Elizabeth Banks Calls Out Spielberg for Having No Female Protagonists

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In 2017, who gives a fukk? Really?!?

If you don't like the movies Spielberg made or who he put in them, just make your own. shyt is a simple concept. The days of people crying about not being represented in film while just BEGGING for jobs instead of actually doing something on their own about it, should be over.

What obligation does Spielberg have to push female leads anyway?
 

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The sycophants on here twitter are a scary representation of the endless sea of drones willing to defend a cac who clearly came out the pocket to one the most prestigious directors in Hollywood....Hired Whoopi when she was black balled, had Quincy Jones produce and create the musical score...

It was Oprah's first film, he put her on.

Put Fishburne on...

Dude basically had the film version of the Warriors lineup, and took home an Oscar.


As far as I'm concerned this dopey bytch, needs to have all her social media locked down due to a stupid comment like that.
 

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Spielberg has directed 30 films. His overall track record for having females at the front of his films is undeniably poor. Not sure how this is debatable? Same thing with Scorsese. Christopher Nolan's track is awful so far as well.

I guess when it comes down to it there are just some white guys that you aren't allowed to call out.
 

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He has a producer credit on Memoirs of a Geisha too. :lolbron:


She got caught out here tryna be a feminist. :mjlol: That other cacette tried to save her and said The Color Purple was a flop. :mjlol:White people shooting up shyt and running off at the mouth all week. They need to sit down for a while. :pachaha:

White people don't know shyt about Black People. The Color Purple is a fukking classic in our community and one of the most quoted films for black women in particular.

Though if she thought a movie that made nearly $100 million in the 80's is a "flop" then that broad doesn't know shyt about a lot of things.
 

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Spielberg has directed 30 films. His overall track record for having females at the front of his films is undeniably poor. Not sure how this is debatable? Same thing with Scorsese. Christopher Nolan's track is awful so far as well.

I guess when it comes down to it there are just some white guys that you aren't allowed to call out.
There's nothing stopping her from making movies. She should have a lot of Hollywood connections (if she aint blackballed yet :mjlol:). But yeah, She should have resources to get shyt popping and stop expecting some white man to cater to her. Just like people tell black folks. She's acting like she's helpless in Hollywood. She has a some kind of name and recognition. She should just get shyt poppin on her own. :yeshrug:
 

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Spielberg has directed 30 films. His overall track record for having females at the front of his films is undeniably poor. Not sure how this is debatable? Same thing with Scorsese. Christopher Nolan's track is awful so far as well.

I guess when it comes down to it there are just some white guys that you aren't allowed to call out.

The problem was that she was fukking wrong in how she made her point.

She said "he’s never made a movie with a female lead. Sorry, Steven. I don’t mean to call your ass out, but it’s true." as if the Color Purple didn't happen and instead of admitting to being wrong when corrected she tried to twist the facts.

Most of the people going in on her don't give a fukk about Spielberg, they're going in on her because she inadvertently proved how little she gives a fukk about women of color. The Color Purple, which is widely considered a classic and was nominated for multiple Oscars didn't even register on her fukking radar. She pops shyt about Spielberg even though he made a film with a Woman of color as the lead and she hasn't. Then her little ditzy fan tried to call The Color Purple a flop.

Basically it was two white women shytting on something that black folks hold in high regard.
 

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Elizabeth Banks Apologizes for Steven Spielberg 'Color Purple' Flub

Elizabeth Banks has apologized for her criticism of director Steven Spielberg, saying he’s never made a film with a female protagonist despite having directed the iconic film “The Color Purple.”

“When referring to Steven Spielberg at the Women in Film Awards, I framed my comments about his films inaccurately. I want to be clear from the start I take full responsibility for what I said and I’m sorry,” Banks said in a Twitter post Thursday.
“When I made the comments I was thinking of recent films Steven directed, it was not my intention to dismiss the import [sic] of the iconic #TheColorPurple,” she continued.

Banks was corrected for the omission on the spot, by actress and photographer Shari Belafonte — daughter of the iconic singer and actor Harry Belafonte.

“I made things worse by giving the impression that I was dismissing Shari Belafonte when she attempted to correct me. I spoke with Shari backstage and she was kind enough to forgive,” Banks said.
 
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