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Jamie Foxx really thinks Fantasia is his DREAMGIRL!

Published at:  Oct 22, 2005 1:44:44 AM CDT

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with an update on Bill Condon's DREAMGIRLS. Jamie Foxx has spoken out about his desire to have singer Fantasia in the cast (playing Effie in the adaptation of the musical). It's been talked about at places like Zap2it and now the New York Post has run a story on it.



I am a modern pop music illiterate, so I don't know anything about Fantasia, but I do know that I fully trust Bill Condon to cast his movies. He made both Brendan Frasier and Chris O'Donnell turn in great performances (especially Frasier) in GODS & MONSTERS and KINSEY. If Condon agrees with Foxx on this, then I'm in. What about you?





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  • Oct 22, 2005 1:47:26 AM CDT

    HOLY SHIT FIRST!!

    by jellylover

  • Oct 22, 2005 1:50:43 AM CDT

    Oops

    by jellylover

    I got to excited and posted before I could say anything. Fantasia is the ugliest woman I have ever seen in my life. I can't sit through a minute looking at her let alone 90 mins. Ugly and can't read. God bless America. First...thats so cool.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 1:56:10 AM CDT

    Who cares what Foxx thinks.

    by josh town

    Jaime Foxx annoys the hell out of me. He's a piss poor actor and a very good imitator (Ray), who now because of an undeserved Oscar (that had more to with race than anything) thinks he's God's gift to earth. Not too mention that stupid fucking Kanye West song is way too annoying. I can't imagine ever saying "wow, Jamie Fox is in that new movie I've got to go see that". Unless of course it' a new installment of Faces of Death, and he's eaten by a pack of ravaging bears, while playing the part of Nelson Mandela in a stupid fucking biopic that nobody wants to see. That or the "Wanda" movie. I hope his career fails miserably. Fuck him.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 2:02:39 AM CDT

    Lips

    by josh town

    I think Fantasia and Jamie Foxx are the reason that the Chapstick company stays in business. Have you ever seen the size of those puckers?

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  • Oct 22, 2005 2:11:13 AM CDT

    She's a great singer, but it came to America's attention

    by lenny nero

    Somewhat hard to read from a script when you can't READ.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 2:11:54 AM CDT

    I meant *last month*

    by lenny nero

    *last month*

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  • Oct 22, 2005 2:14:07 AM CDT

    Effie Role

    by seattlebuff

    Foxx's comments sound like the rantings of a newly-crowned Hollywood A-lister. I trust the director on this one. But i have a suggestion...American Idol folks are still just amateurs. For a big role like Effie, they should go for a proven powerhouse. Odd that no one has mentioned Heather Headley, the Tony winner from Broadway's AIDA. She rips the roof off with vocals that take your breath away.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 3:30:02 AM CDT

    Funny how he'd never suggest a white or hispanic woman

    by giftedinthepants

    Funny, as in fucking racist.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 3:31:15 AM CDT

    This talkback is going to race racial ire

    by giftedinthepants

  • Oct 22, 2005 4:10:33 AM CDT

    Wow...people need to shut the fuck up...

    by drworm2002

    Fantasia seams like a good person who worked hard to get where she was. she can sing. can she ast...who knows...but wow...bring the race card into this? tamethecunt...you need to stop calling people names like that. I know that every girl in your highschool has prob turned you down, hell ever girl must have, even the ugly ones. but don't bring race hate into this. THis is a facking movie, TV, Comic and anything else that is "cool" news site. This is not some KKK meeting. I swear to G-d...I bet this would have been Elvis' and Hitlers fav website to post on if they were still alive and not dry humping each other. Stupid fucking people.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 4:12:08 AM CDT

    Wow...people need to shut the fuck up...part II

    by drworm2002

    Yes I know I mis-spelled alot of shit in my post. But I was typing way too fast and I am pissed. so before you all can talk shit...I FUCKING SUCK...I know it.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 5:10:22 AM CDT

    It makes me sad

    by oldenoughforme

    that I have no clue what this movie is going to be about. But, it makes me even sadder to witness free speech abused:( I'm all for speaking the mind, but, there will come a time when karma will kick you back in the balls. Right, Josh Town?

