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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 8438121)

I was there yesterday! He smelt so good... I don't think most of the females there heard a thing he said.

Salivating was you?

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Originally Posted by wannashag (Post 8438323)

Salivating was you?

A little bit... yeah!

He has a point.

People bring up Luther like one show alone is enough to tip the balance. It's not enough. I could spend all day naming UK shows and films with a white lead actor but I'd struggle to think of many shows or films featuring black actors at the forefront aside from stereotypical trash like Top Boy and Kidulthood.

The entertainment industry heavily favours white actors and it always has, to deny that is to deny reality.

Again... the only way you're going to get good roles for black actors is to have black screenwriters.

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Originally Posted by kirklancaster (Post 8436113)

I agree - totally absurd and OTT hammy. The first series would not have made it past the Script Readers had it been an unknown writer. We had a D.I. who was so psychologically, mentally and emotionally unstable he would have been removed from his position in a jiffy, and a female serial killer following him across the London rooftops clutching a huge carving knife - pure shlocky horror hokum which failed to have me 'suspending my disbelief' as a great script should, and had me laughing out loud at the awfullness of it all instead.

Idris IS a very gifted actor though, and a seemingly decent and nice person, and he deserves his success, but the idea that any actors are 'held back' from roles simply BECAUSE they are black is ludicrous.

If the part demands a black actor and the actor who is auditioning is good enough - he/she will get the role.

Or do some members think that roles should specifically be given to black actors just BECAUSE they are black? This in itself is discriminatory and racist.

Not to mention the death knell to creative script writers, if they have to take into account that they must have black characters or disabled or anything but what comes out of their own imagination.

writers is the key I agree....the quality of writing has simply disappeared in recent years in the uk and in Hollywood..the golden age is long gone.....lets face it even the pacinos and deniros are making mediocre movies now...

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Originally Posted by the truth (Post 8439337)

It's all about TV shows right now, it's the golden age for those I reckon

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 8439345)

It's all about TV shows right now, it's the golden age for those I reckon

meh ...we had simpsons and sopranos and curb your enthusiasm. true classics....then an endless stream of shows, either rip offs or copies , all far far too formulaic...british tv meanwhile is plain s*** living off an ancient forgotten reputation for great comedies and dramas.

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Originally Posted by the truth (Post 8439364)

meh ...e had simpsons and sopranos and curb your enthusiasm. true classics....then an endless stream of shows, far far too formulaic...british tv meanwhile is plain ****

ah come on Breaking Bad, game of Thrones, The walking Dead, Mad Men, the list goes on and on

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 8439377)

ah come on Breaking Bad, game of Thrones, The walking Dead, Mad Men, the list goes on and on

mediocre and formulaic

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Originally Posted by the truth (Post 8439509)

mediocre and formulaic

:nono:

well he seems to have fallen feet first in the barrel of tits that is showbusiness so why he he moaning

not his mandela role making him a litttle ickle bit worthy?

surely not

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 8439345)

It's all about TV shows right now, it's the golden age for those I reckon

Netflix are creating some amazing shows now.Netflix originals are really very good.