Orlando Jones fired from "American Gods" because his black character was too angry.

[prophecypro]

Show's done

 

[Danie84]

The only reason I kept watching this FUKKERY was for the OG MadTV GOAT

 

[ExodusNirvana]

I read the book but haven't watched the show

Probably won't ever now

 

[Neuromancer]

would be a phenomenal Achebe!

Yo. He would kill that role.

 

[Norrin Radd]

 

[FeverPitch2]

nikkasplainin' for Zaddy.

 

[Carl Tethers]

nikkasplainin' for Zaddy.

He was lucky to find work outside of the shytty stuff he'd be doing in England, so of course he throws on a Cape

 

[Niggthaniel Essex]

The Dak Prescott of Hollywood

 

[hex]

Not really understanding what happened here.

Unless he adlibbed all his lines....how is his character a problem? Somebody wrote the dialogue....he said it....killed it.

All in all I'm at this development because I lost interest when Bryan Fuller and Gillian Anderson left. I was gonna eventually check out season 2 but after this, I'm good.

Fred.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Orlando Jones Verified account

@TheOrlandoJones

Not the little boy from Everybody Hates Chris Not Solange Knowles Not Orlando Brown/Bloom Not Juwanna Mann Not Jeff Goldblum in blackface Not Mos Def Not Jay Z

 

[Hoodoo Child]

From what I remember, his character was some kinda entity from "present" times who would travel across time and speak real shyt to and about us.

For example, in season 1, there's a scene on a ship carrying people from Africa across the sea, and he appears in the bottom of the ship with all of the shackled soon-to-be slaves.

He then gives them a speech about what their future is gonna be. And tells them that they should be angry, and not to let go of that anger. It's one of many speeches/monologues and they were all dope.

That was a powerful scene.

 

[ALonelyDad]

So they fire him for something they wrote?

 

[ORDER_66]

So they fire him for something they wrote?

More like WHITE producer wasn't feeling how he was stealing the show speaking that real shyt...

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Fire the only character I actually liked

Cacs ain't shyt

 

[steadyrighteous]

So they fire him for something they wrote?

More like WHITE producer wasn't feeling how he was stealing the show speaking that real shyt...

Not really.

One set of writers/showrunner (white) wrote that pro-black/angry S1 stuff. Everybody, including producers and network seem fine with it, because...

A second showrunner came on (white), and even added Orlando to the writing staff of S2. That pro-black stuff continues. Then...

A third showrunner ('wigger' white boy from this thread) comes on. Then Orlando's character is deemed "not required" and he's let go.