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Get Out? has been a box office smash, surpassing the $100 million mark and scoring a 99 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. However, the flick and its British lead Daniel Kaluuya have been critique by Samuel L. Jackson.
The ?Kong: Skull Island? star criticized the decision to cast the British actor over an African American actor in the lead role.
Seemingly bothered by Jackson?s problematic comments, Kaluuya, who was born in London to Ugandan parents, makes his voice heard with having to prove his ?blackness in an interview with GQ.
Quote?Big up Samuel L. Jackson, because here?s a guy who has broken down doors. He has done a lot so that we can do what we can do.
Here?s the thing about that critique, though. I?m dark-skinned, bro. When I?m around black people I?m made to feel ?other? because I?m dark-skinned. I?ve had to wrestle with that, with people going ?You?re too black.? Then I come to America and they say, ?You?re not black enough.? I go to Uganda, I can?t speak the language. In India, I?m black. In the black community, I?m dark-skinned. In America, I?m British. Bro!
[Black people in the UK], the people who are the reason I?m even about to have a career, had to live in a time where they went looking for housing and signs would say, ?NO IRISH. NO DOGS. NO BLACKS.? That?s reality. Police would round up all these black people, get them in the back of a van, and wrap them in blankets so their bruises wouldn?t show when they beat them. That?s the history that London has gone through. The Brixton riots, the Tottenham riots, the 2011 riots, because black people were being killed by police. That?s what?s happening in London. But it?s not in the mainstream media. Those stories aren?t out there like that. So people get an idea of what they might think the experience is.
Let me say, I?m not trying to culture-vulture the thing. I empathize. That script spoke to me. I?ve been to Ugandan weddings, and funerals, and seen that cousin bring a white girl. That?s a thing in all communities. I really respect African American people. I just want to tell black stories.
This is the frustrating thing, bro?in order to prove that I can play this role, I have to open up about the trauma that I?ve experienced as a black person. I have to show off my struggle so that people accept that I?m black. No matter that every single room I go to I?m usually the darkest person there. You know what I?m saying? I kind of resent that mentality. I?m just an individual. You probably feel that as a writer, too. Just because you?re black, you taken and used to represent something. It mirrors what happens in the film.
I resent that I have to prove that I?m black. I don?t know what that is. I?m still processing it.?
King.
He lashed
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 14, 2017, 01:01:30 PM
He lashed
!!!!!!! And Samuel deserved that lashing too.
:ohwow:
Im really looking forward to his career. He's a great actor.
so disappointed in samuels mentality
i dont get it
only silver lining is kaluuya shedding light on issues not mentioned here in the US
Quote from: Uni on March 14, 2017, 02:31:26 PM
so disappointed in samuels mentality
i dont get it
only silver lining is kaluuya shedding light on issues not mentioned here in the US
Yea, that was a really dumb thing to say
He spoke
Ugh
Quote from: Uni on March 14, 2017, 02:31:26 PM
so disappointed in samuels mentality
i dont get it
Yeah lowkey though I've heard more than a few ppl express similar rhetoric. People put the UK life on a pedestal often times. It's often glamorized and seen as a more inclusive or civilized place. I get it, but he should have known better.
Yea ive heard that the UK is some sort of utopia for black people but im a logical, rational thinking person.
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slay
King Samuel kinda said what he said
Boy stfu
Oh wow, he really BOOKED King :dead:
not here for hollywood swarming to Niggers coming into their office with british accents and not using the A.Americans.
Quote from: BrokenHeartsHeal on March 14, 2017, 04:05:47 PM
not here for hollywood swarming to Niggers coming into their office with british accents and not using the A.Americans.
because of a few movies out of how many hundreds upon hundreds..
Quote from: BrokenHeartsHeal on March 14, 2017, 04:05:47 PM
not here for hollywood swarming to Niggers coming into their office with british accents and not using the A.Americans.
We're all fckn black. Wtf difference does it make. :uhh:
But yeah, I liked Daniel's message.
But white Brits and other Europeans come in too. Should Asian Americans be mad that actual Asians steal their jobs?
QuoteI resent that I have to prove that I?m black
King.
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 14, 2017, 02:40:08 PM
Yea ive heard that the UK is some sort of utopia for black people but im a logical, rational thinking person.
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Asian Americans are actual asians
whoops, is that malcolm
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Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 14, 2017, 04:08:37 PM
Quote from: BrokenHeartsHeal on March 14, 2017, 04:05:47 PM
not here for hollywood swarming to Niggers coming into their office with british accents and not using the A.Americans.
We're all fckn black. Wtf difference does it make. :uhh:
!!! The only thing that separates us ourour geographical locations, accents, cultural references and upbringing.
He said "he'd like to seen what an American actor do with the role" as though it to would make a huge difference :dead:
What unites us is our skin colour, ancestry and all the negatives society bestows upon us because of it.
guys, relax I was joking.
