Actor Faizon Love Sues Universal for Cutting Black Stars Out of ‘Couples Retreat’ Publicity Posters (overseas ads)

Breitbart ^ | 11-28-20 | ALANA MASTRANGELO

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Actor Faizon Love is suing Universal Studios for cutting him and his fellow black co-star Kali Hawk out of international publicity posters for the 2009 film, Couples Retreat.

The 52-year-old actor filed a lawsuit on Wednesday stating that he was “aghast” when he saw himself and Hawk removed from publicity posters overseas, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter.

“Universal Studios had no problem featuring Black actors in the comedic film. But when it came to publicizing the film to international audiences, Universal Studios chose to segregate the motion picture’s White and Black actors…” the lawsuit states. “Rather than enjoy maximum visibility with the film’s release, Mr. Love was demoted to the proverbial ‘Invisible Man,’ as penned by Ralph Ellison,” the complaint continued, referring to Ralph Ellison’s civil rights novel.

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"People ask why now? One because Universal is still using the edited poster to promote the movie overseas, two no one said any thing when they went back ten years and ask @KevinHart4real to explain his ”tweet” that kept him from hosting the Oscars…not one person said why now…

— Faizon Love AKA Alvin Tostig (@FAIZONLOVE) November 26, 2020

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I am proud to say I have no idea who this bozo is and have never watched a minute of “Couples Retreat”.

[lee martell]

Faizon is not improving his chances of finding new work in Hollywood by making a big deal about this.
Presently, he looks extremely overweight, maybe near 400lbs from the look of it. If he was anywhere near that weight ten years ago, it’s not surprising that his image is sparely being used. Not fair, but movies are by definition, a visual medium. They promote the images that sell to the most people.

If Faizon is not careful, he will get blacklisted like that former TV comic Monique. Now, all she does is go show to show complaining about how ‘Da System done her wrong!”

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over seas is seeing enough tv footage of blacks in this country... they dont need to see the fake ones...

[Texas Eagle]

Go get 'em, Alyssa Milano!

Alyssa Milano?

Alyssa?

Bueller?

Bueller?

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Think china.

[qam1]

They did the same in China for Star Wars, where they shrunk the Black Character and removed the Arab (and the Wookie) for the poster

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Faizon Love

Marquise Love

Reggie Love

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Loved him in "Friday."

[Zhang Fei]

[Faizon is not improving his chances of finding new work in Hollywood by making a big deal about this.]

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In the past couple weeks, there was an article about the first fully-Oriental female MLB GM - a U of Chicago grad who got into the biz right out of college. I don’t follow sports generally, so I had never heard of her (or of any baseball bigwig apart from Steinbrenner). Some inebriated scout needled her about her ethnicity/race in 2003 during a convention, at a time when she was Assistant GM. For some reason, the incident got blown up, and the scout was fired, days after he had been hired by the Mets. It would not surprise me if she became toxic after that. If she had insisted, the incident would likely have been played down. But I suspect she let it snowball, costing the scout his job. People say all kind of things when they’re drunk. You can’t hold it against them. That she gave him a hard time probably led to her being sidelined every time a GM job opening came up.

[Midwesterner53]

Leftists can’t even please leftists. I love it.

[GOP Poet]

My guess is all has not gone well with his career and he is looking for a pay out like some women who jumped in for during the metoo time just for payola.

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I am proud to say I have no idea who this bozo is and have never watched a minute of ‘Couples Retreat’”.

Ditto...I’d have to retrieve the TV from the attic...

[Terry L Smith]

Very simple explanation.

‘Black lives matter’ does not play well overseas.

Yup, you heard me right.

[napscoordinator]

It was a good movie. But it’s 11 years old. So weird to complain about something so long ago. I’m sure he even spent the money he made from the movie long ago.

[Sirius Lee]

When BLM realizes they are just the lowest class of slaves on a PLA plantation.

[ronniesgal]

well Faizon, blacks (little b) are NOT carried around in other parts of the world like they are here.
Guy needs to relax.