Mo?Nique Regrets Nothing
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One year after Mo?Nique?s Netflix boycott, we caught up with the comedian to talk about her claims of being blackballed, what really went down with Netflix, and why she still has love for everyone who she says has done her wrong.
Last year, you called on your fans to boycott Netflix. This came after you claimed in 2015 that you had been blackballed by the industry. Do you have any regrets on how you handled things in 2018?
No. I?ve had absolutely no regrets whatsoever. If I had to do it all over again, I would do it the same way.
Between what happened after Precious and Netflix, which to you was the most hurtful to go through?
Well, I think that both of them carried the weight that they carried. With Precious, I knew these people personally. I knew Lee Daniels personally. I had a conversation with Tyler Perry personally ? my husband and I both. My husband and I had a conversation with Oprah Winfrey personally, with Lee Daniels personally. All three of these people said the same thing: ?You?re right.? So if y?all know that I?m right, why ever wouldn?t y?all say anything?
Tyler Perry, Oprah, and Lee Daniels are regarded as gatekeepers for a lot of black actors who want work. What was it like to have this happen with people who you have also had personal relationships with?
It?s disappointing. It?s disheartening. Oftentimes we are the ones who walk one another to the ship and we believe we going on vacation ? only to go to the bottom of it. So when I think of those three people, that?s the feeling I get. Because you know something is wrong, but you say absolutely nothing. And then when you hear Tyler Perry say, ?Mo?Nique, you did nothing wrong, and when my movie comes out I?m going to say it ?? And when you also hear [Tyler Perry] say, ?I really thought, had you played by the rules, your career would be different? ? not by the golden rules, their rules ? you have to ask yourself, What does that mean?
Last summer, you released a phone conversation between you and Tyler Perry where he says that he?s going to figure out how much money Precious has made and send it to you, and that it was unfair of the studio to ask you to pay for your own travel to promote the film at Cannes. In clips that were sent to us by you, Tyler can also be heard saying that had you played ?the game? things would have been different, but that when he was on the press tour he wouldn?t clear the air because it was ?too hot? then. Did any of those things Tyler said he was going to do happen?
Did you hear it?
I did not.
Here?s the thing: He?s never done it. We had given Tyler Perry a year to keep his word. Brother, you said you were going to come out and say something. Well, you never came out and said anything. And what was disheartening was people who were saying, ?How could you tape him?? But, they weren?t saying, ?Oh my God, did you hear what he said? He said she wasn?t wrong. He said he was going to say she wasn?t wrong.? He said, ?Had you played by their rules ?? ? well, that?s just like somebody saying, ?If you don?t go up to that hotel room and get on your knees, you know what?s going to happen.? But no one was ever brave enough to say, ?Wait a minute Tyler, is what Mo?Nique saying true?? Now you also hear Tyler Perry offering me money ?
Did that ever happen?
No. There was never any. We didn?t accept any money. We just said, ?Tyler, clear my name. Give me back my reputation.? No one?s ever heard of me being difficult, being a problem, being nothing, until this movie Precious came. Until Mo?Nique said some words that sound like no. Then it?s, ?Oh my God, you?re a problem.?
What happened exactly when you were negotiating with Netflix?
They never negotiated. They weren?t willing to negotiate. They sent over a $500,000 offer. I believe it was that we had to use $200,000 for production. Then it was [that] I couldn?t use the material for two years. Like, it was absolutely ridiculous. So, when my husband and our attorney says, ?Well, let?s go back in so we can renegotiate this,? it was ?Take it or leave it.? That?s what it is.
We forget the role skin color plays and also the role of being skinny or heavyset. Do you think things would have transpired differently with Netflix had you been a lighter-skinned woman that was smaller?
No, because her name is Wanda Sykes. Wanda Sykes is a light-skin woman who is smaller, and they offered her half of what they offered me.
So, do you believe the struggle is similar for any black female comic trying to do a special with Netflix?