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  • Oct 22, 2005 6:04:21 AM CDT

    I don't care about Jamie Foxx

    by thirteen 13

    I don't go see his movies because none of them come close to holding my interest And I don't give a shit that for some stupid reason he won an oscar for imitating Ray Charles. How many people went and saw that movie anyway...37. And for those few village idiots that start yelling "racist!!!!" to people who disagree and don't like Jamie Foxx...well...tough shit. Shut up and go slap your ten bucks down for this movie when it comes out. That will show them. That will teach them all a lesson. LOL.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 7:05:56 AM CDT

    Um... She Can't Read. Nor Can She Really Sing.

    by el fuego

    Seriously. She sounds like a duck. Weren't they supposed to have Beyonce doing this?

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  • Oct 22, 2005 7:51:02 AM CDT

    Jamie Foxx really thinks....

    by brock dd landers

    he was better than Don Cheadle in 2004! The rest of the world laughs.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 9:48:07 AM CDT

    the reason a white or hispanic woman wasn't mentioned

    by shawn f.

    Dreamgirls is about three black women.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 9:57:09 AM CDT

    WOW

    by mr.cancerstix

    "I've fucked two black chicks in my lifetime so far and I hope there is more where that came from" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OH, YOU GUYS KILL ME, THAT'S GREAT, RACIST OR NOT, YOU'RE A MORON.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 10:00:11 AM CDT

    No. Some chick named Sofia who auditioned in STL

    by stlfilmwire

    There is some chick named Sophia who auditioned in St. Louis. My friend says this guy is in the lead. But then again, I don't know.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 10:11:24 AM CDT

    "I am a modern pop music illiterate"

    by i dunno

    That's pretty funny. And Jamie Foxx didn't win that Oscar because he's black. He won the Oscar because he played a real life blind heroine addict. Oscar loves the handicapped, retarded or otherwise gimpish. Race had nothing to do with it. The big racial year was the year after Jesse Jackson held that protest. The following year every black person from Denzel to Halle to the key grip on Yet Another Fucking Friday won a statue. That was racially motivated, not Foxx's Ray.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 10:13:24 AM CDT

    Never let it be said that the AICN talkbackers lack couth

    by terry_1978

    I must record this entire discussion for future posterity.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 12:39:03 PM CDT

    The Race Card

    by chaka

    1st: Jamie Foxx did not win an OScar just by being black. If it was just about color, then Don Cheadle would have won. Give the man credit for turning in a good performance. Jesus. 2nd) Why does everyone have to keep playing the race card about this? Foxx likes Fantasia. So what? You don't? Then skip the movie ... end of story.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 2:27:02 PM CDT

    What are you people talking about

    by jellylover

    Who cares if she can sing or if she is black. SHE IS FUCKING UGLY!!! I go to the movies to see good stories, guys kick ass, and HOT CHICKS! Superficial? Yes because I'm good looking. She looka likea man. That underbite she has. Fuck sake. I love black women. My Mama is black. But even she said Fantasia looks like a monster. Not a race thing, just an asthetic thing.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 2:39:55 PM CDT

    The bait worked.

    by giftedinthepants

    Hooked a couple of uptight fuckers :D. Fucking cocksuckers. Oh and rap sucks. Guess I am racist :D

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  • Oct 22, 2005 3:24:51 PM CDT

    Josh Town your so damn Ignorant!

    by elnegrodiablo

    Your a Ignorant person who needs to be taught a lesson. Jamie did not win the Oscar because hes black,he won it because he did an outstanding job acting in the movie ray! Stop hating on a blackman and leave the guy alone. And Calling a nelson mandela biopic stupid wow Your are just too much of an ASSHOLE!All these years of whites winning Oscars and then they give another black person one u get Bitchy..Dude You suck

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  • Oct 22, 2005 3:57:16 PM CDT

    Elnegrodiablo

    by josh town

    I don't hate black people. I just hate black people that suck, ala Jamie Foxx.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 4:47:13 PM CDT

    Chaka...

    by brock dd landers

    If Don Cheadle was everywhere promoting his nomination, still in character, like that fucking whore Foxx was, he would have been the chosen one. If you don't see race had a LITTLE to do with it, you're being naive.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 5:36:18 PM CDT

    sticking up for Fantasia

    by geiger167

    Fantasia is an amazing singer who is perfect for the role, she was literally born to play it. Some singers when they perform you can just sense an inate acting abilty shining through. And why the Jamie Fox bashing, didnt't any one see him in Collateral and Ray, hasn't he earned the right for his opinion to be respected ? If she gets the role I think a few people will be forced to eat their words as she would be astounding :)

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  • Oct 22, 2005 7:16:25 PM CDT

    I demand a five year motitorium on the phrase

    by drjohnnyfever

    "Using the race card." Why don't we get on everyone's backs about "playing the blame game" while we're at it?

