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Jussie Smollett Dropped From Remainder Of ‘Empire’s Season By Producers
deadline.com ^ | 02/22/2019 | by Dominic Patten and Nellie Andreeva

Posted on 02/22/2019 7:59:18 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

Now that is a breath of fresh air, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up.


81 posted on 02/22/2019 8:55:31 AM PST by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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To: BenLurkin
Will they have the character die of AIDS?

AIDS takes too long. Have his jealous boyfriend beat him to death.

82 posted on 02/22/2019 8:55:37 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Red Badger

Now that is a breath of fresh air, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up.


83 posted on 02/22/2019 8:56:26 AM PST by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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To: Red Badger

Smollett MUST have asked his contacts/handlers, what would happen if his “mission” went awry.
Whoever put him up to this, will make sure he does all right in the future, so he won’t name names
OR
Come to think of it,
Smollett’s handlers might be re-grading him as “expendable”

Meanwhile..
Maybe SNL will do a skit where Smollett is killed by MAGA-hatted men.
Maybe “Empire” will allude to an “attempted lynching incident”

Either way, “history” could show that Smollett WAS attacked,
just as “history” shows that Palin said she could see Russia from her door.


84 posted on 02/22/2019 8:57:19 AM PST by syriacus
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To: Steely Tom
"A couple days ago they were saying they "stood behind him," and "saw no reason to make any changes to his role."

In fairness, it's probably safer to stand behind him than it is to stand in front of him.

85 posted on 02/22/2019 8:57:40 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Red Badger
The irony continues:


86 posted on 02/22/2019 8:57:54 AM PST by Oatka
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Tiger doesn’t belong on your list. He had personal flaws with fidelity, which cost himself financially, but none of it involved criminal activity.


87 posted on 02/22/2019 9:00:13 AM PST by shotgun
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To: Red Badger

The Black Prankster...


88 posted on 02/22/2019 9:04:13 AM PST by shotgun
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To: Red Badger

How much do you wanna bet he will be excised from the show via being killed by a, you guessed it:

TWO WHITE MEN
Wearing MAGA Hats
Spouting Racism and Homophobia


89 posted on 02/22/2019 9:07:37 AM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: Red Badger

One needs to watch the entire presentation that that lieutenant Chicago police Lieutenant gal gave yesterday at about 18 minutes
it’s absolutely completely devastating air tight and it’ll be very interesting to see where all Jesse tries to go with this now
Of course he’s a screaming stupid liberal so all everybody will circle the wagons for him but he’s committed multiple federal crimes here and I think he’s dead meat


90 posted on 02/22/2019 9:08:20 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Red Badger
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!!
91 posted on 02/22/2019 9:10:23 AM PST by red-dawg (Climate change caused the end of the Ice Age. Did man play a part in it?)
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To: Steely Tom

So:

2019: Character is “suspended for the remainder of the season.”

2019: Defense attorneys plea bargain down charges to lesser offense with say... a big fine and limited jail time (served at a “Club Fed”-type location (?)).

2019: Defendant enters “Alford” plea and is sentenced under the terms of the plea bargain. Never publicly admits to committing the crime.

2019 - 2021: Character continues to be absent from show during 2019 and 2020 seasons. Periodic mentions in other character dialogue to maintain audience memory of his character.

Late 2020 into 2021: Early release likely due to time off due to good behavior. Returns to show “bringing new depth to his performances due the prison enrichment of his experiences” (PR will do all it can to polish the t_ _ d.)

2021: JS = Gay + black + orange = Character return to series (and maybe that pay raise after all?)

By the way, notice how much coverage of the case has already dropped off in MSM?


92 posted on 02/22/2019 9:24:41 AM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: Red Badger

What??? They are calling him a liar? He swore to them he is innocent.

Hot potato, floor, some assembly required.


93 posted on 02/22/2019 9:26:43 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: Red Badger
Was this what made the production company dump him.....

‘HILARIOUS’! Charles Barkley’s trending, and it’s for these NBA game halftime riffs about Jussie Smollett

94 posted on 02/22/2019 9:27:40 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: mware

FEAR = Juss Smellette


95 posted on 02/22/2019 9:35:53 AM PST by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: BenLurkin

maybe a faked death where he looks real f’ed up, but later appears in the turks and caicos as a white man..


96 posted on 02/22/2019 9:46:20 AM PST by aces
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To: Steely Tom

A couple days ago they were saying they “stood behind him,” and “saw no reason to make any changes to his role.”


People have yet to learn with fast moving stories it is best not to make any comment at all. Sometimes it is best to wait until the dust settles and things become clearer.


97 posted on 02/22/2019 10:13:41 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: BenLurkin

If they were smart, they’d kill his character in a hate crime


98 posted on 02/22/2019 10:21:05 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (If we disarmed democrats gun violence would decrease by 90%.)
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To: Red Badger

hmmmm. i guess that means Jussie isn’t going to get that raise he hoaxed so hard to get ...

(note to self: hoaxing isn’t a good way to get a raise ...)


99 posted on 02/22/2019 10:27:08 AM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: BenLurkin

“Will they have the character die of AIDS?”

that would be politically incorrect ... i’m guessing the Jussie character will be attacked by a ravening pack of white Catholic high school boys wearing MAGA hats and chanting MAAAAAGAAAAA, MAAAAAAGAAAA, while eating his tiny brain ...


100 posted on 02/22/2019 10:30:03 AM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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