Viola Davis Admits She Judged Chadwick Boseman on Film Set, Didn't Know He Had Cancer

[shopthatwrecks]

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

A lot of people were making jokes about how frail he was and then when he died I'm sure a good chunk of those people were acting like they never did

 

[DaPresident]

This the stuff you tell people in person, so they can get your context. No need to put this in print.




But we all judged the guy, we didn’t know what was going on. That’s why it’s best to learn to look more than you speak

 

[Gloxina]

Telling this is a mistake.
Some things you should keep to yourself

I don’t know why she had to share this

 

[Gloxina]

Agreed. This is exactly how i see it. I choose to believe her intentions was to use herself as a poster child of what it looks like when you're being judgemental and possibly jealous. Both of those choices yields no benefit for any party. Hopefully others will learn to focus their life's energy on what they can control in their own lives.

Agree. But a lot of folks will just judge her and pretend they weren’t saying the same stuff about him.

 

[feelosofer]

Eh. Her honesty is actually admirable and I respect it. Let's not act like we never had a fukked up thought or two here and there and were wrong. A lot of people made assumptions because nobody knew what was going on with Chadwick.

 

[Jaguar93]

This the stuff you tell people in person, so they can get your context. No need to put this in print.




But we all judged the guy, we didn’t know what was going on. That’s why it’s best to learn to look more than you speak

 

[Jean toomer]

By publicly voicing this, she makes the narrative about her, not this poor man who under the worst circumstances continued to work and didn’t say a god damn thing looking for pity. This is a prototypic example of irony.

 

[Neuromancer]

Does anyone see black men as human?

 

[Real]

Looking at all the comments and shaking my head as if you nikkas weren’t getting your jokes off when he was dying

 

[King Harlem]

She actually only said this one thing: "There was a part of me that was a little judgmental — why do you need all that? Little did I know that they were doing it because he was dying."

All the other direct quotes from her were praising Chadwick.

 

[Geek Nasty]

I think it was good she shared this. People can learn from it

 

[invalid]

many would have thought similar shyt if they saw him on set getting what they would think is pampering

many people don't seem to understand how the culture of an environment can influence the way we think. probably came off to her eyes as "extra" or "diva-ish" for a black male actor especially one who didn't have the long rap sheet that other acting veterans have. right or wrong, her admission is another example of how our perceptions don't equal reality and that we should be constantly checking ourselves for internal biases.

 

[JNew]

Emotional dyke

 

[Redwood]

I'm convinced nobody has self or social awareness anymore

For real, it's been bad before but these days it's something else