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Actually, Dr. Doolittle is

rmrd0000 — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:47:09 +0000

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Actually, Dr. Doolittle is interesting from the standpoint it underwent revisions to remove racist text.

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/28/books/childrens-books-doctor-dolittle-...

Eddie Murphy did Dr.

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:31:27 +0000

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Eddie Murphy did Dr. Doolittle - does that count?

Has Will Smith portrayed

rmrd0000 — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:23:05 +0000

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Has Will Smith portrayed Elvis?

Might I remind that Will

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:01:39 +0000

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Might I remind that Will Smith plays a Nigerian immigrant, Brando plays an Italian mobster plus a Polish immigrant as does Meryl Streep, David Bowie plays a Serbian inventor and an alien, Keira Knightley plays a Russian, Bjork plays a Czech, Vivien Leigh played a southern (Irish-stock) belle, Dorothy Stratton & Jane Fonda played space strumpets,Nicholson played the Devil, Peter Sellers played a mad German paraplegic, Audrey Hepburn played a blind woman, Antonio Banderas played a gay man with AIDS, John Belushi played a Mexican, Yul Brynner played a Thai Emperor, 16-year-old Judy Garland played a 12-year-old Dorothy and 23-year-old Stockard Channing played a high school student. Perhaps best of all is half-Mexican/half-Irish Anthony Quinn, who played an Italian (La Strada), a Frenchman (Lust for Life), a Greek (Zorba), a bedouin Arab (Lawrence of Arabia), an Eskimo (The Savage Innocents), a Ukrainian Priest (Shoes of the Fisherman), and a Jewish High Priest Caiaphas (Jesus of Nazareth).

I don't know who to blame

hollywhitman — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:49:35 +0000

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I don't know who to blame more, the casting directors for making such an appalling decision or to the actor for auditioning for that role in the first place.

Definitely agree with you, as

hollywhitman — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:48:46 +0000

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Definitely agree with you, as much as I want to listen to what Jada Pinkett Smith is saying, knowing that her husband was on the line for an award nomination does make this an uneasy argument from her.

Danny Carwell and I will be

HSG — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:24:12 +0000

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Danny Cardwell and I will be discussing this column and more broadly ways to effectuate positive change tomorrow morning on my show at 9:30am east coast www.halginsberg.com.

As a symptom of the problem,

rmrd0000 — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:00:56 +0000

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As a symptom of the problem, Joseph Fiennes is scheduled to portray Michael Jackson in a British film.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/27/joseph-fiennes-as-micha...

I have not watched the Oscars

Richard Day — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 18:43:44 +0000

In reply to I Don't Care About The Oscars

I have not watched the Oscars in 15 or 20 years.

I catch the outcomes via Wiki when I have some questions about some particular film.

Hell, I usually do not hit the 'winners' until two years or more have passed; that is when cable carries the film.

13 Warriors is one of my favorite films. Actually the tome based upon this film was Crichton's 'Eaters of the Dead'.

Most critics hated this film; I loved it.

Now we call it a 'film noir'.

Denzel and Sam Jackson and Morgan Freeman (the best name ever!) and the voice of Darth Vader and a host of other great actors shall never be removed from my memories. Hell, anyone of these three fellows will appear in any megafilm!

This Oscar mess has nothing to do with me or most movie viewers!

We either keep supporting

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 06:55:52 +0000

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We either keep supporting affirmative action or watch it slide back, like with affirmative action. There's no stable stasis point.

Then there's something nice about supporting and calling out variety -Jewish, black, women, gay, punk, a variety of identities. White male might be there too, but we have trouble separating pride in self from fandom of injustices past & present. It's kind of a shame, but when every history book keys on Isaac newton, Chris Columbus, George Washington, doesn't much matter. As Liberaci said, "I cried myself all the way to the bank". Still, as CK notes, it's great to be white. I'm happy if BET and others can proclaim the same thing for being black - doesn't hurt me for more people to be happy and proud.

Even that imagined loss of Opportunity is suspect. I don't imagine there's ever a black American getting a slot in uni or a good job that doesn't imply 2 or 3 white folks getting same now or in 2 years. Look at substance abuse - now that it's hitting white communities, we're gonna be all over this shit. Thanks, black pals - after 3 generations of destroyed black communities, white people have woken up and we're going to own this issue.