Selma, Let The Whining Begin

[LadyFunkenstein]

But is the movie any good??? Anyone seen it??? Zumi??? Funk?

I have not seen it as I already said. So maybe it's great or maybe it sucks. I have no idea/

 

[RobDownSouth]

Lol, that's awesome, Rob! XD Did you make that? We should play that sometime. Make it a drinking game and we'll do shots.

I've had that gif for several years now. I usually trot it out when the #UsualSuspects indulge in their biweekly minority bashing.

Vetty whined that I was spending "hours" creating little things like the above, but in all honesty, you can create custom bingo cards in 10 minutes or less. Twas worth it!

Anyway, I'm glad you liked it. I do my best to try and bring a little humor to this place sometimes. As my buddy query is fond of saying, I used to be funny.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Used to be to win an Academy Award you just had to have a retarded person part in the movie. When the Retarded People whine about being excluded you know you've been whined at.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

It's not just a movie, it's a propaganda film designed to fortify a narrative of history that didn't exist. Same with "The Butler."

I CANT BREATH: The Tawana Brawley Story is up for 2016.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I CANT BREATH: The Tawana Brawley Story is up for 2016.

Except for the fact that Eric Garner's death was caught on video, and the cops still think they did nothing wrong. Nuuuuuuuuthink!

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Except for the fact that Eric Garner's death was caught on video, and the cops still think they did nothing wrong. Nuuuuuuuuthink!

How about I'LL NEVER BE HUNGRY AGAIN! The Hillary Rodham Clinton Story.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Except for the fact that Eric Garner's death was caught on video, and the cops still think they did nothing wrong. Nuuuuuuuuthink!

Its entertainment NOT history.

 

[miles]

Just sneak in the back door like Zumi does.

Ushers still sneak their friends in for free?

 

[Beco]

Ushers still sneak their friends in for free?

apparently...

 

[MrBates2]

THURSDAY, JAN 22, 2015 11:00 AM EST
The dubious upside of Selma’s Oscar snub: Hollywood can’t continue to ignore its own race issues
Ava DuVernay, Russell Simmons and Reginald Hudlin weigh in on race and Hollywood
ERIN KEANE

Director Ava DuVernay says she knew back in December that she wouldn’t be the first African American woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for “Selma,” which is up for the Best Picture award. In a story published yesterday, Entertainment Weekly reports the director chalked it up to simple Academy math, and it turns out she might be right. The Academy is overwhelmingly white (94 percent) and male (77 percent). While we might want to think of artistic awards as strictly merit-based, race and gender may very well have worked against DuVernay—several Academy voters indicated to EW that DuVernay’s unequivocal response to criticisms of her portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson as reluctant on civil rights “came off as strident and defensive.” In a majority culture that can paint outspoken African American artists with the “angry black woman” brush, and that only just awarded a woman the best director statue in 2009 (Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker”), a lack of representation allows one side to dominate the conversation and dismisses what they don’t want to hear.

The conversation would be different if an African American woman helming a Best Picture nominee wasn’t already such a rare occurrence. In a new interview with Variety, venerable hip-hop (and now film and TV with his Def Pictures) producer Russell Simmons criticized Hollywood’s “deafening” lack of racial integration: “The segregation in Hollywood is incredible.” He also blasted well-meaning Hollywood liberals who see themselves as more progressive than they are when it comes to understanding African-American culture and how that cultural blindness can stifle minority talent from rising to the tops of their fields.

 

[tactful]

How about the: The Black Oscar Awards

 

[unregistered]

 

[badbabysitter]

Nothing Hollywood does gets a pass from me Lady. I can't put into words the contempt I have for the industry in general when it comes to their historical veracity.

Funny, because you have a different opinion about The Sniper

or is that not a Hollywood movie?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Nothing Hollywood does gets a pass from me Lady. I can't put into words the contempt I have for the industry in general when it comes to their historical veracity.

Funny, because you have a different opinion about The Sniper

or is that not a Hollywood movie?

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[JAMESBJOHNSON]

THURSDAY, JAN 22, 2015 11:00 AM EST
The dubious upside of Selma’s Oscar snub: Hollywood can’t continue to ignore its own race issues
Ava DuVernay, Russell Simmons and Reginald Hudlin weigh in on race and Hollywood
ERIN KEANE

Director Ava DuVernay says she knew back in December that she wouldn’t be the first African American woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for “Selma,” which is up for the Best Picture award. In a story published yesterday, Entertainment Weekly reports the director chalked it up to simple Academy math, and it turns out she might be right. The Academy is overwhelmingly white (94 percent) and male (77 percent). While we might want to think of artistic awards as strictly merit-based, race and gender may very well have worked against DuVernay—several Academy voters indicated to EW that DuVernay’s unequivocal response to criticisms of her portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson as reluctant on civil rights “came off as strident and defensive.” In a majority culture that can paint outspoken African American artists with the “angry black woman” brush, and that only just awarded a woman the best director statue in 2009 (Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker”), a lack of representation allows one side to dominate the conversation and dismisses what they don’t want to hear.

The conversation would be different if an African American woman helming a Best Picture nominee wasn’t already such a rare occurrence. In a new interview with Variety, venerable hip-hop (and now film and TV with his Def Pictures) producer Russell Simmons criticized Hollywood’s “deafening” lack of racial integration: “The segregation in Hollywood is incredible.” He also blasted well-meaning Hollywood liberals who see themselves as more progressive than they are when it comes to understanding African-American culture and how that cultural blindness can stifle minority talent from rising to the tops of their fields.

Thank you Jesus! And America will never go for a black President. No way. The math aint there either.

 

[Beco]

Is Clint Eastwood whining?

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

Nothing Hollywood does gets a pass from me Lady. I can't put into words the contempt I have for the industry in general when it comes to their historical veracity.

I am quite glad that Selma and Amercan Sniper came out around the same. You did not say such things about the latter. I will simply quote myself:

American Sniper and Selma share similarities:

"The Left" hates American Sniper without even seeing it because deep down they simply hate the military in general and hate all soldiers.

"The Right" hates Selma without even seeing it because deep down they simply hate the civil rights movement in general and hate all black people.

I say, these are fucking movies, leave your biases at the door and watch them or don't. It's entertainment, not a court reenactment.