A group calling itself “Guardians of Peace” has been releasing the hacked emails of Hollywood producers and film executives. Among the items they have leaked was this exchange between Sony executives speculating about Emperor Barack’s favorite movies.
“Should I ask him if he liked DJANGO?” said Pascal, with Rudin replying “12 YEARS.”
“Or the butler. Or think like a man?” continued Pascal, who is a major donor for the Democratic party and President Obama.
“Ride-along. I bet he likes Kevin Hart,” said Rudin.
So the joke is, I guess, that the African-American emperor prefers to see movies featuring African-Americans. That seems to a pretty innocuous observation; a bit like speculating that Joe Biden likes movies like “Forrest Gump” and “I Am Sam” that feature mentally challenged white dudes. Further, it is borne out that black audiences are drawn to movies with black characters and black themes. This is pretty much the entire basis of Spike Lee’s career.
But I am wondering what if, instead of liberal Hollywood Democrats, that same email exchange had taken place between employees of FoxNews or Glenn Beck? Fair to say the MFM would be getting pretty lathered up, n’est-ce pas?
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Their email sounds a little sarcastic to me, since these Sony execs are supposed to & would have seen statistics regarding what black people, as a group, watch. So, I agree that if the exchange happened between known conservatives it would have been fertile ground for offense-taking.
This is all over a movie that I had no plans to see, until the spillage.
I haven’t heard blacks expressing anything in particular regarding these jaded & obvious remarks from the Hollywood elite. Double-standards hurt people in the end.
Blacks like to see movies produced by blacks with lots of black in them. Is this a surprise to anyone. Its like asking if gays like the wizard of oz, black swan, party monster, and whatever that pedo necro lesbian film all the lesbians like is.
I thought it was harmless enough; the stuff about Jolie was more surprising. But everyone is losing their poop over this discussion. Why? They are speaking common sense like V the K mentions yet one would think they were discussing Klan meetings the way people are acting.
This is getting very unflattering coverage in the media, so I’m unsure of the point being made here.