you're primarly blaming race when its about money. if more black lead movies put out ironman numbers, you'd see more black movies from hollywood
SONY Execs Warned Not To Cast Denzel Washington In Big Budget Movies Because Black Leads Flop
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you're primarly blaming race when its about money. if more black lead movies put out ironman numbers, you'd see more black movies from hollywood
because those movies didn't star Will Smith.
Well that's one way of looking at it, but he's the only guy they even give the opportunity to be in those large movies. How do they know other blacks can't carry one. It's almost like Will Smith killed I robot, mib, bad boys, and independence day but instead of it proving blacks can carry a large movie they just said well Will Smith can carry large movies. Never gave anyone else a shot.
not even mad, all them cacs got suckered into a bait and switch :chloey:
This line of thinking isn't just Sony's it pretty much all of Hollywood's in regards to black actors in big budget films sans Will Smith
. It's not nothing new. Don't get why the article said the producer was "slamming Denzel" when he blamed the "racist overseas market" for the lack of his and other black actors overseas success.
. It's not nothing new. Don't get why the article said the producer was "slamming Denzel" when he blamed the "racist overseas market" for the lack of his and other black actors overseas success.
aXiom
Maximized Potential
Show me where I blamed anyone. You seem confused. You probably think I'm upset or this bothers me way. You probably think you're shedding light on how this shyt works. I'm not naive, I know it's a numbers game.
Still.. hollywood been racist.
carries over into the video game and comicbook industry as wellThis line of thinking isn't just Sony's it pretty much all of Hollywood's in regards to black actors in big budget films sans Will Smith
its funny how everyone knows cacs wont support black protags as much, while still claiming there's no such thing as racism. meanwhile, we dont understand the shyt because we grew up on the same white media they grew up on.
Bruce LeRoy
All Star
Right.. but is that due to race or are there other factors at play (like the movie being rated R)? The Brad PItt flick Fury (also put out through Sony) cost a bit more to make, had a mostly white cast... and didn't pull in as much as The Equalizer... Are we going to blame the lead actors race for that movie not being the big international smash as well?
I guess we'll just have to wait and see what excuses are...
well, if we just wanna make statements about hollywood. they're also sexist and pedophelic
Keep_It_Hip_Hop_Fam
All Star
Gonna need those statistics buddy
Birnin Zana
Honorary Wakandan
We need more African movie theaters
Yup. I mean, the continent has over 1 billion ppl in it, can't tell me black movies, especially a Denzel movie, wouldn't get shine there.
exactly... u never hear jeffrey wright or anthony mackie name...it's one black at a time...and halle berry the only black woman ( well half black woman ) they will give a lead but she will have to have a whit knight co-star
That producer/s were on some plantationized chit. i don't recall reading about them denigrating white actors past their prime hollywood box office earnings years. and what's with this the actor hitting a double b.s.? no actor kills the numbers or knocks it out the ballpark every project! it's like them comparing an aging slave to not being able to pick so many bales of cotton as in his prime years. seen the avg. age of the expendables cast?