Comments on: A question of colour http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:46:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Crossing the Line « Beauty as Power http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-41377 Crossing the Line « Beauty as Power Wed, 16 May 2007 19:18:17 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-41377 [...] This MSNBC article quotes a poster on BET.com, saying that Angelina’s portrayal represents a “new generation of Hollywood in blackface.” But over at “Defamer,” we see that Angelina’s transformation into Mariane may involve nothing more than “bronzer and a wig.” I wouldn’t go so far as to say that Angelina is playing Mariane in “blackface,” but certainly there are actresses who would have needed much less appearance manipulation to play the role. Did Angelina’s wealth and connections enable her to obtain a role that could have been played more convincingly, at least in terms of appearance, by someone else? This Blogger at Blacklooks.org thinks so: [...] [...] This MSNBC article quotes a poster on BET.com, saying that Angelina’s portrayal represents a “new generation of Hollywood in blackface.” But over at “Defamer,” we see that Angelina’s transformation into Mariane may involve nothing more than “bronzer and a wig.” I wouldn’t go so far as to say that Angelina is playing Mariane in “blackface,” but certainly there are actresses who would have needed much less appearance manipulation to play the role. Did Angelina’s wealth and connections enable her to obtain a role that could have been played more convincingly, at least in terms of appearance, by someone else? This Blogger at Blacklooks.org thinks so: [...]

]]> By: TotalDismay.com » Women of Color Question Brad Pitt’s Casting Decision http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3417 TotalDismay.com » Women of Color Question Brad Pitt’s Casting Decision Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:40:07 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3417 [...] Some groups are upset that Angelina Jolie, a white woman, is portraying Mariane Pearl who has mixed heritage including Afro-Cuban and Dutch.  Mariane herself had this to say: “I am delighted that Angelina Jolie will be playing my role in the adaptation of my book, I deeply admire her work and what she is committed to.” [...] [...] Some groups are upset that Angelina Jolie, a white woman, is portraying Mariane Pearl who has mixed heritage including Afro-Cuban and Dutch.  Mariane herself had this to say: “I am delighted that Angelina Jolie will be playing my role in the adaptation of my book, I deeply admire her work and what she is committed to.” [...]

]]> By: Angelina Jolie plays Mariane Pearl, angering black campaign groups. « Consistently Inconsistent http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3290 Angelina Jolie plays Mariane Pearl, angering black campaign groups. « Consistently Inconsistent Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:06:23 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3290 [...] I was surprised by the number of posts commenting on the anger from black activists about Jolie being cast as Daniel Pearl’s wife in ‘A Mighty Heart‘, currently in production. [...] [...] I was surprised by the number of posts commenting on the anger from black activists about Jolie being cast as Daniel Pearl’s wife in ‘A Mighty Heart‘, currently in production. [...]

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3282 Sokari Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:27:03 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3282 Ok fun over - I have had enough - Comments closed! This blog is not a Black campaign organisation nor is it a Black rights group nor is the spokesblog for the whole black global community. This whole nonsense just shows what a sloppy bunch of people run the tabloid news here and in the US that they cannot get even the basic facts right. Ok fun over – I have had enough – Comments closed!

This blog is not a Black campaign organisation nor is it a Black rights group nor is the spokesblog for the whole black global community.

This whole nonsense just shows what a sloppy bunch of people run the tabloid news here and in the US that they cannot get even the basic facts right.

]]> By: James http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3280 James Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:28:13 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3280 The colour of our skin should not make any difference. If it was a black woman playing a white woman and somebody objected, all hell would brake loose for being racist. Anyone who has a problem with Jolie playing this character is certainly racist. You don't have to be white to be racist, you can be any colour!!! The colour of our skin should not make any difference.
If it was a black woman playing a white woman and somebody objected, all hell would brake loose for being racist.
Anyone who has a problem with Jolie playing this character is certainly racist.
You don’t have to be white to be racist, you can be any colour!!!

