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Title: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: Gilgamesh. on December 15, 2019, 09:00:34 AM
https://twitter.com/theorlandojones/status/1205872101447675905


In a searing video message shared on his Twitter account Saturday morning, Orlando Jones says he was fired from American Gods season 3 and alleges new showrunner Charles Eglee decided his character, Mr. Nancy, sends "the wrong message for black America."

"I know ya'll have LOTS of questions about the firing," Jones prefaced in a tweet. "As always I promise to tell you the truth and nothing but [love]."

According to the actor, who played Mr. Nancy and offered significant writing and producing contributions to season 2 after the departure of original showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, he was fired on Sep. 10, 2019.

There will be no more Mr. Nancy. Don't let these motherf–ers tell you they love Mr. Nancy. They don't," Jones says in the video. "I'm not going to name names but the new season 3 showrunner [Eglee] is Connecticut born and Yale-educated, so he's very smart and he thinks that Mr. Nancy's angry, get sh– done is the wrong message for black America. That's right. This white man sits in that decision-making chair and I'm sure he has many black bffs who are his advisors and made it clear to him that if he did not get rid of that angry god Mr. Nancy he'd start a Denmark Vesey uprising in this country. I mean, what else could it be?"
Title: Re: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: 🦚 on December 15, 2019, 09:15:56 AM
Well fuck this show then.

Im
Out as well
Title: Re: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: 🦚 on December 15, 2019, 09:17:50 AM
https://youtu.be/12rlCCHTfGM

Dwights couldn't take this lashing.  :howfestive:
Title: Re: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: TriBeCa on December 15, 2019, 09:27:34 AM
As long as they keep Ricky Whittle, that's all that matters.
Title: Re: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: Hatsumomo on December 15, 2019, 09:44:05 AM
He won't be really missed 
Title: Re: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: Blamblam on December 15, 2019, 10:32:36 AM
Quote from: TriBeCa on December 15, 2019, 09:27:34 AM
As long as they keep Ricky Whittle, that's all that matters.

Yeah, just recast Nancy with someone attractive, an actual black king :ohwow:
Title: Re: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: 🦚 on December 16, 2019, 01:22:42 PM
https://twitter.com/theblerdgurl/status/1206572935391186945
Title: Re: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: Gilgamesh. on December 16, 2019, 02:38:10 PM
They fucking tried him :uhh:
 
I had no idea he wrote some of his own dialogue. 
Title: Re: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: 🦚 on December 16, 2019, 03:18:34 PM
he said he had to rewrite almost all the scripts season 2... especially those considering black ppl

that show is going to be a hot fucking mess.

glad king is working on several new shows I can tune into.
Title: Re: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: BAPHOMET. on December 16, 2019, 03:23:55 PM
Glad I never started watching 
Title: Re: Orlando Jones fired from American Gods: Mr. Nancy sent 'wrong message’
Post by: 🦚 on December 16, 2019, 03:27:25 PM
bih pls.. you def watched season 1