However, I get both sides. Idk what Samuel said but I can understand the intimidation and the problem here should be directed towards film and casting directors that might feel like British actors are better, more authentic, shoe-ins, edgy, etc. that's not only messed up to the Americans but it's patronizing towards Black British and just British actors in general.
Quote from: Saint on March 14, 2017, 04:24:24 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 14, 2017, 04:08:37 PM
Quote from: BrokenHeartsHeal on March 14, 2017, 04:05:47 PM
not here for hollywood swarming to Niggers coming into their office with british accents and not using the A.Americans.
We're all fckn black. Wtf difference does it make. :uhh:
!!! The only thing that separates us ourour geographical locations, accents, cultural references and upbringing.
He said "he'd like to seen what an American actor do with the role" as though it to would make a huge difference :dead:
What unites us is our skin colour, ancestry and all the negatives society bestows upon us because of it.
Agreed, so I can count on you to check folks when some of the more purebred Africans look down on us A.A's? Yes? :ohwow:
Quote from: Kurama on March 14, 2017, 04:33:58 PM
Quote from: Saint on March 14, 2017, 04:24:24 PM
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 14, 2017, 04:08:37 PM
Quote from: BrokenHeartsHeal on March 14, 2017, 04:05:47 PM
not here for hollywood swarming to Niggers coming into their office with british accents and not using the A.Americans.
We're all fckn black. Wtf difference does it make. :uhh:
!!! The only thing that separates us ourour geographical locations, accents, cultural references and upbringing.
He said "he'd like to seen what an American actor do with the role" as though it to would make a huge difference :dead:
What unites us is our skin colour, ancestry and all the negatives society bestows upon us because of it.
Agreed, so I can count on you to check folks when some of the more purebred Africans look down on us A.A's? Yes? :ohwow:
no
:sistas:
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This is another case of divide and Conquer
He's acting like oppression is a competition
["not qualified to! can't play this role! Didn't suffer enough!"
His blackness is all the qualification he needs
:justabit:
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Quote from: Uni on March 14, 2017, 04:55:28 PM
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gggg after what we learnt yesterday about Lew..
..I'd have to question my intelligence if he'd ever agreed with me
Quote from: Saint on March 14, 2017, 04:56:33 PM
Quote from: Uni on March 14, 2017, 04:55:28 PM
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gggg after what we learnt yesterday about Lew..
..I'd have to question my intelligence if he'd ever agreed with me
TBH :plzstop:
It honestly answered any question about him i ever had ever
Quote from: Saint on March 14, 2017, 04:47:41 PM
This is another case of divide and Conquer
He's acting like oppression is a competition
["not qualified to! can't play this role! Didn't suffer enough!"
His blackness is all the qualification he needs
:justabit:
well the modern day african experience is different from the black american experience
I'm talking from a British african standpoint.
Daniel was raised in the UK born to African parents.
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I kinda see and agree with what Sam said
another part of me agrees with the opposition being black is black...it shouldn't matter
but I do agree that it's hard for black actors to get roles here in america as it is
and to give it to someone else from another country who's black is kinda a slap in the face to american black actors
it's a sticky situation.
Iijhnn
Just 24 hours?
Gee! :damselindistress:
Sam needs to issue and apology mess
I wanna fuck this Daniel guy btw
Quote from: Uni on March 14, 2017, 05:02:23 PM
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Quote from: GLIZZY on March 14, 2017, 05:06:32 PM
Sam needs to issue and apology mess
Yea, he was wrong
Quote from: stillpretti. on March 14, 2017, 05:10:32 PM
Some of these actors are quite entitled.
This is the film industry you entered.
If they want a Black guy with a British accent, then that's who they're fucking hire. Period.
I'm sure many up-and-coming talented Black actors lost their shot to YOU because the filmmakers wanted to hire someone with a bigger name.
Wanna stage an outcry for them too? Like, shut the fuck up and go count your money or something.
!!!!!
This is Samuel l jackson
Not one of these struggling actors in a Tyler Perry production :kii:
Quote from: stillpretti. on March 14, 2017, 05:17:24 PM
Quote from: Saint on March 14, 2017, 05:11:37 PM
Quote from: stillpretti. on March 14, 2017, 05:10:32 PM
Some of these actors are quite entitled.
This is the film industry you entered.
If they want a Black guy with a British accent, then that's who they're fucking hire. Period.
I'm sure many up-and-coming talented Black actors lost their shot to YOU because the filmmakers wanted to hire someone with a bigger name.
Wanna stage an outcry for them too? Like, shut the fuck up and go count your money or something.
!!!!!
This is Samuel l jackson
Not one of these struggling actors in a Tyler Perry production :kii:
im over here in tears
struggle! guys this is what be holdin us down! AA's united, inc. !
no hun...not fallin for it
:kii: :kii: :kii: :kii: :kii: :kii:
I get every argument, every single one.
