His “Macbeth” is very much on my watch list. I’m very interested to see just how stripped down it is.
If you have Denzel’s talent you don’t need diversity bullying to get jobs.
Denzel Washington is a great American who happens to be black.
Easy for him to say - he worked his gonads off to get to where he is. But what about those who are lazy? He doesn’t seem to want to address those people.
Denzel is great as a tough guy.
He gets better and better.
Just like Morgan Freeman with Mike Wallace: “Just stop talking about it!”
Favorite current actor - sort of the modern Spencer Tracy. I wish he’d get less crappy, violent material though (and, I wish he’d done Othello instead of Macbeth).
Denzel is this generation’s Sidney Poitier - an actor and gentleman who just happens to be “black”.
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Something wicked this way comes."
Pretty much Morgan Freeman’s take.
Denzel is a good guy with LOADS of class. He’s always been one of my favorites. I pull out The Equalizer every so often, to watch him make short work of the bad guys.
I was watching a small series the other day on Netflix. It was all about a boy and him being the last of a line of sorcerers needed to save the world from the coming darkness.
Everything was going along fine until it was almost over.... then suddenly with no explanation at all and with no back story to back it up, the girl he had met half way through everything turned out to be the real hero with the powers and by the way, two of the guys they had been traveling with were suddenly gay and loved each other.
I almost puked. I was like WTH!!! I could almost see a bunch of Woke Karens sitting around a table somewhere and saying... ok.. this is an ok story.. but what if! the girl turns out to be the hero and these two guys are gay?
Antwoine Fisher - excellent movie
Denzel always been one of my favorite actors. Has he ever made a bad movie?
He makes videos about serving God. He is quite a man.
There were no white males in the Air Force diversity pictorial publication I was looking at today. Plenty of white females, though. Erasing white males doesn’t seem very “diverse” to me.
The story about Larry.
I was visiting a large city and went to a chain store for supplies. One item in particular, was something that a tall, well-built black gentleman was also considering. (I am white.)
The gentleman’s attire was very apparent - strong gang ties - what might convince a lot of people to steer clear. But there he was, and I, both looking for a certain product.
I mentioned that the same kind of product might be in another area of the store. He thanked me. But in addition, I could tell that he was deeply troubled; so I inquired.
His mother had developed COVID-19. She lived in a very run-down (and I mean bad in many ways) home and was not very ambulatory(sp? / usage?). His sisters were arguing with him, re mother’s care. He was so depressed, that he could barely get himself out of bed that morning; he had also called his mother for help - her wisdom in that regard. And, he had been praying for help from Jesus, from God. His mother helped him with that.
Turns out, that a few years ago, Larry had turned to Jesus for help, trying to get away from his life of trouble and his causing trouble. He had taken the hard road.
And, there we were, looking at a product on the store shelf.
And, he was actually there. Not “the man” of his street cred’s; instead, just Larry, an American man who loves his greater family members.
I had the pleasure of getting to know some things about Larry that portion of the day. It was wonderful, to actually know Larry without all the cultural static.
His turn toward Jesus, a few years ago? Larry had stumbled upon a guy whom Larry had known when they were kids -— and the guy was also back then, trouble. But, by a few years ago, his old friend had (prior to this newer meeting in their lives) become a local pastor for a church. That pastor, had helped Larry a lot.
All I did, was listen and some times offer a bit of positive support for when he mentioned that, in my own words: dared to stand up.
Larry asked me, if he could say a prayer for the both of us? Yes. That fellow is amazing, when he is simply, Larry.