You know how they quoted it and printed out Amy Schumer?s money? [Editor?s note: Schumer?s pay was reported in a Variety piece about how she renegotiated her Netflix deal.] Show Wanda?s and Tiffany [Haddish]?s. You showed hers, so show theirs, too. Then you?ll really get a chance to see it.
After you announced your Netflix boycott, you went on radio shows like The Breakfast Club and Sway in the Morning to explain what had happened. Then when you appeared on The View, Whoopi Goldberg told you, ?I?m going to stop you because, contractually, when you make a movie, regardless of who you sign the deal with, your job is to go and promote said movie.? She continued saying, ?And we?ve had this conversation, and I said if you had called me I could?ve schooled you on what was expected.?
When I sat there on that platform on The View, I felt sorry. I had empathy for my sister Whoopi Goldberg. Because what you?re saying to me is, ?You must work for free. I could?ve schooled you.? The very thing I went to The View to speak about was the very thing I experienced on The View. You give me three minutes to talk about inequality? Well, I was there the whole show. When you have a woman saying, ?I could have schooled you,? someone would say, ?What was the schooling going to be?? When I look at this woman you say is our icon and our legend ? she is. But, how many things has Whoopi Goldberg executive produced? Whoopi Goldberg has always been the help, and I say that humbly. So what is it that you?re going to school me on? I?ve been doing it for almost 30 years.
This is a woman who says ?I could have schooled you,? and this is a woman who accepted Ted Danson in blackface, and our community praises this woman. So oftentimes, we do it to ourselves. But, I just can?t. Understand, I love my sister. However, when you know you?re being fed the wrong food, you must say, ?I can?t chew this, y?all.?
Was there ever an opportunity to address Whoopi privately? I feel like a lot of these things kept happening publicly.
Whoopi and I did have a conversation after that. I was up in Whoopi Goldberg?s dressing room ? and you?re the first person I?m telling this to. I said to Whoopi Goldberg, ?Listen, sister.? Because she said, ?Mo?Nique, you gotta let that go. You gotta move on. People just wanna see what?s going to happen to you next.? I said, ?Whoopi, I can?t let it go. I gotta think about the little sister who?s not here yet.? And our icon and our legend said, ?You better stop worrying about the little sister who?s not here yet and worry about you.? In that moment I knew I was looking at a woman who didn?t give a damn about me. And if she?s telling me, ?Stop worrying about that little girl who not here yet,? well, she forgot about the ones that came before her who were worried about her.
Tiffany Haddish was breaking out as this big star at the time, and I believe you and a lot of black female comics paved the way for her to do what she?s doing right now. Then she did an interview with GQ, and when she was asked about your Netflix boycott, she said, ?I?m looking at how [Netflix has] opened up so many opportunities for black females and comedy. When my people are dying, that?s when you gonna catch me protesting. I?m not gonna protest because somebody got offered not the amount of money they wanted to get offered.? Did you feel hurt by that?
I understood it. And what I won?t do is throw my sister under the bus. And when my sister did have a bad moment, I said, ?Y?all, I?m not gonna throw her away.? What she wrote on her Instagram page and on mine was, ?I love you, Mo?Nique.? I understand the business. This business is set up for us to go against one another. I?m not going to go against Tiffany Haddish. They set us up to do this to one another. But what I won?t do is, I won?t feed into it.
Around the time you called for the Netflix boycott, pay inequality in Hollywood was becoming a part of the conversation, especially regarding women of color. Were you surprised that you didn?t get more support from powerful white women in the industry, in the way, say, Jessica Chastain fought for Octavia Spencer to get equal pay?
No. I?m not the first one. I?m just vocal with it. My mouth is big. But I?m not the first one. Some people have the attitude. These are people who look like me. Some of them have the attitude [of], ?Not only are you a woman, but you black. Not only are you a black woman, but you fat. You should just be glad you got invited to the table. Sit down and shut up.?