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  • Oct 22, 2005 7:40:41 PM CDT

    DARKNESS!!

    by giftedinthepants

    DARKNESS IS DARKNESS IS!!! :D:D:D:D:D

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  • Oct 22, 2005 8:20:48 PM CDT

    tamethecunt

    by drworm2002

    stupid shit...you called her a "trashy ghetto whore"...you are a dick...you fucked two black chicks? I find that ahrd to belive...not that they were black...that you fucked two.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 8:22:07 PM CDT

    WTF? is wrong with you people???

    by caerlas

    I thought the AICN community would be a little more civilized than to resort to slurs and extremely insensitive backhanded remarks. I'm a long time reader and I'm really disappointed to see some of your remarks.
    As for my 2 cents, regardless of her reading comprehension, Fantasia won AI for being an EXTREMELY gifted performer with a great personality. SHE admitted to the world in her book about her incomplete education. Why are you using this against her in such a low-brow way. She's already proven that she's willing to work as hard as has to to turn in a good performance. If she accepted such a part, I'd trust her to do a good job. And FYI she is back on track to complete her education you heartless bastards.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 8:35:03 PM CDT

    ...and furthermore

    by caerlas

    Anyone who can make me like a Willie Nelson song like she did, can make any performance praiseworthy.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 9:45:34 PM CDT

    Caerlas, she still can't even read children's book to he

    by lenny nero

    Yes, I watch AI and thought she was great. Then again, I was a LaToya fan. Hometown pride and whatnot.

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  • Oct 22, 2005 11:27:18 PM CDT

    News Flash

    by rebeck

    "Dreamgirls" is basically about The Supremes, so...uh, duh...of course they didn't think about a white girl. Do I have to tell you who The Supremes were too?? Some of you are just the biggest fucking idiots in the world. And another news flash: no one cares who you think deserved the Oscar and who didn't. I think every one who won deserved it and I'm fucking tired of this counting along racial lines. What the fuck, people?!!! Grow the fuck up!

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  • Oct 23, 2005 12:17:18 AM CDT

    I am truly Shocked!!!!!

    by kai_mah'gra

    ....no I really am. That an article about Jamie Foxx or some other Oscar "winning" black actor/actress talking about an upcoming project for a movie based on black figures (which most people here won't even bother to care to watch to begin with) is bringing out all the bigots and racist pricks out of the woodwork, I must say, is just mindshocking. This never happens at AICN. I mean never!! Never ever ever!!!! Oh yeah, and for those of you acting all indignant like this was ever unexpected and like it's surprising that there are more racists at AICN talkbacks than at a local Klan rally; get over yourselves.

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  • I'm just sayin'.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 2:19:48 AM CDT

    And that's Brendan Fraser.

    by lenny nero

  • Oct 23, 2005 3:07:44 AM CDT

    DocFrost must be a clairvoyant

    by caerlas

    Otherwise how would he know that I'm lying when I say my voting tendencies are quite different from what he describes in his post. The truth is DocFrost, somewhere around 15,000,000 votes are cast on a voting night on that show. I'm sure some of the voters out there fit your description, but it's quite foolish of you to pretend you know how all the viewers think. This isn't the academy.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 3:10:53 AM CDT

    Rebeck

    by kai_mah'gra

    Hey genius, did you happen to see the post I made right after that? You know, the one where I mention Firefox? You do know what Firefox is don't you? Sometimes it's better just to shut your yap rather than reveal to the world just how vacuous the real estate behind your eyes really is.Dickhead.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 5:35:22 AM CDT

    Math... That's all it is people.

