Keanon said...
Technically she'd be up for an Emmy not an Oscar and 2nd, I don't see the role as something outside of her comfort zone. In the case of snoop I'd give dap to the casting director for selecting actors with native tongues and organic ties to the Baltimore streets.When Felicia shows some range, playing a college professor or a house mom from the deep south, i'll raise my eyebrows.
Jamie Hector (cat that played Marlo Stanfield) on the other hand is an acting beast!
Also bruh, I saw Slumdog and it was good but the multiple wins smell alot like Hollywood attempts to access the undeniable numbers in the Bollywood market moreso than anything else.
Denmark Vesey said ...
Technically this isn't a comment about the Oscar's or the Emmy's or any other plantation sanction. This is about The DV Award for best actress. 2nd, the fact that you don't see this role as outside her comfort zone, is testament to the quality of her acting and the range of her talent.
Must you see Oscar winner Kate Winslet play a lesbian Baltimore drug dealer before you credit her with range?Why must black artists first prove they can be something other before given props for who they are?
Fact is there are millions of people with "native tongues and organic ties to the Baltimore streets", who couldn't come close to the physical expressiveness, emotional availability, imagination, observation and emulation Felicia Pearson brought to her role as Snoop in The Wire.
Yes, she is from the streets of Baltimore, but she is not a criminally insane murder and drug dealer from the streets of Baltimore. But she damn sure 'plays one on TV'. And she plays one FAR MORE CONVINCINGLY than any of the bullshit low talent "Hollywood" stars awarded Oscars last night. She is that good.Jamie Hector is a beast. Possibly the best actor since a young Brando electrified Broadway as Stanley Kowalksi in A Street Car Named Desire. The worst thing for his career would be to start playing monoculture plantation roles in monoculture plantation films and monoculture plantation TV shows like CSI.
Keanon, I don't know how long you've been reading the blog, but this is what is meant by "Plantation Negro". One who perceives the plantation (corporation / media / institution / government / etc.) to be far more powerful than it actually is, and thus seeks it's sanction in nearly every qualitative consideration.
Funny thing is they brought in Hugh Jackman to save the Oscars from plummeting ratings. Boring. If they really wanted to save the Oscars, they'd pay a couple of million to Jay-Z, Fiddy, Puffy or Lil Wayne to host.Real talk. Tell me the ratings wouldn't be through the roof.
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Technically she'd be up for an Emmy not an Oscar and 2nd, I don't see the role as something outside of her comfort zone. In the case of snoop I'd give dap to the casting director for selecting actors with native tongues and organic ties to the Baltimore streets.
When Felicia shows some range, playing a college professor or a house mom from the deep south, i'll raise my eyebrows.
Jamie Hector (cat that played Marlo Stanfield) on the other hand is an acting beast!
Also bruh, I saw Slumdog and it was good but the multiple wins smell alot like Hollywood attempts to access the undeniable numbers in the Bollywood market moreso than anything else.
lord
Good points Keanon, she represents a growing population in this community, we dont have anything except butch dykes in southwest h-town. Id like to see her just play a girl who likes boys, I bet she cant.
I feel you Keanon, but that was a hellavu scene though. Don't act like you didn't recognize it the second you saw it.
I haven't seem Slumdog. But I certainly don't like years where one movie dominates.
DV...
"Must you see Oscar winner Kate Winslet play a lesbian Baltimore drug dealer before you credit her with range?
Why must black artists first prove they can be something other before given props for who they are?"
Give yourself the Astute DV Award Of the Month.
Ahhhh ... Thanks Fish
Got a brotha over here chokin' up.
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