It feels like black women aren?t allowed to make mistakes. We saw it with Tiffany Haddish and her New Year?s Eve set that left many disappointed. Even then, a lot of black male comics use black women as props in their movies and shows. They play them in a way that?s a bit distasteful.
Tell me about all the money they talk about Moms Mabley making. Tell me about all the money they spoke about Marsha Warfield, Thea Vidale making. These are stand-up comedians. Tell me about the black female comedian who, when it was all said and done, they were well taken care of. Can you? See, Rosie O?Donnell never has to work again if she don?t want to. Roseanne Barr, Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Melissa McCarthy, the list goes on. Tell me about the black ones. Tell me about the black ones.
When actors win Oscars, usually we see them working more and getting more roles. With you, it was almost the exact opposite. It dissipated.
Again, baby, when you know the history ? When Hattie McDaniel first won, the private talks was, ?We hope this nigga don?t think now we gon? pay her equal. Matter of fact, we gon? pay her less so she know she ain?t that special.? So when I won that Oscar, they still wanted to treat me as if I took it off the Greyhound bus. I was unwilling to do that. So it wasn?t like the calls didn?t come ? they did come. But they were coming like I just got to Hollywood. They were calling as if they were doing me a favor.
There was never a question in your mind of, ?Let?s play the game and do the small stuff, and hopefully it leads to the big moments later on??
No, baby. Because once again, that?s the same thing Hattie McDaniel did. So, now we gon? speed up 50 years later, and we still gon? say, ?We hope they like us enough that they?ll give us a li?l something?? No. That?s unacceptable. As long as we keep having those niggas that will, we keep being paid unfairly.
You?re on tour with this residency in Vegas. What?s your game plan for the rest of the year?
Do you know what Imma enjoy right now, Malcolm? This residency. I?m going to enjoy that, baby, and my babies? baseball season coming up. That?s what Imma enjoy. What?s going to come tomorrow will come tomorrow. If I get focused on the business of tomorrow, I lose focus on my family of today.
When I walk in my closet, there?s a picture of me and my grandmother. My grandmother?s gone to the next journey, but when my children see that picture, they be like, ?Aw, man, remember when Mama Mimi ??? ?Remember when Mama Mimi ??? The legacy that woman left is her grandbabies and her great-grandbabies. Y?all are gonna think of me whatever you?re going to think of me. For the ones who have beautiful thoughts, I thank you. But for my children who run in my family and have my blood running through their veins that I?ll never get a chance to lay my eyes on, if they speak on me with pride and they granddaddy with pride, then we?ve done our job.
How do you still operate from a place of love?
When I was 7 years old, my grandmother was supposed to come pick me up, and she didn?t show up. I cried so hard because I couldn?t understand why she wouldn?t come get me. And my father came up in that room drunk, and he said, ?Let me tell you something. Don?t nobody owe you shit.? I never forgot that. They don?t owe me a phone call. They don?t owe me anything, and I still love them. I don?t know their dynamics or what they?re walking through. My husband had to say, ?Mama, this shit ain?t never personal.? That?s how I can still love them. It ain?t personal. Don?t you walk around with that shit in your heart.
https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/monique-netflix-boycott-tyler-perry-lee-daniels-oprah-whoopi-goldberg-interview.html
?Whoopi Goldberg has always been the help, and I say that humbly. So what is it that you?re going to school me on? I?ve been doing it for almost 30 years.?
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lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Luv ya'll 2 life :cheerup:
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I didn't spot a lie in any of this tbh.
Idk about Whoop's resume tho.
She laid Whoopie's matted dreds the fuck out.
And why should she?
Ack Queen. Stand IN IT
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:24:29 PM
Idk about Whoop's resume tho.
She's one of the few people with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
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Quote from: u mix that Negro with that Native, make a Southside KILLAH on January 24, 2019, 04:50:03 PM
Does she regret calling Black people slaves after all that "love my brothers and sisters no matter what" mess she was pushing
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:24:29 PM
Idk about Whoop's resume tho.
