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‘Empire’ Under Fire: Black Scholar on CNN Calls Show ‘Ghettofied’ ‘Coonery’
http://www.thewrap.com/empire-under-fire-black-scholar-calls-show-ghettofied-coonery/ ^ | March 18, 2015 | Debbie Emery, Anita Bennett

Posted on 03/19/2015 12:57:57 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey

Black actors and actresses are tired of being put in the entertainment ghetto,” Dr. Boyce D. Watkins tells host Don Lemon While viewers were burning up social media about the explosive “Empire” season finale that aired Wednesday night on Fox, a heated debate was happening over on Don Lemon’s “CNN Tonight.” After showing a clip of the knock-down, drag-out, drink-throwing, weave-pulling catfight between Cookie and Anika, the conversation turned to whether the Fox hip-hop drama negatively portrays African-American culture.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: slime; thugculture
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To: MeshugeMikey
‘Empire': Terrence Howard Thinks The ’N Word’ Should Be Used On The Show

Does that mean I can say, "Nigga Please" ...in an affectionate, endearing way, of course.

41 posted on 03/19/2015 1:22:11 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: MeshugeMikey

To paraphrase Dann Rather, it’s negative, but accurate.


42 posted on 03/19/2015 1:22:38 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I’ve been going back and forth on whether I should get a ‘Coonan’ hat and t-shirt, for fear of getting negative feedback from low-information folk. The large .357 magnum, semi-automatic handgun on the shirt should be a clue, but might be taken as some sort of threat.


43 posted on 03/19/2015 1:22:58 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: MeshugeMikey

They reached 17 million last night.


44 posted on 03/19/2015 1:23:15 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: rabidralph

Minorities ought to be offended


45 posted on 03/19/2015 1:23:41 PM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: fatima

oh my...


46 posted on 03/19/2015 1:24:01 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: SampleMan

there we go!


47 posted on 03/19/2015 1:24:35 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: TexasCajun

authentic .....crap....great


48 posted on 03/19/2015 1:25:08 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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49 posted on 03/19/2015 1:26:17 PM PDT by newfreep ("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
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‘Coonery’

I believe that is racist. Doesn't matter who said it.

But then again, there is that "pesky" First amendment.

5.56mm

50 posted on 03/19/2015 1:26:49 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe

the party quoted is a self loathing......”thug”? “scholar”?


51 posted on 03/19/2015 1:27:50 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

“Coonery”

Now that’s funny!


52 posted on 03/19/2015 1:28:10 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

How can you coarsen and debauch hip hop?


It’s not about that.

Like so many other issues, it’s about “NORMALIZING” certain aspects of our culture.

To make popular through both consistent exposure and by wrapping an emotional element into the story line.

There’s an old saying in sales, “Facts tell, but stories SELL”


53 posted on 03/19/2015 1:28:16 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: newfreep

good thing that racoon isnt wearing any “bling”


54 posted on 03/19/2015 1:28:57 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Altura Ct.

get thee to the “coonery”


55 posted on 03/19/2015 1:29:29 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey; All

I don’t know. It kind of looked like Dallas and Falcon Crest to me...Night time soaps (and even daytime soaps) all this type of drama.

I figure since some of the actors in Empire have thanked Fox for the show and have said they are proud of their work that it must hit home for someone.

It is silly to pretend that just because it is crazy and over the top that it must be ‘ghettoized’. Some people just are that nuts


56 posted on 03/19/2015 1:30:49 PM PDT by Nifster
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I have never seen the show and don't intend to watch it, but I read somewhere that Empire is a variation on the play/film The Lion in Winter, with Terence Howard's Hip Hop mogul standing in for Henry II, and Taraji P. Henson the ex-con wife as a sub for the recently imprisoned Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their children representing the rest of the squabbling Plantagenets. Interesting idea, I guess.
57 posted on 03/19/2015 1:31:38 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.&#148;)
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To: SMARTY

But they’re not. They seem to love the show.


58 posted on 03/19/2015 1:33:05 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: MeshugeMikey

LOL, I’m much more concerned about those watching Bachelor or Bachelorette.


59 posted on 03/19/2015 1:36:22 PM PDT by dmz
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To: MeshugeMikey
Of course it's trash. Most TV is.

It's Black Dynasty thirty years later, right down to the gay son and flamboyant ex-wife and the epic cat fights.

Throw in a dash of King Lear or Macbeth and a lot of hip hop and that's the recipe.

The characters aren't much worse than Joan Collins and she's been decorated by Queen Elizabeth II for services to charity and dramatic arts.

60 posted on 03/19/2015 1:38:59 PM PDT by x
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