Spike Lee Goes in: "Django is disrespectful to my ancestors".....

[Kuro]

Really, there are more movies where a white person helps a Black person in the black person's plight than the other way around?!

..white people are usually the hero/savior/mentor in a film even when they are surrounded by black characters...

 

[Demon]

SHUT YO ASS UP CAC!

Spoken like a true retarded fakkit

 

[Rapmastermind]

To accent Hollywood subconsious Racism. "Django Unchained" got 5 Golden Globe Nominations, None of the Black Actors were nominated. SMDH. Oscars will probably be the same unless somehow they decided to Nominated Sam for his great "House Negro" role.

 

[jwinfield]

So we're trashing a film that hasn't come out yet and now stating that certain actors should've been nominated when we don't even know if they deserve it.

If Foxx got nominated we wouldn't be complaining about how he had to play a slave to get nominated?

If Sam got nominated we wouldn't be complaining about how he had to literally play a house nikka to get nominated?

If Kerry got nominated, we wouldn't be complaining about how she had to play a slave that gets raped by white men to get nominated?

For IB, the only actor to get nominated for both a Golden Globe and the Oscars was the guy that played the Jew Hunter.

Sam got an oscar nom for Pulp Fiction. Both Pam and Sam got Golden Globe noms for Jackie Brown.

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

My biggest issue with "Django" is a Black Director could not get the same film green lit. Also if a Black Director took on the Holocaust in a "Comedic" type fashion he would be ran out of Hollywood. When Steven Spielberg did "Color Purple and Amistad" at least he made sure to try and be as historical accurate about Black Culture. "Django" comes off as QT trying to again make it a Blaxploation.

Co sign, great post!

 

[Majestic Pape]

One could say Spike is probably just mad that he didn't come up with the film but Spike has made too many classics himself. I'm gonna watch the film first before I say anything about it.

Do you REALLY think this is the type of film Spike Lee wants to/would make?

 

[Rapmastermind]

Just look at "Red Tails". George Lucas who had made Hollywood Billions of Dollars could not get funding cause of an All Black Cast. But the reality was bigger than that. He couldn't get funding not just cause it was an All Black Cast but it was an All Black Cast in a positive story about Blacks in World War. In History Class you rarely hear about the stories like the Tuskegee Airman cause again White America has whitewashed Black History something terrible especially in Hollywood. The only Black films that get greenlit are comedies or Black Men wearing Dresses or a story revolving around a White Savior figure helping Blacks achieve their goals. Any Black Film showing us in a more positive light rarely if ever gets made.

 

[KillSpray]

Yea cause every White Historical film is a Blockbuster? Hollywood releases tons of movies that wouldn't make money but release it anyway to highlight White Americans in history in a positive light. Black People? Not so much.

you really believe this?

 

[Rapmastermind]

you really believe this?

It's not a matter of belief, how many "White Historical films" break the bank at the box office? Yet it still gets greenlit. Now show me the tons of Historical Black films showing Blacks in a positive light? Do you know the Hell Spike Lee went through to get "Malcolm X" made? The studio cut the budget during filming and he had to get donations from Oparh and Janet Jackson to finish the damn film. Why do you think that happen? The fact is this. Hollywood does not want to show Black American History in a positive light period and they continue to prove this. There are a few films out there but only a few.

 

[daze23]

Just look at "Red Tails". George Lucas who had made Hollywood Billions of Dollars could not get funding cause of an All Black Cast. But the reality was bigger than that. He couldn't get funding not just cause it was an All Black Cast but it was an All Black Cast in a positive story about Blacks in World War. In History Class you rarely hear about the stories like the Tuskegee Airman cause again White America has whitewashed Black History something terrible especially in Hollywood. The only Black films that get greenlit are comedies or Black Men wearing Dresses or a story revolving around a White Savior figure helping Blacks achieve their goals. Any Black Film showing us in a more positive light rarely if ever gets made.

but Red Tails got made, is now sitting at 39% on RT, and probably lost money. in retrospect that just reinforces whatever reason people had to not invest in it

 

[KillSpray]

It's not a matter of belief, how many "White Historical films" break the bank at the box office? Yet it still gets greenlit. Now show me the tons of Historical Black films showing Blacks in a positive light? Do you know the Hell Spike Lee went through to get "Malcolm X" made? The studio cut the budget during filming and he had to get donations from Oparh and Janet Jackson to finish the damn film. Why do you think that happen? The fact is this. Hollywood does not want to show Black American History in a positive light period and they continue to prove this. There are a few films out there but only a few.

dude this country is 80% white, what do you expect? you think they would keep making those films if it was unprofitable? these white folks either going to see it, buying that dvd, or watching it when it comes on TV. either way, they making back their $$$.

 

[Rapmastermind]

but Red Tails got made, is now sitting at 39% on RT, and probably lost money. in retrospect that just reinforces whatever reason people had to not invest in it

So just cause a movie got a low score on RT means it shouldn't of been made? Red Tails got made cause Lucas had to folk the bill due the fact he couldn't get funding cause of Racism. This man said it, "They would not fund Redtails cause it was an all Black cast". Those are his words. Historical War Films flop all the time yet they are still getting greenlit, fact of the matter is this. Hollywood systematically does not want to tell uplifting stories about Black History. Look at Glory, it was a good film but it was told through the white commanders perspective instead of the slaves. Again I'm not going to get into a whole debate cause if dudes are going to defend Hollywood bias ways then forget it. History is my witness.

 

[Rapmastermind]

dude this country is 80% white, what do you expect? you think they would keep making those films if it was unprofitable? these white folks either going to see it, buying that dvd, or watching it when it comes on TV. either way, they making back their $$$.

Again you are saying this as if every movie greenlit from hollywood is a block buster and makes money. Plenty of White Historical films flop, Plenty of films with White leads flop yet they still get greenlit. If the excuse is "Let's not make any films dealing with Black History cause White people won't watch it" then that's a problem.

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Red Tails got made cause Lucas had to folk the bill

 

[TrifeGod]

Didn't read.

But I'm going to tell you this. And this is all I'm going to say.

The most accurate slave movie I have seen was created by WHITE PEOPLE.

Called.

Goodbye Uncle Sam.

fukk what these nikkas say.

Spike Lee shut the fukk up.