No. Jeez Denny. Have you seen either movie? If not watch them, they're both great movies. Doesn't matter if a white, black, green or blue person directed 12 Years A Slave, it was a beautifully told story.
I saw 12 years a slave. The usual suspects complained it only won an award because of "white guilt." Go figure.
If the crap they put on BET is what black people want then there sure as fuck needs to be a BET because none of it is worth watching to me. I watch mostly highly rated and profitable shows and movies. Call me a lemming, don't care. It's about money and the stuff I like makes them money. Thank goodness for me.
Something that some may find odd. There's one of the big 4 networks that seems to have the most diversity in programming. Surprisingly it's FOX. Empire and Rosewood back to back. Dr. Ken, too. http://nypost.com/2015/10/29/how-empire-changed-prime-time-diversity-for-the-better/
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2014/02/20/slave-plays-guilt-card-oscar-push/ From a source you can get behind.
It was a fabulous movie. I want to see Straight Outta Compton but you complaining about it might cloud my judgement of it now.
I REALLLLLLLLLY wanted to like Empire and went in with an open mind but it's a fucking soap opera. I love Terrence Howard and whats her name that was in Hustle and Flow with him. That was a fabulous movie I've watched multiple times. Taraji P Henson I think is her name. She's great. Edit, if Empire makes money and people like it, good for them. Doesn't bother me.
"a black writer who said race films are “made for liberal white film goers because they’ll end up feeling guilty..." Ah! Now I see why I don't get it.
I thought you were the type of guy that wants things deregulated? So now you want to regulate how an awards committee grades and picks certain cinema in giving out said awards? Might as well give everyone a participation award so everyone can feel warm and fuzzy inside
Spike got screwed at the Oscars for his Malcom X film...clearly the best film that year..Hollywood is like NBA fan allstar voting...Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep get the votes even if they make a mediocre film
I didn't argue for regulation. I argue the boycott is well placed. Peer pressure, reaching out to get more minorities in the academy, etc., are good things. No regulations needed.
Wait, FOX gets credit for diversity programming for Empire and Rosewood, but ABC gets no credit for their "ShondaLand" Thursday night Grey's Anatomy-Scandal-How To Get Away with Murder (and formerly including "Private Practice") lineup? Edit: Just read the article, and I see that the Shonda Rhimes shows are mentioned a few paragraphs down. Yeah--ABC is clearly the most diverse of the 4 traditional networks, and the article specifies that as well.
Shonda Rhimes is awesome, but didn't the network chop her budgets a few times? Lots of key roles killed off in the various shows, and Private Practice killed altogether. Regardless, Empire is almost all black cast, not a couple of black doctors on a mostly white staff. The stories are about black culture. The lead in Rosewood is a black man, and the show is about him. I find it refreshing to see. Empire is a huge hit and a hit with the critics, too.
If the networks strive to produce shows that people wish to see, as verified by ratings, why would they alter success, in favor of diversity?
Why stop there? Lets boycott the nba, nfl, Mlb, doctors offices, music awards shows. Lets go all in on this
Again, read the article. Scandal and HTGAWM have non-white stars, one of whom (Viola Davis) won a best actress Emmy. ABC also has Blackish and Fresh of the Boat. And your characterization of the Grey's cast is disingenuous. I can name 7 black actors as part of the main cast, one Hispanic, and about 7 white, and that also includes 3 interracial relationships. That show is all about diversity.