She's one of the few people with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
yep, so is John Legend. So what? :plzstop:
Quote from: Promise. on January 24, 2019, 04:56:28 PM
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:24:29 PM
Idk about Whoop's resume tho.
She's one of the few people with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
yep, so is John Legend. So what? :plzstop:
It speaks to her resume, something Bre was asking girl
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:24:29 PM
Idk about Whoop's resume tho.
She's one of the few people with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
Thx, I knew that. I meant as far as being a director, producer, etc.
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:24:29 PM
Idk about Whoop's resume tho.
She's one of the few people with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
i dont think that means anything
she was blackballed after her comments about bush
and the view was the only one checkin for her after the backlash died down
and then she was in demand again
Tell me about the black female comedian who, when it was all said and done, they were well taken care of. Can you? See, Rosie O?Donnell never has to work again if she don?t want to. Roseanne Barr, Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Melissa McCarthy, the list goes on. Tell me about the black ones. Tell me about the black ones.
When actors win Oscars, usually we see them working more and getting more roles. With you, it was almost the exact opposite. It dissipated.
Again, baby, when you know the history ? When Hattie McDaniel first won, the private talks was, ?We hope this nigga don?t think now we gon? pay her equal. Matter of fact, we gon? pay her less so she know she ain?t that special.? So when I won that Oscar, they still wanted to treat me as if I took it off the Greyhound bus. I was unwilling to do that. So it wasn?t like the calls didn?t come ? they did come. But they were coming like I just got to Hollywood. They were calling as if they were doing me a favor.
There was never a question in your mind of, ?Let?s play the game and do the small stuff, and hopefully it leads to the big moments later on??
No, baby. Because once again, that?s the same thing Hattie McDaniel did. So, now we gon? speed up 50 years later, and we still gon? say, ?We hope they like us enough that they?ll give us a li?l something?? No. That?s unacceptable. As long as we keep having those niggas that will, we keep being paid unfairly.
Biiiiiiiiitch she better fucking speak my gawd.
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:59:30 PM
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:24:29 PM
Idk about Whoop's resume tho.
She's one of the few people with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
Thx, I knew that. I meant as far as being a director, producer, etc.
She has produced different projects. She has produced a 132 episodes of Strong Medicine.
Quote from: Hey, I'm Slick Woods on January 24, 2019, 04:58:44 PM
Quote from: Promise. on January 24, 2019, 04:56:28 PM
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:24:29 PM
Idk about Whoop's resume tho.
She's one of the few people with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
yep, so is John Legend. So what? :plzstop:
It speaks to her resume, something Bre was asking girl
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yes preach
and the reason she said what about my resume is cause she did play the game and tried to do as much as she could to build the resume
and won an oscar
and to be told still take small stuff and buiid as if the oscar was a reset instead of an achievment
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:59:30 PM
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:24:29 PM
Idk about Whoop's resume tho.
She's one of the few people with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
Thx, I knew that. I meant as far as being a director, producer, etc.
She's produced over 30 projects.
Thanks bby's
Well there's the lie Mo told but otherwise she kinda booked.
Mo has produced 6 projects and directed 0. :dead:
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 05:11:38 PM
Mo has produced 6 projects and directed 0. :dead:
ur point is moot hun
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Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 05:11:38 PM
Mo has produced 6 projects and directed 0. :dead:
ur point is moot hun
Wasn't trying to make a point. Just sharing info and things.
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 05:11:38 PM
Mo has produced 6 projects and directed 0. :dead:
Yall tryna debate or something? :uhh:
Did you even read what she said? She never said anything about her having directing or producing credits :dead:
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 05:16:15 PM
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 05:11:38 PM
Mo has produced 6 projects and directed 0. :dead:
Yall tryna debate or something? :uhh:
Did you even read what she said? She never said anything about her having directing or producing credits :dead:
I'm not trying debate. I don't really care. I've known of Monique and her character/reputation from around the way in Baltimore. :plzstop:
Okay My' thanks again.
