Nick cannon as a gangster? - Chi-Raq (2016) Discussion

It's called acting.

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[–] jackdawson234 8 years ago

Which is not Not one of nick cannons very few talents. Also the dude is soft as baby *beep*

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Also the dude is soft as baby *beep*

Why would you say that? Because he wears 2 million dollar diamond encrusted shoes?

http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/09/17/nick-cannon-diamond-shoes-americas-got-talent-finale/

This is the part where we get labeled "haters" by folks with diminished mental capacities...wait for it....

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[–] wrightinchicago 8 years ago

He was quite convincing in this movie. Quite a surprise.

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[–] Black_Lady_Pyro 8 years ago

He was quite convincing in this movie. Quite a surprise.

Agreed. I had doubts about him playing a thug, but was pleasantly surprised that he was able to nail the role so well.

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[–] cookieman108 8 years ago

It's called acting.

So why not hire, you know, an actor?

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[–] vabrown81 8 years ago

Yeah it is, but you could also put this in the category with Chris Rock playing a Ruthless drug lord on Empire.

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[–] JustusAnkka 8 years ago

Do you think that Kanye West would have done a better job, as Nick replaced him on that role...?

Atleast Nick has more actual acting experience than Kanye, who has merely played himself in the movies! :/

As the title says.

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[–] vabrown81 8 years ago

Kanye or chris Rock as a ruthless drug lord.

Sounds like a lose lose situation.

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[–] wrightinchicago 8 years ago

Maybe the Game wanted too much money? But isn't the GAME in jail?

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[–] mizza1983 8 years ago

I just saw it and he gives the best performance in the movie. Really great in the role. Fine actor.

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[–] wrightinchicago 8 years ago

^^ I agree. He was quite convincing.

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[–] ditibi 8 years ago

He did a pretty good job, especially in the scenes at the end where he began to see the error of his ways

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[–] supercygnus 8 years ago

That should be funny to see. Now they just need Drake to do some gangsta rap.

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[–] leelee_206 8 years ago

he kills the script always for me lol lol

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[–] bai_rai 8 years ago

The crazy thing is, Nick was not the principle actor in the movie. He did his parts to help keep his character relevant, but for the most part Teyonah Parris and Angela Bassett delivered at least 50% of the spoken dialog.

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[–] blackalaureate 8 years ago

he's an actor. doesn't matter that you think he's not tough as nick cannon. he wasn't playing nick cannon, he was playing chiraq.

he was fine in the role. decent. not stellar, not horrible. he pulled off his rhymed verses well, i thought.

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[–] Chocolegz 8 years ago

Hahaha...I know, but I'm willing to give it a chance. Maybe Nick has a certain quality Lee was looking for. Maybe he's a clown gangsta.

It's ok to like more than one actor. :))

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[–] wanganegresse-17-66043 8 years ago

This response to the casting of Nick Cannon is just some more dumbisht.
Were you expecting Spike to cast a lead actor who actually has a few murders and charges under his belt? GTFOH with this nonsense.

Did the movie need "street cred?" SMH. Some folks are unbelievable.

Btw, did you even see the movie? If so, you might have noticed some former gang members in the cast as extras.

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[–] blackalaureate 8 years ago

Were you expecting Spike to cast a lead actor who actually has a few murders and charges under his belt? GTFOH with this nonsense.

damn, this is a really good point.

people's disdain of nick cannon as lead because he is "soft" or not "a real gangsta" really reveals a lot about their expectations of black actors.

thanks for pointing that out.

i just wanna add on and reiterate that it's acting - that's the point...it's to become something that you are not.

"Please disabuse yourself of the notion that my purpose on earth is to tuck ignorance in at night."

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[–] wrightinchicago 8 years ago

Those guys in the wheelchairs I'm guessing were the gangbangers? It was hard to watch those guys.

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[–] activista 8 years ago

Nick Cannon was really good and effective in the role, and he's been acting for years---people who have only seen him as the America's Got Talent host seem to forget that.

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