    by embrypotzebra721

    America as a whole is not racist... at least where entertainment (and this argument) are concerned. Want proof? Black people make up roughly 10% of the population. Awards given to blacks, roles given to blacks, directing assignments given to blacks, are of course going to be at the number they are... WHITE PEOPLE OUT NUMBER THEM. To get the coverage they do is impressive, when compared to other races, especially hispanics. Now, to anyone who wants to argue with fucking MATH... i.e. FACTS, and say that black people should be getting 50/50 of whatever whitey gets in the entertainment field, either think the black race is better (racist), or are the mathmatical equivalent to fantasia, and just don't understand numbers. Now I could go on and list how many black filmmakers I adore, how many black actors I think just kickass, or how I'm a registered voting Democrat... like so many of you backhanded fucks do... but I won't... BECAUSE ITS FUCKING MATH PEOPLE.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 7:41:51 AM CDT

    WOW THIS IS FUNNY

    by bighank

    As one of the few African Americans on this site, I find it refreshing that I get to leave the bigotry and racism of the real world and come to a site where racism is stewed to perfection! I rad these posts everyday and more racist shit in here than almost any talkback I get on. Hey, that's cool. Racism is a product of ignorance, racial isolation and stereotypes. First up, why is it...that when a black person wins an oscar, white America calls foul, like they are just throwing those motherfuckers off of trucks to black people every year. In over 50 years of oscar I can count on one fucking hand how many Best actors and Actresses are black! So when the white man and woman has won for that long THAT'S not racism? Like the year Samuel L. Jackson lost to Martin Landau. Samuel L. Jackson turned in one of the most memorable screen characters ever as Jules Washington in Pulp Fiction, but Martin Landau won for a forgetable role as Bella Legosi in Ed Wood....WOW. So what Jamie Foxx won for playin Ray. Ok, you didnt like the performance. You're entitled to your opinion, but dont call foul because he won the oscar. There were DOZENS of films I've seen where people took home a statue for a sub-par performance, but black america never called foul. It's really funny that after all this time when a black person achievs anything it's only because they are black. That is an interesting philosophy. I am a college graduate, a screenwriter and I work in the music business as a producer and a manager. I dont recall anyone GIVING me shit. I earned all that I have through hard work. And that's one thing you can link with race. I have to work ten times harder than you, because of peole like you who think I dont work hard enough to achieve. So you can say whatever the fuck you want after this, it's cool. But if youre a racist, I DARE you to fuck with this post. I havent, in all my 34 years, met a racist intelligent enough to articulate his racism and I seriously doubt I will meet one in here.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 11:02:09 AM CDT

    CLINTON

    by bighank

    Dude, get the facts straight on Afghanistan and 911. The reason the Taliban became so powerful had NOTHING to do with Bill Clinton. Whether he chose to ignore or address them would NOT have prevented 911. Terrorists work in cells, not groups with leaders. They lay dormant in countries and are activated to carry out thier plots. The pilots, trained here in the US, lived and worked here as citizens. They didnt sneak over here in a fucking boat. You could be living next door to a terrorist and never know man. One phone call..BOOM! The shit with the Taliban began during Russias invasion of Afghanistan. With the CIA's help, they trained a group of extremists, who, as funny as it is, were anti-american. They suppiled them with guns, money and TERRORIST training to thwart the Russians. Guess who these guys were...THE FUCKING TALIBAN!! The crazy, anti-American, gansta-ass mutherfuckers!! That's like the goverment giving guns, money and training to the KKK and letting them loose in Harlem! We offered to help the country financially with an aid package. Of course we did the shit for oil, but after the war, we got the oil and the Afghans got the big "fuck you" from our goverment. Now you have an anti-american, well funded, well trained group of extremist mad at the US for fuckin em in the ass!! So what do they do? Take the traning manual, that looks awfully close to US CIA manuals, train more terrorists and start blowing up and disrupting US interests. Bill Clinton... no issue. Blame Carter, Reagan and all of the other politicians that were on guard during this shit.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 12:08:44 PM CDT

    BigHank...

    by barryap

    "I havent, in all my 34 years, met a racist intelligent enough to articulate his racism and I seriously doubt I will meet one in here."