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Lemme get out this thread. Y'all can let Monique gas y'all with that facade.
So much for that apathy you spoke of.
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:59:30 PM
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 04:24:29 PM
Idk about Whoop's resume tho.
She's one of the few people with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
Thx, I knew that. I meant as far as being a director, producer, etc.
She's produced and directed.
Quote from: Kurama on January 24, 2019, 05:16:15 PM
Quote from: Lazarus on January 24, 2019, 05:11:38 PM
Mo has produced 6 projects and directed 0. :dead:
Yall tryna debate or something? :uhh:
Did you even read what she said? She never said anything about her having directing or producing credits :dead:
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My gettin that good lash today :oof:
Monique is fake but is what she's saying wrong? Like I just don't understand.
There was never a question in your mind of, ?Let?s play the game and do the small stuff, and hopefully it leads to the big moments later on??
No, baby. Because once again, that?s the same thing Hattie McDaniel did. So, now we gon? speed up 50 years later, and we still gon? say, ?We hope they like us enough that they?ll give us a li?l something?? No. That?s unacceptable. As long as we keep having those niggas that will, we keep being paid unfairly.
!!!!!!!!!
She's offering herself up as a martyr and it is nothing but honorable and admirable. She made a statement and the world listened. Artists in that business aren't usually as brave or selfless as she's being. So happy she's being rewarded now
Quote from: u mix that Negro with that Native, make a Southside KILLAH on January 24, 2019, 05:27:59 PM
Stop ya'll :usureuok:
But something about her definitely gives me fake.
She was all about "love my brothers and sisters" until they didn't agree with her perching next to Chris and Dave in the bank.
Then it became "you slaves and daddyless niggas"
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I'm sorry but :omf:
I dont think its fake if shes laying everything out and u refuse to see and acknowledge something is wrong
thats more than simply not agreeing
its promoting the disenfranchisement and that is usually rooted in that of a slave mind
but its not her job to wake them up but i dont think its fake to call them out on it
her situation is not just her its institutional
YOU JUST DONT RESONATE WITH HER LOGIC
because on some level you agree with continuing the paradigm of inequality when theres no justification
so thats why thats stinging you so hard u love a devils advocate tea :plzstop: :plzstop:
but its no escuse for what happened to her imo
lmao lol why would the manager say that they are a staple just to fire them because of numbers lol how are they a staple
Quote from: Freeruu on January 24, 2019, 04:49:57 PM
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is this nell carter?
is she playing that mermaid evil lady
Monique seems like a person who does not have any business acumen or common sense. My understanding is that very successful people told her to ?play? the game and you will be rewarded. She bucked and said that she did not have to because it was unfair. Sometimes we do things our way and our way is not always right. People buy brand new suits for
Interviews on the hope of getting the job. People invest money into their careers, work late for free for the hope of being noticed. It?s not right but it?s standard practice. She let a 10k trip to Cannes ruin her film career. She could have made a huge return on that investment.
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she's a loud, egotistical, fake, self-serving, delusional, hard-headed bitch when challenged she reveals her true self. which is just a black woman with a loud ass voice that thinks she's own more than what she's due.
Quote from: LUCIF?R. on January 24, 2019, 05:00:52 PM
Tell me about the black female comedian who, when it was all said and done, they were well taken care of. Can you? See, Rosie O?Donnell never has to work again if she don?t want to. Roseanne Barr, Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Melissa McCarthy, the list goes on. Tell me about the black ones. Tell me about the black ones.
When actors win Oscars, usually we see them working more and getting more roles. With you, it was almost the exact opposite. It dissipated.
Again, baby, when you know the history ? When Hattie McDaniel first won, the private talks was, ?We hope this nigga don?t think now we gon? pay her equal. Matter of fact, we gon? pay her less so she know she ain?t that special.? So when I won that Oscar, they still wanted to treat me as if I took it off the Greyhound bus. I was unwilling to do that. So it wasn?t like the calls didn?t come ? they did come. But they were coming like I just got to Hollywood. They were calling as if they were doing me a favor.
