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Today's faux outrage. Will Smith isn't black enough to play Richard Williams.
1 posted on 03/05/2019 6:39:41 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

I think everybody in politics and entertainment needs to get a DNA test and wear a badge with their ethnic percentages.


2 posted on 03/05/2019 6:41:23 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: EdnaMode

they could darken will smith’s foundation a bit... ooops...

if that is the case, we could get robert downy jr. to play him...


3 posted on 03/05/2019 6:42:30 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: EdnaMode

The only justifiable thing to do is create a clone :)


4 posted on 03/05/2019 6:44:23 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: EdnaMode

Somebody should invent makeup in case a skin tone needs to be a slightly different shade for a role.


5 posted on 03/05/2019 6:45:04 AM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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To: EdnaMode

I would think the issue would be Will Smith isn’t fat enough and has all his teeth.


6 posted on 03/05/2019 6:47:21 AM PST by Toespi
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To: EdnaMode
The actor recently pulled out of DC's Suicide Squad

There's a Titanic that is going down. To pull out of Suicide Squad to have a supporting role in some PC BS movie that no one will watch is telling.

7 posted on 03/05/2019 6:48:31 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: EdnaMode

“Today’s faux outrage.”

To a great many blacks, color is paramount, and the shade of that color is crucial. Don’t know if it is still this way, but for the longest time, to belong to black high society in Atlanta, one could be no darker than a brown paper bag.


8 posted on 03/05/2019 6:51:12 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: EdnaMode
Writers of Hamilton will be most injured by the wholesale adoption of this position.
9 posted on 03/05/2019 6:53:03 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: EdnaMode
Sure, they have a legitimate gripe, cause SOOO many actors look identical to the person they were portraying. Who knew Henry Tudor was such a good looking guy?


11 posted on 03/05/2019 6:56:44 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: EdnaMode

Well, if that’s what they’re talking about now, maybe they can address the ... ah ... shades of difference between the cast of “Hamilton” and the historical figures they’re supposed to represent.


12 posted on 03/05/2019 6:59:16 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: EdnaMode

So, it’s OK for a black actress to play the queen of France in an historical drama, but Mr Smith’s skin tone isn’t really black enough to play the part of a black American? Well, that’s easily solved, have Mr Smith wear dark-toned makeup—black face if you will.


13 posted on 03/05/2019 7:03:07 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: EdnaMode

If white roles require black actors these days, then why isn’t Williams being played by a white?


14 posted on 03/05/2019 7:05:54 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.)
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To: EdnaMode

Two weeks ago Smith was too blue for the Aladdin movie. Before that they complained he has brown and not blue.


15 posted on 03/05/2019 7:29:28 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: EdnaMode

He will play the father who supplied the steroids to his daughters.


16 posted on 03/05/2019 7:31:48 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: EdnaMode

And BTW this movie should be a massive flop. I love tennis and can’t stand the horrible Wms sisters or their late father nor the way the announcers slobber over all of them. I can’t be the only one not interested. Of course all the rabid Mooschelle fans will probably go if she tells them to.


19 posted on 03/05/2019 7:38:06 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: EdnaMode

Shoe polish will work wonders. Faux concern solved.


20 posted on 03/05/2019 8:11:11 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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“King Richard is set to showcase the inspiring story of a father with no formal tennis background raise two of the most world-renowned tennis stars”

Did he get them started on the ‘roids too or did they do that on their own?

Bet that won’t be in the movie.


22 posted on 03/05/2019 10:51:19 AM PST by Boogieman
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