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Samuel L Jackson condemns casting black British actors in US roles they can't understand
The Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8 March 2017 | Hannah Furness

Posted on 03/08/2017 6:25:02 PM PST by PotatoHeadMick

Hollywood should stop constantly casting black British actors in American roles they cannot fully understand, Samuel L Jackson has said, as he claims UK stars get work because they are simply cheaper.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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The money quote

"Asked why British actors were so successful in the States, he said: 'They're cheaper than us, for a start. They don't cost as much.' "

Hollywood actor complains because immigrant workers are undercutting local workers and stealing their jobs.

They don't do irony in Hollywood do they?

1 posted on 03/08/2017 6:25:02 PM PST by PotatoHeadMick
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Damn old potato eatin back Micks


2 posted on 03/08/2017 6:26:52 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Don’t release any Sammy Mule Jackass movies in the UK because no one there will understand them, especially black Brits.


3 posted on 03/08/2017 6:27:13 PM PST by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Wot’s in your billfold, guv’nor?


4 posted on 03/08/2017 6:27:33 PM PST by Rastus
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To: PotatoHeadMick

How this guy keeps his job flogging credit cards is beyond me. He is thoroughly unlikable.


5 posted on 03/08/2017 6:28:03 PM PST by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Sounds like we need to build a “HollyWall”!


6 posted on 03/08/2017 6:28:08 PM PST by Billyv (Freedom isn't Free! Get off the sidelines!)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Just like a brotha to axe Whats in yo wallet


7 posted on 03/08/2017 6:28:17 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

English! Do you speak it?!


8 posted on 03/08/2017 6:28:50 PM PST by struggle (The)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

That argument could just as well apply to Mr. Obama.


9 posted on 03/08/2017 6:29:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

I understand that they’re being hired because they are conscientious, they know their lines, they’re cooperative, and they show up on the set on time.


10 posted on 03/08/2017 6:30:09 PM PST by Salvey
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Like taking a half-black man who was raised as a suburban white kid and then an Indonesian Muslim and portraying him as an authentic African-American with all the ghetto and “descendant of slaves” cred imputed to him?


11 posted on 03/08/2017 6:30:16 PM PST by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Hey sammy, baby.

The MoFos (put that in for you since you haven’t had 2 lines of dialog without MF in it ever) don’t need to UNDERSTAND the role.

Just PERFORM it.

You know, ‘cause that is what actors get paid to do.

Not that you have any connection whatsoever to the ‘hood except in your imagination.


12 posted on 03/08/2017 6:30:46 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Not tired of winning yet!)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Samuel L. Jackson should order a stiff pint of shut the f__k up.


13 posted on 03/08/2017 6:30:48 PM PST by IronJack
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Guess what Mr. Jackson, acting is something the English do very well, and they take their craft very seriously.


14 posted on 03/08/2017 6:30:57 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both)
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To: Salvey

And chicks dig the accent.

It ain’t fair but it is true.


15 posted on 03/08/2017 6:31:38 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Not tired of winning yet!)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

They can also speak English.


16 posted on 03/08/2017 6:31:52 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Bryanw92

They meant to say he was an owner of white slave owners and muslims slavers.


17 posted on 03/08/2017 6:34:52 PM PST by This I Wonder32460
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To: This I Wonder32460

Correction: “They meant to say he was a descendant of white slave owners and muslims slavers.”


18 posted on 03/08/2017 6:35:51 PM PST by This I Wonder32460
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To: freedumb2003

Heh Fake ****ah MFu**ka


19 posted on 03/08/2017 6:35:56 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

America First, says Samuel L. Jackson!


20 posted on 03/08/2017 6:38:18 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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