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You’ll never believe who’s playing Michael Jackson in a new movie
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| Chris Perez
Posted on 01/27/2016 4:12:40 PM PST by dynachrome
Fans of the Gloved One want the white actor cast to play Michael Jackson in a new British TV movie to "Beat It."
"Because we aren't whitewashed enough in Hollywood, apparently," read a tweet posted on BET's Twitter page on Wednesday.
"They seriously couldn't find a black actor to play Michael Jackson?," tweeted DeRay Mckesson, an American civil rights activist and leader in the "Black Lives Matter" movement.
Imani Gandy wrote, "They cast a white guy to play Michael Jackson. I think we can admit that this whole 'planet earth' thing isn't working out."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: michaeljackson; movie; white
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To: dynachrome
well, he can play the AFTER version of Michael Jackson
but
he’ll have to wear BlackFace to play the BEFORE version...
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:26:44 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
To: gorush
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:27:17 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
To: dynachrome
Michael Jackson was black? Holy crap I thought he was a white guy. He looked white. He had white kids.
To: dynachrome
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:28:43 PM PST
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: dsrtsage
what’s strange about all the “cultural appropriation” you wrote about, is that I thought our culture was supposed to Stink??
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:28:46 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
To: dynachrome
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:30:04 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: rktman
27
posted on
01/27/2016 4:31:28 PM PST
by
MeganC
(The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
To: dynachrome
Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, brother of Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, and third cousin of a baronet.
You can't get more Black than that.
After he's been in the sun, he actually is darker than Michael.
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:32:13 PM PST
by
x
To: dynachrome
Who gives a sh!t about America’s culture of liquid manure.
Los Angeles, NYC, Boston, DC and everything in between.
To: dynachrome
Only in America can a poor black boy from Gary, Indiana grow up to be a rich white woman in Malibu.
To: dynachrome
Would it have made sense to include the next paragraph that stated who the actor is. Joseph Fiennes just might be the one who could pull this off. If you read the whole story you would know that this is not a Biopic, but a road trip movie with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando that takes place in 2001.
To: dynachrome
Was Andy Serkis booked somewhere else?
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:33:46 PM PST
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: x
Gonna have to get some collagen injections in those lips Ray.
To: dynachrome
Only in America can you be born a poor black child and grow up to be a beautiful white woman....
They didn’t complain when a couple foreigners playd MLK and Coretta Scott King.
It is called the arts and acting.
The body of their work should stand on its own.
Don’t they believe in diversity?
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:34:54 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:36:13 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: Steven Scharf
An alleged comedy. Might be funny if done Monty-Pythonish.
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:38:06 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
To: longfellow
He has to cut off his nose. There must be a better way to spite your face.
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:45:27 PM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: dynachrome
Cue Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Black Lives Matter.
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:46:42 PM PST
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
To: dynachrome
A white guy who can *dance* like Michael Jackson??
Are they using a black dude as a stunt double?
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posted on
01/27/2016 4:52:39 PM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(Obama - the AIDS virus for the American body politic.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
01/27/2016 5:02:58 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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