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Do you think Angela Bassett sabatoged her own career?
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That was alphre Woodard man
let me clarify something: i'm not saying angela bassett is terrible, she is a great actress, i think she is just as strong an actress as viola davis (you can disagree with that)but I think her ONLY wanting to do certain roles fukked her career up in the long run...again, just a thought/theory i'm not trying to denigrate or shyt on angela bassett:
i'm talking about the lack of leading and quality roles she's getting now as oppose to what she was getting in the 90'swhat has she done in the past decade that's on the level of what she was doing in the 90's?
it's not about doing better - my point is that Angella bassett in the 90's would've cussed anybody out asking her to play a maid; yet playing one catapulted viola davis' career
I feel you - and that wiki quote is something i noticed back in the day and after a while it started to get bizarre; you ONLY take on roles where you're a strong uplifting character?
that's bizarre for an actor no matter who you are.
You're missing my point, would she have played a drunk lesbian vampire in the 90's?
Denzels character in courage under fire for example; he was a drunk who was having problems at home. His character was very strong, yet flawed.
Also Tina turner is seen as a powerful iconic figure for standing up and climbing out of that situation - you saw the movie fam, Tina turner ain't no punk
especially seeing how she shot Randy Jackson
I always feel like she could have gotten more roles in nowadays but I do think she plays too safe too much or maybe Hollywood blackballed her.
She is a declined leading in movies now. Also, she's barley got any offer movie deal. She's in fukking Tyler Perry movies?or play small part in some low-budget movies
She deserves better than that. I mean you got Meryl Streep still got leading roles movie offered deal but yet Angela couldn't get any movie deal for supporting actress?
I don't get the part about Viola took over her? Angela was just disappeared before Viola came in.
- the bolded is the only point I'm making.
I think Viola took over after DOUBT. she was nominated for an oscar for that role, in fact I believe it was the shortest on screen time for a nominated actor ever - (or maybe william hurt in History of Violence)
now, do you think Angela Bassett would take that role? a few minutes of screen time, plus playing a weak, somber, crying woman who allows her son to be molested
so he can get a quality education? this is arguably the role that got Viola Davis more quality work which then lead to being what she is now...
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She still out here puttin in work work tho
with her fine old ass!
with her fine old ass!
one thing that i've read about repeatedly in hollywood is that actors that turn down a lot of roles get soft-blacklisted
not because they suck, but because you get a reputation for people already knowing you're gonna say "No" to shyt, especially seeing how few movies are made and how even fewer people get offered leading roles
I read that Mike Myers is like that, so was Val Kilmer for years - and what happens is those actors eventually just take whatever is offered
this is why you see some A-listers popping up in oddball roles that are beneath their star power
clearly from her own words she only WANTED to play strong characters which means she was only accepting work that fell in that realm
I just believe that hurt her in the long run...again, just a question for discussion
She still out here puttin in work work tho
with her fine old ass!
I know she's working, I know she's about to be in PANTHER (i saw them filming that in ATL too recently
)not saying she's filling out applications on monster.com, I'm just saying she isn't THE go to leading lady in hollywood like she was back in the day
and I think her lack of wanting to play more versatile roles all those years is the reason why
I mean bruh if we wanna keep it all the way 100; Angela Bassett is doing Voice Over work on cartoons and video games -
yeah that's WORK ($$$$) i'm not shytting on it..
but viola davis has 0 of those under her belt and 3 Oscar nominations. just making an observation
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exactly....the fact its a 'one or the other' situation is the problem, and that goes for black women and men in the film/tv industry
The problem is that Hollywood isn't a kumbaya let's feel warm and cuddly town
If a movie about black maids gets green lit, they need actresses to play those parts
They probably knew off rip not to call AB...
she said in her own words, she turns down roles. plural.
casting directors remember that shyt
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nikka that was Alfre Woodard
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Oh shyt???? Was it???? Ok I'm gonna have to go back and watch cuz I swore that was her!
Good look though
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Maybe she is happy with how her career has panned out? I'm sure she is sitting good right now. She has respect as an actress.
HELL YEA she's too good to play a crack whore or a prostitute.
Angela has morals. I was happy as hell that she turned down that Monsters Ball bullshyt role.
Plus she has a career spanning OVER 30 years, with Oscar noms, Golden Globe Noms, and the respect of everyone in Hollywood. She's about to be in an all black superhero movie with a $150 million budget.
Angela is the prototype that these black actresses need to be following.
Angela has morals. I was happy as hell that she turned down that Monsters Ball bullshyt role.
Plus she has a career spanning OVER 30 years, with Oscar noms, Golden Globe Noms, and the respect of everyone in Hollywood. She's about to be in an all black superhero movie with a $150 million budget.
Angela is the prototype that these black actresses need to be following.
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Yeah nah you're bugging homie. She's been working consistently for the past two decades
