I found a show on PBS last night that is basically the fever dream of a divestor. It's called The Long Song. It's set in Jamaica, shortly after slavery is abolished. This woman named July is entering a love triangle with a white abolitionist and her former mistress, played by Hayley Atwell. July did have a black love interest, but he was killed, they had a child together but he was left at the doorstep of a church. I have to see how this pans out. If this show were on netflix instead of pbs it would probably get a lot more attention.
Exactly this. They were all crying about how "woke" it was to add her to the cast, but since then she's expressed some "conservative" views they want to pretend she's their girl.
By the way, where were these guys when Disney fired James Gunn? Did they not care care because he used to make fun of Trump?
Some folks yearn for the days when they could say anything with zero repercussions.
These same folks were around, and had the power to cancel those who expressed views they despised. I'm sure these same folks were happy when Warner Brothers pulled the song "Cop Killer" from Body Count album (a rock group with vocals from Ice T) back in the day.
I posted a while back about Terence Trent D'Arby being cancelled over comments he made comparing his emerging talent (at the time) to other iconic artists.
Historically, BIPOC always had to watch what they expressed, or fear some kind of cancellation by the white male majority.
Now, some folks are upset that a wide power base exist with the means to cancel them. They underestimated this base, and the power they wield.
As stated by MOS, folks wanna cry victim because they can't intentionally offend others, and walk away unscathed.
Well damn, welcome to the rest of the human race!
Gina should have expressed these views while she was still MMA (she could have, but I don't follow that sport). Drawing that kind of controversy might put extra money in her pocket.
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I think mom was watching that show the other day. We don't get many TV shows about the Jamaican Slave Uprisings. As for the rest of it...
...the Author of the Book the show is based on was ( she passed away 2 years back) Biracial Jamaican/Jewish-British if I remember correctly.
That might explain some things. Or not. I only got to see bits and pieces of the first part ( and thought I had come in on the middle).
Well, there's been people putting out specifically conservative and religious movies for a number of years now. The "God's Not Dead" and "Left Behind" series...all these things that Kurt Cameron and Kevin Sorbo's been making...they fly just under the radar, but some are quite successful.
I don't think there's anything wrong with that per se, but instead of making movies about family values, I guarantee you Shaprio's going to just put out lower budget version's of typical Hollywood fare. They already put out one called "Run Hide Fight" and are promoting it as Die Hard in a High School. I'm like wait, you said you don't like liberal Hollywood yet you're ripping them off...
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It has ALWAYS been an issue. However folks want to CASH in on it.
How many Boys in the Hood or black slavery movies have we had? Lifetime has made a fortune off of crazy white woman killing folks or being wrong by a man with Fabio's hair.
There is money to be made.
And when you get folks like the Shapiros-they TWIST those movies to fit an agenda.
I am sure the bad guys in that movie will be POC probably Muslim or variation of BLM or something to that take.
I suspect they did not like hearing the TRUTH. The man who discovered Prince-said Prince would not exist in today's climate. He would never get a shot.I posted a while back about Terence Trent D'Arby being cancelled over comments he made comparing his emerging talent (at the time) to other iconic artists.
And that is backup by others who have said we have gotten to a point LOOKS not talent matters.
One of my church members tried out for Sunday Best and got told he was too fat to be on the show. He's about Cedric the Entertainer's size.
It's sad I have to go to Grand Theft Auto or Saints Row or certain NBA 2K games to hear better music than the radio.
What does Megan the Stallion do? Or Lizzo? With folks trying to cancel her for trying to lose weight.