Why are you asking me that like you're proving some sort of a point, you're right, white actors are dominating the film industry.

But box office smash isn't what translates to Oscar win. I just don't buy that argument when the majority of Oscar nom's/ wins are for movies and roles that aren't big box office money getters.

Don't you take that tone with me, young lady...

(please don't go Bold Niamh on me...)

I don't know what the ratio is of black actors in lead roles in minor films.

Fifty years ago black people weren't allowed to sit in the same part of the bus as white people. Things are changing... society is changing. We just believe it's happening really slowly.

:smug:


Star Wars though ......

**not really a spoiler but better spoiler it anyway**

Yeah! Excellent example.

I think this will evolve naturally you know. I don't think boycotting things gets the right message across and neither to I think Spike Lee is a reliable mouthpiece for black people because he is, in my opinion, racist.

Yeah Spike Lee does come across that way a bit. People like the actors mentioned in this thread would be better spokes people imo, I wonder where Will Smiths stands in all of this since his wife is boycotting the Oscars too :think:

Beasts of No Nation was catching a lot of Oscar Heat for quite a while and Idris Elba was looking to be a shoe in for a nod and the actor who played Agu was tipped for a while too. Will Smith was tipped for Concussion and Micheal B Jordan picked up some momentum for Creed. There was a film called Tangerine which had a black transgender actress who was a contender for the actress category.

He's not black but Benicio Del Toro was also highly tipped to pick up a nod this year.

Yeah, I'd be more interested in hearing from Jada Pinkett-Smith than Spike Lee. And Will Smith has got to be one of the biggest box-office draws of any actor, black or white... so he would make an ideal spokesperson.

morgan freeman would be the ideal spokesperson, he has played the president and God so many time and so convincingly, most movie goers think he is the superior being

Also, who wouldn't stop to listen to that voice :flutter:

Nobody is saying that, people are outraged because there are black actors who deserved nods that have been passed over for no apparent reason for performances that aren't up to scratch (I love Bryan Cranston but Trumbo was sentimental trash).

They have to write parts for themselves a nobody else will, how is that a solution?

Everyone knows that the oscar winner is rarely the one who deserves it. Particularly in the less high profile awards. It's America lovies!

I found this poster from 1919 which shows that african americans have been represented as far back as then. I'm sure there is more information out there if i look into it.
http://legacyfilm.org.uk/communities...36_489x321.jpg

It's interesting they were better represented then than they are now for sure.

Except they couldn't sit in a theatre and watch the film with white people then.

So they should be grateful for small mercies?

of the top 50 richets actors alive, 10 are either black or indian....2 are south American and sacha baron cohen is he Arabian/jewish? several jewish actors there too , Gwyneth paltrow, sandler, Seinfeld, stiller, owen Wilson,downey junior etc
not many disabled people in the list

That's what you took from what I said? Wow...

Will Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith needs to understand that she was only invited on the plus one anyways because of her famous movie star husband otherwise she would not have even been invited in the first place cos she can't act for toffee.

Okay not heard of any of those, As I understand it the selection panel is made up of whites so they need to look at that for starters

They can ride public transport and use hospitals. What MORE DO THEY WANT?

One movie with an all black cast makes that era of film have better representation? erm no.