It's sticky situation as king mel said.
Nope
Then take your issue up with the fact that there are hardly ANY black roles at all
Go after the directors, producers, talk about the fact that there are sooo many black writers out there that can't find work, so many s ritts and stories that aren't being considered
Don't belittle your fellow black actors
The Africans weren't in fumes with the Brits when Idris played Mandela, or with the Americans when Will played that Nigerian doctor with that horrible accent
Quote from: Uni on March 14, 2017, 04:21:14 PM
whoops, is that malcolm
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:omgwatshappening:
Are you African?
Quote from: Saint on March 14, 2017, 05:11:37 PM
Quote from: stillpretti. on March 14, 2017, 05:10:32 PM
Some of these actors are quite entitled.
This is the film industry you entered.
If they want a Black guy with a British accent, then that's who they're fucking hire. Period.
I'm sure many up-and-coming talented Black actors lost their shot to YOU because the filmmakers wanted to hire someone with a bigger name.
Wanna stage an outcry for them too? Like, shut the fuck up and go count your money or something.
!!!!!
This is Samuel l jackson
Not one of these struggling actors in a Tyler Perry production :kii:
!!!
How many hopeful black actors would give their left nut to shout MUTHAFUCKA?!! in every movie
Quote from: Saint on March 14, 2017, 05:24:00 PM
Nope
Then take your issue up with the fact that there are hardly ANY black roles at all
Go after the directors, producers, talk about the fact that there are sooo many black writers out there that can't find work, so many s ritts and stories that aren't being considered
Don't belittle your fellow black actors
The Africans weren't in fumes with the Brits when Idris played Mandela, or with the Americans when Will played that Nigerian doctor with that horrible accent
sssssssssss
I hate when AA actors try to give African accents, its HORRID
Quote from: BrokenHeartsHeal on March 14, 2017, 05:20:34 PM
I get every argument, every single one.
It's sticky situation as king mel said.
:wub:
Chadwick Boseman's "African" accent as the Black Panther is almost laughable, but the fact Black Panther is SET in a fictional african country and is about to be the biggest black movie yet doesn't deter the gorls from signing up
We were all celebrating when one AA actor after the next was annouced a part in the movie :plzstop:
Crying at uni aborting once she realized who she spoke to
Quote from: ORORO MUNROE-UDAKU on March 14, 2017, 05:26:24 PM
Quote from: Saint on March 14, 2017, 05:24:00 PM
Nope
Then take your issue up with the fact that there are hardly ANY black roles at all
Go after the directors, producers, talk about the fact that there are sooo many black writers out there that can't find work, so many s ritts and stories that aren't being considered
Don't belittle your fellow black actors
The Africans weren't in fumes with the Brits when Idris played Mandela, or with the Americans when Will played that Nigerian doctor with that horrible accent
sssssssssss
I hate when AA actors try to give African accents, its HORRID
Jill scott and anika noni rose did pretty good in that ladies detective agency
Quote from: Kurama on March 14, 2017, 05:34:44 PM
Crying at uni aborting once she realized who she spoke too
*he :uhh:
sam got dragged
Quote from: Uni on March 14, 2017, 06:27:53 PM
Quote from: Kurama on March 14, 2017, 05:34:44 PM
Crying at uni aborting once she realized who she spoke too
*he :uhh:
:shannonsmissing: but wait hun...cause..
Quote from: メル on March 14, 2017, 05:02:45 PM
I kinda see and agree with what Sam said
another part of me agrees with the opposition being black is black...it shouldn't matter
but I do agree that it's hard for black actors to get roles here in america as it is
and to give it to someone else from another country who's black is kinda a slap in the face to american black actors
it's a sticky situation.
oh mel :wub: :wub: :wub:
Quote from: Saint on March 14, 2017, 04:56:33 PM
Quote from: Uni on March 14, 2017, 04:55:28 PM
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gggg after what we learnt yesterday about Lew..
..I'd have to question my intelligence if he'd ever agreed with me
W T F 😩😩😩😩😩😩
Quote from: ВRΔNDYology on March 14, 2017, 08:25:12 PM
Quote from: Saint on March 14, 2017, 04:56:33 PM
Quote from: Uni on March 14, 2017, 04:55:28 PM
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gggg after what we learnt yesterday about Lew..
..I'd have to question my intelligence if he'd ever agreed with me
W T F 😩😩😩😩😩😩
funny cause high intelligence is the strongest point of my diagnosis
soo yeah
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but a misinformed faggot will stay a misinformed faggot
The irony
mmhmm
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:kii:
Quote from: TheNextLew on March 14, 2017, 08:39:27 PM
mmhmm
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u r sumthin else lew
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Lew kinda keeps you girls STEAMING it seems
Crying