    No shit...an "intelligent racist" is an oxymoron - if one were smart enough to articulate themselves, they'd be smart enough to not be racist.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 12:26:34 PM CDT

    Big Hank, I Agree With Everything In Your Post EXCEPT

    by rebeck

    You are so fucking wrong about Martin Landau. His performance as Bella Lugosi was brilliant piece of work. Sorry, that's just bullshit - and I didn't like it when Jackson himself said it. What Jackson SHOULD have won for was his performance in "Jackie Brown". That was definitely a career-best and superb work. He was hilarious, scary, real, the whole thing. But why do we have to trash one person's performance to raise up another's? It's just stupid. And it belies your point about Blacks not crying foul when the one they want to win doesn't win.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 3:32:25 PM CDT

    :D:D:D:D:D:D Reparations

    by giftedinthepants

    I never enslaved nobody, so don't ask for money from my ass. :D

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  • Hows being a stupid racist cunt working out for you? Oh wait I'm bet you're going to say something like "I'm not racist but..." Yeh well done, you're now a stupid piece of shit racist AND a clich

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  • Oct 23, 2005 5:19:49 PM CDT

    ZombieBubPaltrow; proof that we actually did descend from apes!

    by kai_mah'gra

    ......although in his case he might be the actual missing link seeing as he's still yet to descend.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 5:27:30 PM CDT

    uh...what is this about, again?

    by seattlebuff

    if you look at my posting toward the top, you'll see i'm about the only person who addressed the question posed by Quint. this is the first time i've ever offered a comment on AICN. i thought AICN was a serious film site. i'm disappointed.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 7:37:37 PM CDT

    Um...

    by billyshakes

    Couple of things. First off... WAAAY upthread...

    Elvis was not a racist. One stupid news story with a made-up quote does not a racist make.

    Second: "she was literally born to play it"
    Um, not... that would mean there was forethought and she was genetically modified in the womb to play the part. If you're going to use words like "literally", you should know what they mean.

    Third, Who GIVES a fuck if she's not pretty? She CAN sing. She's proven this. Britney Spears, Hillary Duff (and her horribly capped horseteeth) and the rest you listed CAN'T. They're overproduced sex objects designed to sell stuff, and that's it.
    As for her inability to read, shouldn't you be looking at that as a black mark against your very country? The country of "No Child Left Behind"? The richest country in the world and there are still people there that can't read? Isn't this an indictment on the whole system and not just on her? Come on... if that's the worst thing she's ever done, then she's doing better than 99% of the people in Hollywood!


    Fourth,

    Let me get this straight...
    You're commenting on the fact that a white man can't be the president of the National association for COLOURED PEOPLE? Why they can't be on BLACK entertainment television?
    There IS a "United Caucasian College Fund"... it's called 90% of the scholarships out there!
    And YES, there IS such a thing as an African American. In fact, it's MORE valid than Irish-American or Italian-American because... um... THOSE ARE COUNTRIES AND AFRICA IS A CONTINENT, you fucking moron! Take a look at a map. It's a BIG fucking place. Almost four times the size of the US!
    Add to that, how exactly is someone FROM the States, one of your FELLOW AMERICANS, supposed to go "back" to Africa? Are you saying he doesn't have a right to live in the country he was born in? He doesn't have a right to complain and exert the Freedom of Speech that you are? If so... shut the fuck up. That right is wasted on racist idiots like you.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 11:09:49 PM CDT

    ZOMBIE...GOTTA LOVE EM'!!