There was never a question in your mind of, ?Let?s play the game and do the small stuff, and hopefully it leads to the big moments later on??
No, baby. Because once again, that?s the same thing Hattie McDaniel did. So, now we gon? speed up 50 years later, and we still gon? say, ?We hope they like us enough that they?ll give us a li?l something?? No. That?s unacceptable. As long as we keep having those niggas that will, we keep being paid unfairly.
Biiiiiiiiitch she better fucking speak my gawd.
Woo hoo.
So she gotta bit of a media training and we?re suppose to clap now?
She?s a clown and always will be
This should?ve been articulated long before this Netflix rant
Maybe she could?ve made a damn difference
Quote from: Bruce on January 24, 2019, 05:48:12 PM
Monique seems like a person who does not have any business acumen or common sense. My understanding is that very successful people told her to ?play? the game and you will be rewarded. She bucked and said that she did not have to because it was unfair. Sometimes we do things are way and are way is not always right. People buy brand new suits for
Interviews on the hope of getting the job. She let a 10k trip to Cannes ruin her film career. She could have made a huge return on that investment.
You said it
lol
i see but
honestly its about whatever way floats their boat if you ask me
one days its numbers
one day its revenue from last project
one day its resume
one day its awards
if its about numbers OK
lets see everyones numbers
and see the equality in the numbers
Quote from: Bruce on January 24, 2019, 05:48:12 PM
Monique seems like a person who does not have any business acumen or common sense. My understanding is that very successful people told her to ?play? the game and you will be rewarded. She bucked and said that she did not have to because it was unfair. Sometimes we do things our way and our way is not always right. People buy brand new suits for
Interviews on the hope of getting the job. People invest money into their careers, work late for free for the hope of being noticed. It?s not right but it?s standard practice. She let a 10k trip to Cannes ruin her film career. She could have made a huge return on that investment.
stop
she played the game
and they played her after she did
Quote from: Bruce on January 24, 2019, 05:48:12 PM
Monique seems like a person who does not have any business acumen or common sense. My understanding is that very successful people told her to ?play? the game and you will be rewarded. She bucked and said that she did not have to because it was unfair. Sometimes we do things our way and our way is not always right. People buy brand new suits for
Interviews on the hope of getting the job. People invest money into their careers, work late for free for the hope of being noticed. It?s not right but it?s standard practice. She let a 10k trip to Cannes ruin her film career. She could have made a huge return on that investment.
she addressed this in the article. Please read it
There was never a question in your mind of, ?Let?s play the game and do the small stuff, and hopefully it leads to the big moments later on??No, baby. Because once again, that?s the same thing Hattie McDaniel did. So, now we gon? speed up 50 years later, and we still gon? say, ?We hope they like us enough that they?ll give us a li?l something?? No. That?s unacceptable. As long as we keep having those niggas that will, we keep being paid unfairly.
Quote from: Promise. on January 24, 2019, 05:53:11 PM
Quote from: Bruce on January 24, 2019, 05:48:12 PM
Monique seems like a person who does not have any business acumen or common sense. My understanding is that very successful people told her to ?play? the game and you will be rewarded. She bucked and said that she did not have to because it was unfair. Sometimes we do things our way and our way is not always right. People buy brand new suits for
Interviews on the hope of getting the job. People invest money into their careers, work late for free for the hope of being noticed. It?s not right but it?s standard practice. She let a 10k trip to Cannes ruin her film career. She could have made a huge return on that investment.
she addressed this in the article. Please read it
There was never a question in your mind of, ?Let?s play the game and do the small stuff, and hopefully it leads to the big moments later on??
No, baby. Because once again, that?s the same thing Hattie McDaniel did. So, now we gon? speed up 50 years later, and we still gon? say, ?We hope they like us enough that they?ll give us a li?l something?? No. That?s unacceptable. As long as we keep having those niggas that will, we keep being paid unfairly.
