Posted on 10/11/2006 10:38:14 AM PDT by dynachrome
There has, however, been some controversy over the casting. Some black campaign groups say it amounts to a "whitewash" - because Mrs Pearl is mixed race. One website, blacklooks.org, claims: "It is 2006 and I had assumed that the days when white actors took on roles of black people had long passed away."
I can hear the soundtrack in my head now.
2. Sheesh, they had to put makeup on Jolie to make her plausible as Mrs. Pearl. OK. The makeup ain't perfect but this is of no real importance.
"If you are going to shoot, shoot. Don't talk"
(Supposedly, he didn't know he was the "ugly" in the "Good, Bad, and the Ugly" until the movie came out!)
ehhhh, blondie.
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