    by bighank

    First up Zombie, when a white person says something politically incorrect, insensetive and just plain wrong about AFRICAN AMERICANS, The "homies" dont label you a racist, we just call you stupid. it's easier and rolls off the tongue a lot better. And the fact that you were dumb enough to even try and defend the shit...classic!! We have BET because we did not have an outlet for our music, movies and shows. And a white man IS the president of BET. Robert Johnson sold BET to VIACOM two years ago. He's only there as an advisor to make sure the shit transitions smoothly. He is no longer the CEO. And why a white man cant be the head of the NAACP...that's so fucking stupid I'm not even going to dignify that dumb-ass shit with an answer. I dont blame you though, I blame your parents and the environment that put that shit in your head. And it is 2005, we dont go around calling people honkey. if you say dumb shit, we just call you a dumb-ass. Why would you even try to justify or pose a debate on the reason a white man shouldnt say nigger? I have heard this sooooo many times! Why are SOME white folks actually upset that they CANT say nigger? If you are comfortable with yourself and sure in your convictions, step to a group of brothers and yell it out. Either they will call you a dumb-ass or whip your dumb ass for saying it. Why is that word so important to YOU. That is a word used to demean us. What special power does it hold for you? And White Chicks? You picked THAT movie to make a social commentary? Damn, you really are dumb ass hell!! White actors and actresses played in black face for many years and used every stereotype in the book to portray us on film. Do you not know your film history? You dont remember the comedy SOUL MAN, with C. Thomas Howell. He disguised himself as a black man to get into college as a minority. Funny huh? Obviously you are a young and misguided person. Stick to what you know scooter, slasher flicks, pimples and beating your jerk-off record every week. I admire the balls (as tiny as they are) you had attempting to justify racism. So when I point something out that I think is wrong, dont try to flip the shit on me and call me a racist. And why cant we ask for reparations? The Jewish community demanded it of the German goverment for the Holocaust survivors...and got it in some cases. We are NOT on an equal playing field when it comes to minorities in this country. That's why all the "hand-outs", as you call them, are in place. Last year, of the 16 new TV shows that came out, why did only 3 of them have a minority in the lead? How come the Oscar system is the way it is? You mean to tell me that minority actors and actresses are not deserving of more awards? Why do colleges such as Harvard, Princeton and even West Point Military Academy have mountains of lawsuits by minorites and women for discrimination. and its not just by black folks. If you can admit that we ARE not on a level playing field in this country, then you are kidding yourself and insulting every minority that you know. Now...let's get back to what we all can, despite our races, agree upon. Our love for film. At least we have that...Zombie...I love you anyway man.

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  • Oct 23, 2005 11:35:26 PM CDT

    Dogapeandman - That would be a valid point...

    by fastidiousness

    ...if Fantasia was a hip-hop artist, let alone a hip-hop star.

    Rather she's an R&B singer; a decidedly different musical genre.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 12:20:18 AM CDT

    Zombie, you truly are a dumbass

    by billyshakes

    First off, hank didn't MOVE to America, he was born there. Second, his ancestors didn't move there, they were dragged there against their will. Thirdly, even in places like Zimbabwe, with the Mugabe government's atrocities, there is a LARGE population of black folks fighting for equal rights for white folks. You have nothing to teach, because of your ignorance, so, no, we AREN'T learning from you... dumbass.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 12:43:03 AM CDT

    ZombieBubPaltrow

    by kai_mah'gra

    Clearly, this topic way out of your depth. You're just getting owned over here, I mean like getting your ass handed to you seriously. That would be amazing, in and of itself, if it wasn't for the fact that you make it so damn easy by saying some of the dumbest things this side of David Koresh. Go take a shower; or something along those lines, more to your intellectual capacity. And please please pretty please move to Africa and demand "equal rights"; I for one, would love to see what they'll do to you in response.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 1:01:24 AM CDT

    I worked on a dreamgirls cast.

    by ajservo

    I could care less about this being made. The songs are not all that memorable and the show has a very greed oriented focus on it's characters which leads to an ultimate destruction of their lives. Wow. Lets roll on over to VH1 and wait for a Behind the Music already.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 1:04:43 AM CDT

    :D DARKNESS

    by giftedinthepants

    AHAHAHAHAH

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  • Oct 24, 2005 1:49:27 AM CDT

    RAGE!

    by billyshakes

    hey, I'm white and I think you should go into the center of Harlem and shout out the N-word!
    As for Clinton ignoring terrorism... Explain the fact that Bush cut funding for anti-terrorism, saying the Clinton administration was "obsessed with terrorism" only weeks before 911.
    Not saying Clinton was a saint, but your boy Dubya did WAY worse.
    And can we quit it with the "Liberal Media" bullshit? We all know it's a lie, so stop propagating it.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 2:10:59 AM CDT

    Huh?

    by billyshakes

    What are you talking about? I am a white, non-american male. What, you think white guys don't understand racism? I'm not quite sure what you mean by your post. You think that because I think you're a bigoted asshole that I must be black? What an idiot. I give up with you, shmuck. Enjoy your life. Hopefully you won't have to meet any of the black men you're so fucking scared of.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 3:09:31 AM CDT

    In ZombieBubPaltrow's world......

