Posted on 02/22/2007 2:07:17 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Jesse Jackson: Hollywood Needs 'Diversity'
Newsmax.com
Feb. 22, 2007
As seemingly half of Hollywood converged on a fundraiser for Democratic presidential aspirant Sen. Barack Obama, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was huddled elsewhere with Universal Studios president Ron Meyer over his own campaign - to increase industry diversity.
"We must go to each of the companies and agencies and urge them to make the industry open up and expand the market and the opportunities," Jackson said Wednesday during an hour-plus interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
"After all, we once did not know how big baseball could be until everyone could play. Right now, with the system (in) Hollywood, we don't know how big the entertainment market can be until everybody is able to participate."
Jackson's Tuesday meeting with Meyer and his planned sessions with various studio heads, talent agency executives and others are part of a continuing campaign by the civil rights leader's Rainbow Coalition to press for greater diversity in Hollywood's casting process and studio hiring. Citing data like a recent UCLA report showing low numbers of minority-oriented film roles, Jackson aims to convince industry elite that increased casting and hiring of minorities will broaden the creative scope of Hollywood entertainment and thus its revenue base.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Nevermind I just thought of the thugs pimps running currently for President..
One question...where is the diversity of both race and ideology in Jesse's camp?
The death penalty as administered by the courts of Texas IS a political issue. Duh.
His 1990s writing pale in comparison to his work for the previous 3 decades.
At least he isn't the idiotic review that Roeper is. Roeper has admitted to not liking black and white movies and thinking that the Little Rascals films should be tossed on the scrap heap of history for being "racist". Leonard Maltin would beg to differ on both points.
Britney is wearing pearls under that hoodie....lol!
First of all, I never said it wasn't a political issue, so stop putting words in my mouth.
Ebert is saying it's not a political issue being taken seriously by the....MOVIE!!! The one that he's...REVIEWING. If he criticizes the death penalty, or at least the state of the execution system in Texas, fine...but the context of the review is different. He's attacking the movie (you have to read the rest of the review, not just the excerpt) for blatantly exploiting the issue while not taking sides.
Personally, I think you just don't understand this review and you aren't getting the point of it.
Once again, in that review, he lists examples of movies that do take sides on the issue without being exploitative, INCLUDING a movie that is PRO-death penalty ("The Executioner's Song").
I'll say it a third time; there are movies with a message different from his own that he gives favorable reviews to, including "Michael Moore Hates America." He also thought the move "In Good Company" had a message different from his own world view but he gave that one a thumbs up. I guess I'd better get ready to say it a fourth time, too.
If you think his writings "pale in comparision" to his early ones or whatever, fine, then just read Berardinelli like I do.
That & tuition payments he owes to a certain stripper.
Thank goodness I'm immune.
Well the TLC says you have to turn in everything you find to the police, but I`ll be damned if I walk in to a cop station with drugs. I throw it all out the second I find it because again, the last thing I need is a cop pulling me over and finding drugs, so out it goes.
Someone told me if a cop pulls me over and finds it in the backseat I can`t be charged, but screw that, I don`t take any chances. If I pick someone up and I suspect they are on drugs or are doing drugs (yes, they snort in the backseat) I immediately check the back seat when they get out, or I check if I pick up anybody around 10th avenue between 23rd and 29th.
That whole area is where Paris Hilton, Britney, Lindsay Lohan all go to, it`s just one huge massive drug den, and the cops are constantly closing clubs down around there. They just closed down Scores 2 days ago which is also in that area for prostitution. The city would love to just shut that whole area down as the past year 3 people where killed around those clubs but I guess the lawyers somehow keep them open.
Anytime you see a bunch of Hollywood celebs going to a specific club or area, you can bet the bank it`s because of drugs. There was a sleazy biker bar a few years back called Hogs and Hiefers, I mean this place was as sleazy as it gets (it`s still there matter of fact) and for some reason just tons of these Hollywood celebs were going there and nobody could figure out why, until it was found out the owner was dealing coke. The owner ended up dying of an overdose and guess what? No more celebs go there. Now they hit those clubs around 10th ave.
Hollywood is a freggin` joke, they`re nothing but a bunch of overpaid bums and people wonder why their politics are so far in fantasy land, it`s because they`re high half the time.
IOW, the cost of doing business just went up for Universal Studio! I wish, just one time, some business owner that he was trying to shake down, would haul off and kick his butt. LOL! I know, it's against the law, but it would make everyone feel soooo good. ;o)
Roeper is a terrible critic who signifies the trend for populist 'regular guys' as film critics as opposed to people who actually know something about the medium, its aesthetics, its history.
I hardly think the likes of Britney and Paris hilton represent the sum and substance of Hollywood filmmaking,
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.