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Cher Sued For Alleged Racism Against Black Dancers
vibe.com ^ | 9/18/14 | Adelle Platon

Posted on 09/19/2014 5:40:02 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

Cher might be wishing she could turn back time after a new lawsuit claims she was being racist.

According to TMZ, the veteran diva was auditioning dancers for her 2014 Dressed To Kill tour when choreographer Kevin Wilson had a particular liking for a "minority female dancer."

Cher allegedly told Wilson to seek out a white, blonde dancer, saying, "We have too much color onstage." He claims in the suit that she also requested not to cast "anymore dark skinned black dancers on the tour."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: celebrity; lawsuit; race
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To: Vermont Lt

Yep, she used to really put on a show and gave attendees their monies worth.

But I thought she retired a couple of years ago, you know, the last tour and all that?


41 posted on 09/19/2014 7:31:48 AM PDT by biff (WAS)
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To: SoFloFreeper

In guessing the choreographer, Kevin Wilson, will never work for Cher again?


42 posted on 09/19/2014 7:31:51 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Jeff Chandler

Is it possible that Chastity Bono & Nork dictator Kim Jong-Uen are the same person?

Never been seen in public together, and weigh about the same.

“Makes you say hmmmm......”


43 posted on 09/19/2014 7:35:58 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: SoFloFreeper

Maybe the court will rule that Cher cannot have any more Tanis leaves so will revert to being a mummy.


44 posted on 09/19/2014 7:49:04 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I rarely click on an article about celbrity news, but it’s good to have this little bit of Schadenfreude to add to my day.


45 posted on 09/19/2014 7:52:21 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: Bigg Red

celbrity = celebrity


46 posted on 09/19/2014 7:57:46 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

             
47 posted on 09/19/2014 7:57:54 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Mea Culpa
(however, having guffawed thusly .. 'If I Could Turn Back Time' is still an outstanding, if very bittersweet, song .. one of my faves)
48 posted on 09/19/2014 8:04:37 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: blam
Should I see if he can get you an invite?

You're such a dear.

49 posted on 09/19/2014 8:26:47 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one

Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done

Dark Lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve

She told me more about me than I knew myself

50 posted on 09/19/2014 9:06:32 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: biff

Yeah, she joked about that.

She shows her age, but she was respectful of the old stuff. I know many entertainers want to do “new” stuff, but she knows what side the bread it buttered.

Personally, I think the dancer stuff is over-kill. Her voice was strong and she was truly entertaining.


51 posted on 09/19/2014 9:06:34 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: grania

You aren’t permitted request the kind of diversity she was asking for.


52 posted on 09/19/2014 9:07:27 AM PDT by duffee (Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
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To: grania

You do know that Lucy and Desi were hard core communists.


53 posted on 09/19/2014 9:12:32 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Oh please. It is all about the image in Showbiz and they can pick who they want to pick for the roles.


54 posted on 09/19/2014 9:15:43 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: blam

why would anyone be surprised by that?


55 posted on 09/19/2014 9:16:17 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: grania

now she wants to pretend her daughter is a boy

lol


56 posted on 09/19/2014 9:17:26 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SoFloFreeper

They all become rabidly Liberal once their ‘careers’ begin to fade.

It’s a SURE way to get MSM attention. It works for them too.


57 posted on 09/19/2014 9:20:43 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: Vermont Lt; grania

Read her twitter feed for a minute. She’s insane and she hates you.


58 posted on 09/19/2014 9:46:13 AM PDT by denydenydeny ("World History is not full of good governments, or of good voters either "--P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: denydenydeny

I know she is a whack-job politically.

I like her songs.

I am guilty of having a nostalgic mindset.

I have no defense.


59 posted on 09/19/2014 9:59:58 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: SVTCobra03

I’m getting past all of that and stating that Lucy & Desi and then Sonny & Cher broke down a lot of barriers, particularly in my parents’ generation (born 1923). Through humor, they had them laughing at themselves for a whole lot of their prejudices.


60 posted on 09/19/2014 10:00:26 AM PDT by grania
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