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3279 Vanessa Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:06:41 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3279 To #4, Rosemary Quote: " As you say, Mrs Pearl needs to have her head examined. I am sorry for people like her. " This is a horrible thing to say about a woman whose beloved husband was beheaded. THAT is the thing you should feel sorry about her, not whom she wants to play her in a movie. She owes nothing to the black race anyway-she's not black. She is French, of Dutch-Cuban ancestry. To #4, Rosemary

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” As you say, Mrs Pearl needs to have her head examined. I am sorry for people like her. ”

This is a horrible thing to say about a woman whose beloved husband was beheaded.

THAT is the thing you should feel sorry about her, not whom she wants to play her in a movie.

She owes nothing to the black race anyway-she’s not black. She is French, of Dutch-Cuban ancestry.

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3278 Vanessa Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:01:10 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3278 To 3 19, Debbie Quote: " Can you imagine Denzil Washington or Samuel L Jackson being cast as George Bush or Tony Blair?? No, neither can I. " Sorry, Denzel played JULIUS CEASAR on Broadway. A very white Roman emperor!!! To 3 19, Debbie

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” Can you imagine Denzil Washington or Samuel L Jackson being cast as George Bush or Tony Blair?? No, neither can I. ”

Sorry, Denzel played JULIUS CEASAR on Broadway. A very white Roman emperor!!!

]]> By: Arletta http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3277 Arletta Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:47:13 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3277 To # 31 If you don't know about something you should not slander before checking. If you do know, you should not lie: Angelina Jolie has had the same lips ALL HER LIFe. There are tons of photos of hers from infancy onwards, with the same lips, which both her father and her mother have, and passed them on to her-just like she passed them on to her baby daughter Shiloh. To # 31

If you don’t know about something you should not slander before checking. If you do know, you should not lie:

Angelina Jolie has had the same lips ALL HER LIFe. There are tons of photos of hers from infancy onwards, with the same lips, which both her father and her mother have, and passed them on to her-just like she passed them on to her baby daughter Shiloh.

]]> By: Arletta http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3276 Arletta Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:42:01 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3276 Mariane Pearl wants Angelina Jolie to portray her. The money for making the film comes from private pockets. No one has any say about it except those involved in the film. Everybody else is just wasting their time. Whoever has a problem with anything about the film, is free to not see it. I see no complaints about Halle Berry playing a white woman in "Class Act". End of subject. Mariane Pearl wants Angelina Jolie to portray her.

The money for making the film comes from private pockets.

No one has any say about it except those involved in the film.

Everybody else is just wasting their time.

Whoever has a problem with anything about the film, is free to not see it.

I see no complaints about Halle Berry playing a white woman in “Class Act”.

End of subject.

]]> By: Heather http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3275 Heather Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:39:11 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/07/a_question_of_colour_or_is_it.html#comment-3275 I really think there is a vast section of black viewers/critics that have seriously lost the plot. See this movie first as Angelina playing the part of a woman whose husband was killed in the most vicious of fashions rather than attempting to hijack a story for one's personal political outlook. We are slagging off a widow for chrissake. If Ms Pearl is happy with the woman cast to play her then who the hell are we to say otherwise. Get a serious life and start moving on from your own peraonal barriers of insecurty. And no, before you get on your high horse, I am not white, but a black British woman of half-Jamaican/half Syrian extract and continuously despaired at reading commentaries like this from my fellow black brothers and sisters. I really think there is a vast section of black viewers/critics that have seriously lost the plot. See this movie first as Angelina playing the part of a woman whose husband was killed in the most vicious of fashions rather than attempting to hijack a story for one’s personal political outlook. We are slagging off a widow for chrissake. If Ms Pearl is happy with the woman cast to play her then who the hell are we to say otherwise. Get a serious life and start moving on from your own peraonal barriers of insecurty. And no, before you get on your high horse, I am not white, but a black British woman of half-Jamaican/half Syrian extract and continuously despaired at reading commentaries like this from my fellow black brothers and sisters.

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