    by kai_mah'gra

    .....only black people get offended by bigoted pricks and their racist remarks, and as such, anyone who speaks out against it or makes a comment that doesn't agree to his black/white philosphy must be black - and conversely the rest of the white race have no right to be offended or speak out against what could poossibly racist: there's that wonderful brain hard at work as usual. And by the way, I'm not the one who suggested you move to Africa and get killed. You're the one who originally fronted the idea, remember? Or have we forgotten already? - I merely agreed with the suggestion with the hopes of seeing what the results would be - results which for some bizarre reason you seem to believe involve you getting killed. I wonder why. With so many profound ideas in that beautiful mind of yours I can see how easy it is to forget minutae such as things you yourself said just 5 minutes ago; (even if they're still there in front of you in black and white). And nobody's wishing you any harm; BigHank even said he loves you - or at the very least, on account of the common love for film you both have. What we are suggesting is that if you have such strong convictions regarding the black race, why not share them with Black people in the real world as opposed to from behind the safety and comfort of your computer monitor. It's easy to see how you can predict a violent end for yourself under such a scenario, but personally I just tend to believe that your ideas ( and expression of them, thus far) are so bereft of any intellectual potency whatsoever, that the first black person you meet would most likely demolish you on an argumentative level alone. There's never any need for violence where someone as cerebrally undercapitalized such as yourself is involved.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 8:05:41 AM CDT

    I'm interested ZombieBub...

    by mcbane

    .. in why you feel the way you do. I agree with some of what you are saying. In some respects, blacks as a large vocal minority, have tipped the balance in terms of how discrimination issues have been addressed. In some respects we as black people are too quick to blame racism for everything. Thats said, there is still alot of discrimination going on against all kinds of people, not just black people. Women and other minorities can sometimes get even worse treatment in many situations that aren't even recognised. I am against reparations and 'positive discrimination' because of the resentment it breeds. At the end of the day discrimination of any form isn't positive for those who don't benefit from it.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 9:13:52 AM CDT

    yeah, ZombieBubPaltrow you were messing with me......

    by kai_mah'gra

    ........and I'm a Lithuanian breakdancing instructor; just to quote someone who thought they were being the original Kings of sarcasm. I think what you're attempting now is what's known as a graceful retreat; the old "I was just messing with you all along..." routine. Nice try. Weak, but nice try nonetheless. The possibility that you've been trolling all along is a moot point because you have to stop and consider which is dumber: the racist or the troll who just plays a racist just to get a rise out of people. Exactly my point.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 9:22:22 AM CDT

    Isn't Beyonce in This???

    by prior walter

    She can't act for shit, at least not in the four movie's I've seen with her. Might as well cast Fantasia.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 10:33:42 AM CDT

    Ever seen Collateral?

    by nizzuts

    Jamie Foxx was much better in that than in Ray. How about Ali, he was good in that too (although he was again doing mostly imitation.)

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  • Oct 24, 2005 11:20:23 AM CDT

    Test

    by nycguy

  • First, it isn't the story of the Supremes. It's about a 60's girl group like the supremes. Second, the part of Effie (For which Fantasia is being considered) is SUPPOSED to be fat and ugly, but have an AMAZING singing voice. The show traces the group through the time in music history when it transitions from records/radio to televison. So they take the Pretty girl with the ok voice(Deena/Beyonce) and put her in front and move Effie to the back.
    I don't know if Fantasia is right for this, I didn't see her audition but Effie HAS to be played by a great actress - what this girl goes through - yikes! I say they already have enough top line talent to get butts in the seats, get some unknown that will blow the roof off to play effie. Condon is gay so I'm sure he'll get this right.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 11:35:05 AM CDT

    Fantasia in "Dreamgirls"

    by the alienist

    Effe in "Dreamgirls" is the girl with the talent. She can SING (which, though debated, I fully believe Fantasia can, gloriously). Effe is the lead singer of The Dreams but a third of the way into the show she is replaced by the much more visually pleasing Deena (Beyonce). Jennifer Holiday played Effe onstage. She wasn't ugly, just enormous. Fantasia, though not big, is not a beauty. So her casting isn't a bad idea. Though personality-wise it seems she is much more of a Lorrell, the Loretta Devine character who is somewhat the comic relief and the middle Dream.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 12:17:57 PM CDT

    Ugh...that voice...

    by beadyeyesandudie

    If I gotta hear somebody with a speaking voice that annoying, maybe Jamie should hire Macy Gray. I don't know who's voice is more grating!

