulled you to the side in elementary school and told you "when da white peoples be tryin to argue wit u, just LAUGH at em. Nuttin makes dem madder!

Saying "lol" before anything simply means you think something's funny. And this arrogant,condescending comment you made above was uncalled for. NO black person even talks like that today, so where the hell did you pull that stupid racist comment from? It sure as hell wasn't funny, and you sound incredibly ignorant and even more stupid for even saying it in the first place. And many of us have had a "lower class upbringing", it dosen't make us any less better than anybody else. Also, who the hell even uses that term anymore? Who the hell are you to come in here to dump your stuck-up, condescending racist,classist bull**** on someone just because they didn't respond however the hell you thought was in a proper way. FYI, the only reason that the #OscarSoWhite became an issue is because black actors/actresses had to make it an issue in order for it to be taken seriously, and justifiably so.

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What is it your yapping about? Go brush your teeth, I can smell the bull *beep* venom pouring from your lips. I call it like I see it. If you don't like it, go march somewhere.

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Another butthurt white boy playing the race card. Whining the movie won't get nominated because the actor's are white. It's so unfair. Maybe the movie just plain old sucked. Ever think about that?

BTW I'm sitting in my three-story townhome in a white neighborhood in front of my wide screen TV in my finished basement as I write this on my highend smartphone, jackwipe. The majority of people collecting welfare look like you, not like me.

White people are getting desperate. You can just smell the fear and flopsweat. It's hilarious.

Dey goin bring mo' movies black on TV an' da movies an' dey's nothin' you can do 'bout it.

Oh man this is funny.

Flopsweat and fear.

The worm hath turned.

So glad I lived to smell the fear.

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Wow, so you first say that the large majority of blacks are not the ones on welfare... then you HAD TO clarify that you live in a white neighbourhood... So consistent! (lol).

I don't think you really have that much money, in fact, you could be making up all of it.

I think I know what whites and blacks have in common! I've seen both white and black people in these kinds of threads on the Internet, making up entire lifestyles and lying about luxuries and then they can't even prove them with imgur picks. Good luck living in that fantasy world forever, weirdo!

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This year will feature a more racially diverse nominee list because many powerful, well made films were released featuring non-white actors.


I'm black and I do agree that there are more diverse nominee list but from what I've seen it all involves either slavery, rising from poverty, hip-hop...some of the usual suspects in terms of what black cinema gets acclaim and award recognition and that irritates me.

Previous year's nominees weren't chosen because academy members 'related' to them


I disagree. They weren't chosen because they were not award worthy. Creed was entertaining but Oscar worthy, no way.
Will Smith's performance in Concussion didn't exactly blow the doors of the hinges and don't get me started on Straight Outta Compton.
I still believe that Gravity should have won because it was a far superior movie than
12 Years A Slave.

I was initially interested in seeing this because of respect I have for Mira Nair and potential for an entertaining movie but I realize that Disney is in charge of this movie and I have next to no respect for Disney and what they do with their movies.


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Really? Have you been watching the Oscars? Cuz it's mostly whites that win them with a few sprinkles of Blacks once in a while.

can't outrun your own shadow

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Then go watch the BET awards. You need to be whining to the industry for not providing more opportunities for African Americans, not the Oscars for not nominating crap roles. What is WITH you people?

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Oh please. The history of the Academy is quite the opposite.

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@buildersent


Start applauding the oscars that will be hoisted on this in the name of diversity.

Hanks will lose because he is a while male who plays a successful, educated white guy. This will win because of the opposite.




Do you know how stupid you actually sound? Obviously not. There are very few films that come out of Hollywood with an all-black cast per year, and yet you feel the need to slam this film (which you obviously haven't seen) only because of that. Since you haven' seen it, your opinion abou i isn't worth a damn,anyway. It's pretty obvious that racist idiots like you don't want to see black people in movies,period. If that's the case, then STFU and go watch another movie. There are hundreds of films you can see with white casts everywhere. Nobody is forcing you to see it. Also, if the movie is only going to supposedly---according to you---win anything, then how come you can't name a single black film that's won an Oscar for anything in the last couple of decades? (There have been one or two, I believe.) How come we haven't seen more good black films nominated for or recieving Oscars? Probably because they're mostly made outside of Hollywood, for one thing. That alone proves your stupid statement is just some plain ignorant BS right there. Just stay the hell off these boards with this stupid bull****, 'cause I'm sick and tired of hearing it.

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