Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone

[DaChampIsHere]

This is clearly the root of all this bytching.

Zoe Saldana playing token black Valley girl in a movie like "Clueless"? No problem.

A black revolutionary figure who's mental, life, and musical experiences were HEAVILY shaped by her physical features?

Like I said, you CLEARLY don't know Nina Simone as an artist so maybe you shouldn't speak on it.

Dudes like you would let Diggy Simmons play Tupac in a biopic and actually pay to see it.

 

[msims]

This is clearly the root of all this bytching.

There are plenty of people who are bytching about that, but there are also folks who really do have a problem with the PHYSICAL features that Zoe has in-comparison to Nina Simone. In the thread, Zoe's "non-black-ness" was only mentioned one time. Her lacking physical features; numerous.

It's not difficult to pick an actor who looks & acts like someone. People would feel the same way if Will Smith was cast to play Martin Luther King Jr. People would be just as angry. Not because Will is a sell out, but because he looks nothing like him.

I understand that what an actor looks like doesn't bother you so much, as long as there acting is on point. There are many people who have problems watching a movie about someone they know and knowing that that "someone" does not resemble them at all. People are different. Let them / us vent.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

There are plenty of people who are bytching about that, but there are also folks who really do have a problem with the PHYSICAL features that Zoe has in-comparison to Nina Simone. In the thread, Zoe's "non-black-ness" was only mentioned one time. Her lacking physical features; numerous.

It's not difficult to pick an actor who looks & acts like someone. People would feel the same way if Will Smith was cast to play Martin Luther King Jr. People would be just as angry. Not because Will is a sell out, but because he looks nothing like him.

I understand that what an actor looks like doesn't bother you so much, as long as there acting is on point. There are many people who have problems watching a movie about someone they know and knowing that that "someone|" does not resemble them at all. People are different. Let them / us vent.

 

[Born2BKing]

 

[semtex]

she'll do any part that doesn't involve having a black love interest.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

This some bullshyt...

 

[msims]

What I meant by "non-blackness" had nothing to do with the actual color of her skin.

It had more to do with the fact that she's a bit white washed.

Basically the premise of this thread is along this line:

I don't get the hate that she is getting. People are upset that she isn't dark enough? Get a grip.

People are upset that her physical features are not like Nina's. There are a few who are upset that Zoe is a "c00n". That is not my and most of the threads argument (yet, at least).

 

[Will Ross]

Best believe they would not have a dark skin woman playing a redbone.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Best believe they would not have a dark skin woman playing a redbone.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

What I meant by "non-blackness" had nothing to do with the actual color of her skin.

It had more to do with the fact that she's a bit white washed.

Basically the premise of this thread is along this line:



People are upset that her physical features are not like Nina's. There are a few who are upset that Zoe is a "c00n". That is not my and most of the threads argument (yet, at least).

Yea and I disagree. There's been plenty alluding to her "non blackness"

 

[msims]

Yea and I disagree. There's been plenty alluding to her "non blackness"

Hints are hints. Only one person has outright said it.


I see where you stand though. We just have different opinions. Sometimes it be like dat.

I though they were about the same complexion. ​

 

[pete clemenza]

Blackface???

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Ill watch

 

[Born2BKing]

Lauryn Hill should have gotten this job

That may have been a good idea if she wasn't bat shyt crazy or going to prison coming up.

 

[floe]

The story is made up too.

Honestly, there is so much money floating around black entertainers we could have our own Hollywood and not have to scramble around for parts or have our black icons misrepresented.

Perpetual consumers.