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Annie remake: casting of black lead provokes negative Twitter posts
http://www.theguardian.com ^ | Sunday 9 March 2014

Posted on 11/23/2014 12:40:10 PM PST by BBell

Name: Annie.

Age: 11.

Appearance: Headstrong, smartass, black.

Hold on a minute. Annie's not black. She's a little blonde Swiss girl who lives in the mountains. That's Heidi, you idiot. Annie's the little red-headed girl who looks like Sideshow Bob.

But this new version of Annie doesn't look anything like Sideshow Bob. That's because in this remake she is being played by Oscar-nominated actor Quvenzhané Wallis.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: blacks; flop; hollywood; littleorphanannie; nyc
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To: trisham

I knew it! Jay-Z is the producer, his first “hit” was a remake of “It’s a Hard Knock Life.”


81 posted on 11/23/2014 2:28:36 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: BBell

actors/actresses are people who play people that they aren’t. I would watch the show just to see how well a black girl could pull off the role...they aren’t going to break anything!


82 posted on 11/23/2014 2:50:40 PM PST by terycarl
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To: BBell

Malcolm X with Carrottop playing the lead role...


83 posted on 11/23/2014 2:55:18 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: OneWingedShark
I can’t wait for the movie where, Obama is played by a white actor. A republican white actor, that is. That already happened in 2012:

if you think for even 1/100th of a second that the election of Romney equates in ANY WAY WHATSOEVER with the election of Obama you are totally beyond help....and I worked at the State Hospital for years.....

84 posted on 11/23/2014 3:03:00 PM PST by terycarl
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To: dfwgator
You win the thread

for sheer naiveity

85 posted on 11/23/2014 3:04:44 PM PST by terycarl
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To: terycarl
if you think for even 1/100th of a second that the election of Romney equates in ANY WAY WHATSOEVER with the election of Obama you are totally beyond help.

What would Romney have done WRT the socalized medicine project known as ObamaCare given his implementation of the similar RomneyCare?
What would Romney have done to the IRS or NSA differently than Obama, considering that they are both Statists?
What would Romney have done differently than Obama in appointing activist judges, considering that he himself did the same?
How would a Republican Congress allow him to get away with more than Obama, considering they let Obama get away with pretty much everything?

Seriously, I fail to see how there would be a significant difference if liberal-statist Romney were in the Presidency instead of liberal-statist Obama.
Or does (R) magically make a liberal statist acceptable? (Maybe that's the reason for his magic underwear…)

86 posted on 11/23/2014 3:09:15 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: BBell
"No!!!! Not Snow White!! What are they going to call it? Coal Black?"

I don't know if your comment was racist, but that was pretty funny. LOL!

87 posted on 11/23/2014 3:18:20 PM PST by semaj (Nothing will change until lying becomes an extremely dangerous & expensive habit.)
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To: BBell

Yea, and Ralph Kramden will always be a white guy . . .


88 posted on 11/23/2014 3:20:32 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

The “Wizard of Oz” became “The Wiz.”

And the Beastie Boys are still the best rap group ever. Three Jewish kids from NYC.


89 posted on 11/23/2014 3:22:46 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Ebola: Satan's End Game for Humanity.)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

I never thought of Ralph Kramden in quite the same light after watching Eddie Murphy’s ‘Delirious.’

“Norton! Come on down, I wanna show you somethin’!”


90 posted on 11/23/2014 3:27:35 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: BBell

Cast Daddy Warbucks as a pedophile version of Soros or Micheal Moore.


91 posted on 11/23/2014 3:28:23 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: dfwgator

What would the black community do if two white guys decided to remake the Amos & Andy show. Yea, I know that the original movie were white guys - but today?

As some have said, you could never remake Blazing Saddles or All in the Family today.

Though I have no problem with the show starring Jesse Jackson as Kingfish, along side Al Sharpton as Amos Jones. Michelle would make a great Sapphire.

“Holy mackerel!”


92 posted on 11/23/2014 3:32:55 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

Actually All in the Family in its’ final years became the epitome of PC.


93 posted on 11/23/2014 3:34:52 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: BBell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CeWjLyqx48

SNL Black Annie


94 posted on 11/23/2014 3:42:24 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Thad is a thud for me)
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To: dfwgator

That was about as big a shock as when Andy and Opie Taylor openly proclaimed their love for the 0bamanation on a commercial.


95 posted on 11/23/2014 3:52:59 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: OneWingedShark

Man, some people here do not understand humor.


96 posted on 11/23/2014 4:05:51 PM PST by BBell (I'm cynical and sarcastic and therefore I love Ann Coulter)
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To: Sybeck1

Now that was funny!!!!!!


97 posted on 11/23/2014 4:10:25 PM PST by BBell (I'm cynical and sarcastic and therefore I love Ann Coulter)
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To: BBell
I read the book “Starship Troopers”. When I saw the trailers for the movie I knew I could never watch it. Still Haven’t.

Oh, you ought to — it's Neil Patrick Harris's crowning achievement!
(Even better than Doctor Horrible's Sing Along Blog)

[It's a great watch for a Bad Movie Night.]

98 posted on 11/23/2014 4:52:30 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: dfwgator

Lets do a movie on George Washington and make him black! That would be so 21st Century! We can do Little Abner and have him black too! Its sad that Blacks are in almost every show, movie, play, Commercial, and spot—One would think they are 50% of the Population.


99 posted on 11/24/2014 2:01:47 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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