Then she's in the wrong industry, everyone has to start from somewhere, sounds like she has inflated sense of self.
Do y'all not think brown girls in the industry need a voice like Mo's to stand up for them and their deserved wages. It might be self-serving but most ppl that that stand up for a cause are directly related to that cause. I think that's to be expected abs shouldn't be used as a weapon to take them down.
I haven?t gotten past the photo
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What?s going on
Quote from: Young on January 24, 2019, 05:57:13 PM
I haven?t gotten past the photo
Dnffnfnfnfnfnfnfnfnfnfn
:plzstop:
Screaming
Quote from: Promise. on January 24, 2019, 05:56:03 PM
Do y'all not think brown girls in the industry need a voice like Mo's to stand up for them and their deserved wages. It might be self-serving but most ppl that that stand up for a cause are directly related to that cause. I think that's to be expected abs shouldn't be used as a weapon to take them down.
They do, I just think the way she went about it was wrong.
But congrats to her Vegas thing, I hope they give her more platforms, I used to think she was funny abit
Quote from: Hey, I'm Slick Woods on January 24, 2019, 05:55:35 PM
Quote from: Promise. on January 24, 2019, 05:53:11 PM
Quote from: Bruce on January 24, 2019, 05:48:12 PM
Monique seems like a person who does not have any business acumen or common sense. My understanding is that very successful people told her to ?play? the game and you will be rewarded. She bucked and said that she did not have to because it was unfair. Sometimes we do things our way and our way is not always right. People buy brand new suits for
Interviews on the hope of getting the job. People invest money into their careers, work late for free for the hope of being noticed. It?s not right but it?s standard practice. She let a 10k trip to Cannes ruin her film career. She could have made a huge return on that investment.
she addressed this in the article. Please read it
There was never a question in your mind of, ?Let?s play the game and do the small stuff, and hopefully it leads to the big moments later on??
No, baby. Because once again, that?s the same thing Hattie McDaniel did. So, now we gon? speed up 50 years later, and we still gon? say, ?We hope they like us enough that they?ll give us a li?l something?? No. That?s unacceptable. As long as we keep having those niggas that will, we keep being paid unfairly.
Then she's in the wrong industry, everyone has to start from somewhere, sounds like she has inflated sense of self.
She had her humble beginnings in the beginning of her career. Why would it be expected for her to start at ground zero?
Quote from: u mix that Negro with that Native, make a Southside KILLAH on January 24, 2019, 05:59:13 PM
Quote from: Promise. on January 24, 2019, 05:56:03 PM
Do y'all not think brown girls in the industry need a voice like Mo's to stand up for them and their deserved wages. It might be self-serving but most ppl that that stand up for a cause are directly related to that cause. I think that's to be expected abs shouldn't be used as a weapon to take them down.
I totally agree with WHAT she stood for.
It's the HOW that really rubbed me the wrong way and destroyed her credibility with me.
If she's gonna be or wants to be the voice, be efficient as possible by having all of your ducks in a row. She fumbled the ball IMO. The minute she started including opinions.
There was no need to drag Chris Rock or Dave Chapelle into it, but she did it because in her mind she is their equal career-wise. In fact, she is the "most decorated comedian alive".
It's when she started getting into all that other mess where it became the "Listen BITCH I'm Monique bow the fuck down to me." as opposed to "Listen girls, let's get this money.."
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Well, fro, she did fumble by speaking on numbers that she didn't have accurate info on.
But I don't think it overshadowed her point.
I look at it as MLK vs Malcolm X. Both had different approaches to the same issue which directly affected both of them. Who's to say, although ppl constantly, which approach is more sound? Racism is persisting to this day, regardless of both of their work. But it has also dissipated, in spite of their work. We need people like Mo.
Bitter almost unemployed self...