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  • Oct 24, 2005 12:37:15 PM CDT

    Fantasstica

    by zzyytt

    Heady Moe,,, please

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  • Oct 24, 2005 12:54:18 PM CDT

    ZombieBub Could Be Right

    by zzyytt

    I am a brother who hates being called African American,,, MFER's I am from San Diego. I have been to Africa and trust me my black ass aint going back, And he is right,,, Fantasia is ugly as hell.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 2:16:16 PM CDT

    Fantasia is a great soul singer but there is one problem

    by lost skeleton

    SHE CAN'T FUCKING READ!!!

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  • Oct 24, 2005 2:24:18 PM CDT

    AICN...great for my daily racist fix.

    by lost skeleton

    Movies and hatred...Now that is cool....oh, racist suck and Bush is a dick.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 2:49:07 PM CDT

    Skeleton... question

    by billyshakes

    What does it matter that she can't read? Who cares? She IS taking classes now and is learning. Even so, why does it matter if she can read? She can be fed her lines just like other actors and actresses in Hollywood. Her illiteracy is not an issue.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 3:36:01 PM CDT

    DARKNESS IS DARKNESS IS

    by giftedinthepants

    DANCE PUPPETS

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  • Oct 24, 2005 5:57:55 PM CDT

    lost skeleton

    by nizzuts

    Fuck John "I got a purple heart for getting a splinter" Kerry

    (equal time and all that bullshit)

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  • Ummmmmm. Zombie...I'm not going to be mean this time, but blacks are the majortiy, youre right, but they are not the majority in charge homie. Just wanted to point that out to you. A lot of white people live in Africa. The actress Charlize Theron...she's African man. Africa is actually a VERY culturally diverse country. There are dozens of languages and cultures there with people of MANY colors. So you could go there, you SHOULD go. I've already been, but I'd love to take you man..you's learn a lot.

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  • Oct 24, 2005 10:44:29 PM CDT

    Cheadle Deserved The Oscar...

    by flickchick

    Forget race.

    Cheadle WAS the best of the nominees. He should have won. He played the more difficult role...Reserved, calculating, political, savvy...Until he loses it, in the last scene with the Oficer...

    Jamie just turned in a great impersonation. HE IS a good actor though, see Collateral, Ali, and Any Given Sunday.

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  • Oct 25, 2005 2:40:47 AM CDT

    bighank

    by kai_mah'gra

    Africa is a continent, not a country. I'm hoping that that was just a typo on your part; but Africans generally don't like it when it's confused to be a country. (Not that people like Zombie would give a crap what Africans think. right Zombie?)

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  • Oct 25, 2005 3:18:14 AM CDT

    3 posts!!

    by mr jonse

    3 posts it took for this thread to devolve into racist nonsense. It's 2005 for fucks sake. Now I'm depressed...

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  • Oct 25, 2005 8:55:21 AM CDT

    Nizzuts...

    by lost skeleton

    at least Kerry actually served in the military unlike that shitbag incompetent in the White House. I am as liberal as the next Black guy but there are plenty of Black actresses with voice talent who can play this part...like the chick from Hustle and Flow and the Common video. Plus, SHE CAN READ!!!

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  • Oct 25, 2005 10:47:10 AM CDT

    Lost Skeleton

    by nizzuts

    Hey, that Kerry thing was just a joke, I don't really hate the guy, I was just trying to provide an alternative dipshit politician for the collective talkbackers to bash, after all Reps and Dems alike are all pretty far removed from what normal people are like.

    Anyway, back to the topic, why not Kimberly Locke? If they want a American Idol, she a much better choice than Fantiasa (my opinion). I think that she is an outstanding singer. Your right, though, that lady in Hustle and Flow can sing too.

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  • Oct 25, 2005 3:49:48 PM CDT

    Where are the racist posts?

    by giftedinthepants

    I don't see them

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  • Oct 25, 2005 5:59:23 PM CDT

    That's because you are also a dumb as fuck cliche racist

    by cameron1

    well done GITP.

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  • Oct 27, 2005 9:53:11 PM CDT

    Jamie Foxx

    by mr_dolemite

    Listen...I don't really care if you like Jamie Fox or not. But some of you dumb, ignorant ass, no good, rat soup eating, racist muthafuckas really need to be quiet. Take that bullshit somewhere else.

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  • Oct 27, 2005 11:07:02 PM CDT

    Billy shakes Kai and big hank

    by elnegrodiablo

    We need more intelligent people like you in this world. Thanks for the great feedback.

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