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Jesse Jackson: ‘Star Wars’ Record-Breaking Box Office Success Due to Racially Diverse Cast
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| feb 1 2016
| Kipp Jones
Posted on 02/01/2016 2:30:47 PM PST by drewh
Rev. Jesse Jackson partially credits the casting of black British actor John Boyega for the financial success of Star Wars: the Force Awakens in an op-ed piece about “Hollywood apartheid.â€
“For the second year in a row, no actor or actress of color has been nominated for an Academy Award. That is a shameful streak,†Jackson wrote in USA TODAY on Monday. “But the growing outcry over the whitewashing of the prestigious golden statue and the industry it celebrates is a sign of at least some progress.†Jackson wrote that minority performers are the future of the industry.
“By midcentury, America will be a majority minority country. But it is already clear that diversity is good for business,â€Jackson stated. “Films with diverse casts, according to the Bunche Center report, enjoyed the highest median global box-office receipts and the highest median return on investment.â€
He added: “Indeed, the movie that broke box office records around the world in 2015, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, stars a white woman and a black man.â€
To date, The Force Awakens has grossed nearly $2 billion.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: afroturf; astroturf; blackkk; blackliesmatter; blacklivesmatter; blackracist; california; hollywood; jessejackson; johnboyega; redistribution; reparations; starwars; theforceawakens; whiteprivilege
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:30:47 PM PST
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drewh
To: All
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:31:32 PM PST
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drewh
To: drewh
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:31:59 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: drewh
Rev. Jesse Jackson partially credits the casting of black British actor John Boyega for the financial success of Star Wars: the Force Awakens in an op-ed piece about “Hollywood apartheid.†Oh, so an "African-American" wasn't good enough, huh? They had to get a British guy.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:32:15 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: drewh
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:32:29 PM PST
by
Zarro
(Ben Carson 2016)
To: drewh
He’s a dumb ass. It was a great script, a great franchise with good acting.
Nothing about diversity made the movie a success.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:32:31 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: drewh
Well, Jessie ... Perhaps you can lick your own butt hole for an encore performance
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:32:52 PM PST
by
WTFOVR
(I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
To: drewh
Well it can’t be because of the story. Retread crap
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:33:20 PM PST
by
Sybeck1
(Winners Win! Losers Cruise!)
To: Zarro
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:34:02 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: drewh
Star Wars: The force awakens would have been uber successful if the entire cast were white conservative Christian Americans.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:34:31 PM PST
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: drewh
Oh please, it’s star wars. It will make tons of money. Put those two in a different film without classic star wars characters and see how much it makes.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:34:36 PM PST
by
SWAMP-C1PHER
(HOMO, OECONOMIA, ET CIVITAS.)
To: drewh
Yeah, that’s why everyone I know went to see it, racial diversity. The success of the franchise has nothing to with it.
To: drewh
Yeah, just like the first one. Broke all the records back than due to all the minorities in the cast. /s
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:35:36 PM PST
by
Hugin
("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man St anding.)
To: drewh
And the Feminists will claim that it was because the lead was a chick.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:35:43 PM PST
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dfwgator
To: Hugin
At least Billy Dee Williams is an American.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:36:02 PM PST
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dfwgator
To: drewh
Sad, very Sad
Racially Myopic Vision
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:36:24 PM PST
by
HangnJudge
(Cthulhu for President, why vote for a lesser Evil)
To: drewh
I must be a racist because I was focused on a good story and not the flavors of the cast. I've even got an original VHS of Disney's Song of the South>/i> where all but one of the stars in the cast were Black and Jesse Jackson got it banned. But they still sell it in Japan with subtitles!
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:36:57 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: drewh
Big Daddy Jackson is brilliant, such that he should be a member of the Academy. Blahhhhhh
To: drewh
Three words: Jar Jar Binks.
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:37:25 PM PST
by
snarkpup
(My goal in life is to die of old age before the country does.)
To: dfwgator
But he wasn’t in the first one. Well, there was the voice of James Earl Jones. Do black voices matter?
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posted on
02/01/2016 2:37:26 PM PST
by
Hugin
("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man St anding.)
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