Auntie was speaking! Whoopi is a damn mess :dead:
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QuoteWhoopi Goldberg has always been the help, and I say that humbly. So what is it that you?re going to school me on? I?ve been doing it for almost 30 years.
Whoopi?s resume is longer than yours and she?s never had to beg or feign social awareness to get work.
This is why I can?t take this sheboon seriously. You want people to rally around you and your cause, but no is allowed to disagree with your approach? :uhh: go to hell
I forgot about that iconic pic
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Quote from: u mix that Negro with that Native, make a Southside KILLAH on January 24, 2019, 05:16:03 PM
She's just not on the same level as Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle
And if people would remove their woke/this is an outrage lenses for just a second to clearly look at their numbers and resumes, they'd see that.
Now had she NOT included that comparison as a huge part of her campaign, I would have just stood with Queen and rocked the fuck out.
But she eventually came off as borderline delusional to me. How can I trust your credibility and really stand behind you if you don't even have a clear understanding of where you stand in the grand scheme of this all - based on facts. Not a compliment you received in the past.
And that?s kinda that on that :dead: the people she mentioned during the boycott are selling out stadiums all over the world and you?re supposed to be getting paid the same because you won an Oscar a decade ago?
That?s like a benchwarmer for the Lakers telling the team owners he wants to get paid the same as Lebron and then demanding everyone boycott the NBA after the owners tell him to take his ass on somewhere.
What a joke.
Quote from: Freeruu on January 24, 2019, 06:33:27 PM
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This loving ass read. :plzstop:
Quote from: Freeruu on January 24, 2019, 06:36:01 PM
I forgot about that iconic pic
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FGTYTTYYTTYTYTYTYTYTYTTYYT
Eek.
So yea.... Monique >>>
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Quote from: ANIMMAI on January 24, 2019, 06:38:22 PM
Quote from: u mix that Negro with that Native, make a Southside KILLAH on January 24, 2019, 05:16:03 PM
She's just not on the same level as Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle
And if people would remove their woke/this is an outrage lenses for just a second to clearly look at their numbers and resumes, they'd see that.
Now had she NOT included that comparison as a huge part of her campaign, I would have just stood with Queen and rocked the fuck out.
But she eventually came off as borderline delusional to me. How can I trust your credibility and really stand behind you if you don't even have a clear understanding of where you stand in the grand scheme of this all - based on facts. Not a compliment you received in the past.
And that?s kinda that on that :dead: the people she mentioned during the boycott are selling out stadiums all over the world and you?re supposed to be getting paid the same because you won an Oscar a decade ago?
That?s like a benchwarmer for the Lakers telling the team owners he wants to get paid the same as Lebron and then demanding everyone boycott the NBA after the owners tell him to take his ass on somewhere.
What a joke.
:dead: :dead: :dead: :dead:
Quote from: u mix that Negro with that Native, make a Southside KILLAH on January 24, 2019, 04:50:03 PM
Does she regret calling Black people slaves after all that "love my brothers and sisters no matter what" mess she was pushing
i don't care what no one has to say I love this BLACK QUEEN. :stressed:
She betta stand in her truth and shame the devil.
She is a LEGEND and deserves EVERYTHING she asks for her.
END OF DISCUSSION BITCHES.
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what whoopi did is irrelevant
she could have schooled her
on how its gonna go
what to expect
and options on how to proceed
the choice wouldnt have been taken away from her after whoopi told her whats what
Quote from: Miami Sleep. on January 24, 2019, 06:43:44 PM
So yea.... Monique >>>
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!!
Don't know what the hell yummy came in here hollin bout but yea
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Quote from: Freeruu on January 24, 2019, 06:33:27 PM
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I?m sorr? but she lashed
:guys:
Quote from: Promise. on January 24, 2019, 07:19:46 PM
Quote from: Miami Sleep. on January 24, 2019, 06:43:44 PM
So yea.... Monique >>>
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!!
Don't know what the hell yummy came in here hollin bout but yea
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