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Hollywood's Race Problem: "It's a White Industry"
Hollywood Reporter ^ | 12/2014 | Chris Rock

Posted on 12/11/2014 8:57:48 AM PST by Borges

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1 posted on 12/11/2014 8:57:48 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Can”t stand this mumble mouthed racist.


2 posted on 12/11/2014 9:01:15 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Borges
But look, most movies suck. Absolutely suck. They just do.

Chris is correct. What he fails to mention is the fact a lot of them are his.

3 posted on 12/11/2014 9:06:44 AM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Borges
Black kids watch The Lord of the Rings and they want to be the Lord of the Rings.

That's pretty disturbing. The Lord of the Rings was Sauron.

4 posted on 12/11/2014 9:07:28 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Borges
Hollywood's Race Problem: "It's a White Industry"

So blacks are a little under-represented here. Take a look at professional sports and see how much they're over-represented.

5 posted on 12/11/2014 9:08:41 AM PST by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Borges

I dislike this person more and more every time he speaks.


6 posted on 12/11/2014 9:09:02 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: longfellow

I liked Bernie Mac. I don’t know what his personal politics were but I saw some good messages in the sit com he had.

I remember 1 episode in particular where he was explaining to his niece that “White people don’t owe you nuthin” because the girl was trying to take things from white kids because white people owned slaves.


7 posted on 12/11/2014 9:09:10 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: Borges

Then why are they remaking movies with black actors playing the part that white actors did. The latest is “Annie” ....


8 posted on 12/11/2014 9:09:30 AM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: Borges

I remember seeing an interview with Dave Chappell a few years after he got out of Hollywood where he pointed out that if you’re a black man in Hollywood, and you’re not Will Smith or Denzel Washington, they’re going to find a way to get you in a dress sooner or later.


9 posted on 12/11/2014 9:10:28 AM PST by Buggman (returnofbenjamin.com)
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To: Borges

Chris, no one cares about your little race problem. Its boring. You people make bad decisions and don’t seem focused on success. Go away. come back when y’all have fixed yourselves.


10 posted on 12/11/2014 9:11:09 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats have a lynch mob mentality. They always have.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
I'd do the same for a young white guy, but here's the difference: Someone's going to help the white guy. Multiple people will. The people whom I've tried to help, I'm not sure anybody was going to help them. And I have a decent batting average. I still remember people thinking I was crazy for hiring Wanda Sykes on my old HBO show. I recommended J.B. Smoove for Saturday Night Live, and I just helped Leslie Jones get on that show. She's about as funny as a human being can be, but she didn't go to Second City, she doesn't do stand-up at The Cellar...
IOW, they're entitled to a shot at the top venue without having to pay dues!
11 posted on 12/11/2014 9:12:31 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: longfellow
Can”t stand this mumble mouthed racist.

But his "How not to get your *$$ kicked by the Police" skit is very funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8

12 posted on 12/11/2014 9:12:46 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: edpc

One of my favorite comedy moves was “Life” with Edddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, and just about every other black comedian out there minus Chris Rock.


13 posted on 12/11/2014 9:13:41 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: SkyDancer

Remember “The Wiz”? What a simplified version of a classic tale, one in which THEY completely changed the moral of the story from finding your inner strength to “gotta kilt dis witch!”


14 posted on 12/11/2014 9:14:23 AM PST by PeteePie (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Borges

Wow. I actually like Chris Rock and I liked this editorial. Don’t see what the big problem is here. Sounds like to me he is just being frank and open about everything. And at the same time he is accepting of the situation, and trying to help along fellow black entertainers. Don’t see what the problem is. He’s not a “Hate Whitey!” racist or even a Michelle Obama racist. Just a dude who tells the truth. Seems like a decent guy, too. Profane, but decent.


15 posted on 12/11/2014 9:15:09 AM PST by 2big2fail
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To: Borges

Who is the Negro that played in the Shawshank Redemption? He also does the interesting Origin of Universe shows on TV...has a deep voice. I think that guy has a lot of talent.


16 posted on 12/11/2014 9:15:33 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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To: Borges

But the wealthy movie makers and celebs all adopt African and other third world babies to make up for it.

Some, like Brangelina even have the complete set.


17 posted on 12/11/2014 9:15:35 AM PST by Iron Munro (D.H.S. has the same headcount as the US Marine Corps with twice the budget)
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To: Borges

The other thing- it seems more and more, the POTUS was black in movies and TV, to brainwash us. Hollywood also has a lot of interracial romances, which is odd, since them seem to be overrepresented. Chris Rock is terribly bitter, but thinks he isn’t. He is doing better financially than probably 90+% of white Americans, and he complains.


18 posted on 12/11/2014 9:15:39 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Borges

Many industries are going to be more white now after what has transpired recently.
Hiring a black is just asking for problems.


19 posted on 12/11/2014 9:16:56 AM PST by right way right (America will reject the suck of Socialist Freedumb, one way or another.)
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To: Borges

Chris Rock is right about one thing: No one needs to bow down to Hollywood to make a movie anymore. And I believe that fact scares the old perverts who run that town.


20 posted on 12/11/2014 9:18:20 AM PST by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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