Idris Elba on specifically ONLY casting Jamaican actors for HIS MOVIE Yardie - "I wanted it to be authentic. I didn't want it to be inauthentic"

[horizon]

They want this pan african shyt to be so one sided, the gaslighting is blatant

 

[DonB90]

Didn’t say you were, you don’t have to be to Nigerian to address the point, just like you’re not American but always offering your moose smelling Canadian opinions in the matters of Black Americans.

Also I didn’t say everyone not us is an op but you in particular move just like one. That’s why you get treated as one.

 

[DonB90]

(Tether)Let me-, let me hold that"
"One for you, one for me
Two for you, one-two for me"
(ADOS)"What?"
(Tether)"Three for you"



Thats how this "we all black" thing goes American brehs shoutout to Ghostface Killa

 

[K.O.N.Y]

His movie and his executive decision

this is far different than crying about a role someone took in a movie you have no control in. he's making the job and defining it.

what's understood doesn't need to be stated.

let them catch feelings

them boys prolly thought cool runnings felt authentic

Yes we shall be forever be anchored down by a movie that came out in the 90s. Real genuine observation

 

[CHICAGO]

His movie and his executive decision

this is far different than crying about a role someone took in a movie you have no control in. he's making the job and defining it.

LOOK AT THIS KENYAN CANADIAN IMMIGRANT.

YOUVE OVERPLAYED YOUR HAND TOO MANY TIMES AND ANYONE REPLYING
TO YOU IN A SERIOUS MANNER AFTER THIS SHOULD KILL THEMSELVES.


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[RedCloakBlackWraithe]

all i'm gonna say is i've heard a lot of terrible attempts from yankees to do a yardie accent to the point of it being offensive, i mean how does a yardie sound like an indian-west-african. shyt is ridiculous. meanwhile we have English actors doing perfect american accents, from cali accents to east coast accents. granted if he could find non-yardies to play the roles well i'm sure no one would bat an eye.

 

[Goat poster]

the fact that idris IS NOT Jamaican

Kind of kills you guy’s premise…it actually lends credibility to his claim of wanting to be AUTHENTIC.

You know…never mind

 

[CHICAGO]

the fact that idris IS NOT Jamaican

Kind of kills you guy’s premise…it actually lends credibility to his claim of wanting to be AUTHENTIC.

You know…never mind

IM GOING TO GIVE YOU
THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT AND ASSUME
YOU MISSED THE INITIAL
STATEMENT THAT SPARKED THIS....

“You know what I noticed? You said Black women in America versus an English woman,” Elba said. “Like being English makes you less Black? To me, that defines how unintelligent the argument is. No disrespect to anyone who has that feeling, it is what it is.”

Elba continued, “The fact is: we’re all Black. You get a Scottish actor playing an Irish character or an English actor — you don’t hear about a debate. But amongst ourselves we want to point fingers because we come from a conditioning that makes people just make sure ‘where’re you from?’ and ‘are you authentic from where you’re from?"




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[CHICAGO]

EDIT
@CHICAGO I'm still in this bytch. Catch more feelings

Oh the acronym brehs are mad. Locking threads and sending warnings.



Hurt feelings isn't a listed reason for infractions but you know how it goes.

LOOK AT HIM SELF DESTRUCTING...

I DONT MOD TRL.

I HAVE NO POWER TO GIVE YOU
AN INFRACTION NOR TOUCH ANY
THREAD IN THIS FORUM.



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[ALonelyDad]

Did Chet Hanks get a call>?

 

[Sindicated]

"We can eat off yall plate, but you not eating off ours! "

“But hey we all black right”

 

[GilSho]

Y'all that were going hard in the other thread have to be incredibly naive to not see the game being played on us.

And foreign gang claiming we're the divisive ones or "we all black" will skate over this one.

 

[5thbornpowerseed]

It's true, that's why Hollywood hires all those British actors to play Americans. They even go to school learning to do American accents.

Better than Americans?

 

[BlackMajik]

Thought we forgot

 

[Warren Peace]

meanwhile african actors have played martin luther king, harriet tubman, and fred hampton.