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Just Because You’re the Star of a Hollywood Blockbuster Doesn’t Mean You’ve Got It Made

The star of Aladdin can’t get an audition!

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by Anonymousreply 139December 22, 2019 1:01 AM

“I'm sitting here being like, okay, Aladdin just hit $1 billion. Can I at least get an audition?"

by Anonymousreply 1December 3, 2019 11:58 PM

He is also an ethnic looking ethnic man... unlike his co-star who is Indian but looks white. She is getting many auditions while he is struggling.

by Anonymousreply 2December 4, 2019 12:04 AM

Can he act?

by Anonymousreply 3December 4, 2019 12:07 AM

Tell me about it, OP.

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by Anonymousreply 4December 4, 2019 12:07 AM

WEHT the star of Get Out?

by Anonymousreply 5December 4, 2019 12:11 AM

r5 He was in Black Panther and has Oscar buzz for his new movie Queen and Slim

by Anonymousreply 6December 4, 2019 12:12 AM

He was actually pretty good in Aladdin. But he's not that hot looking, so that makes it difficult. Also, going on Buzzfeed to complain isn't a smart move, he should be telling everyone he has had LOTS of offers to make himself seem valuable. Maybe he needs a better agent.

by Anonymousreply 7December 4, 2019 12:17 AM

R4 He’s actually on season 2 of Castle Rock. Who woulda thunk a show set in Maine would have a high number of Somali actors?

by Anonymousreply 8December 4, 2019 12:25 AM

He's a little Middle Eastern man. That's why.

by Anonymousreply 9December 4, 2019 12:28 AM

Can’t he play a terrorist on a Jack Ryan episode?

by Anonymousreply 10December 4, 2019 12:30 AM

He looks like a terrorist and he probably stinks like curry and camel spit.

by Anonymousreply 11December 4, 2019 12:31 AM

Can’t Will Smith help him?

by Anonymousreply 12December 4, 2019 12:32 AM

Boo-fucking-hoo.

by Anonymousreply 13December 4, 2019 12:32 AM

The chick from Hairspray sells shoes on Long Island.

by Anonymousreply 14December 4, 2019 12:36 AM

^^Nikki, Aladdin made $1 Billion while Hairspray made $200 Million. No one expected much of anything from you.

by Anonymousreply 15December 4, 2019 12:36 AM

Hes ugly. hes lucky he got Alladin.

by Anonymousreply 16December 4, 2019 12:44 AM

I don't think he's ugly. He has a very pretty face. He's a fool if he thought a Disney live action remake was going to make him a star. Look at most of the actors who starred in their live action remakes. Very few if any became stars or only gained recognition from other projects. If I was casting for a film, the last person I'd choose is some pretty boy from a Disney remake.

by Anonymousreply 17December 4, 2019 12:55 AM

He’s ugly now, but just wait a few years and he’ll be a monster. Middle eastern men age horribly.

by Anonymousreply 18December 4, 2019 12:58 AM

He needs to put some more meat on his bones, then sell his ass to some homed up casting agents.

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by Anonymousreply 19December 4, 2019 1:09 AM

Exactly.

We DEMAND that we continue to get roles in movies.

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by Anonymousreply 20December 4, 2019 1:52 AM

He got the role because he was the right nationality. That's it. It wasn't based on looks or talent.

by Anonymousreply 21December 4, 2019 2:40 AM

Casting agents confuse his name with mine!

by Anonymousreply 22December 5, 2019 7:52 PM

First you're another sloe-eyed vamp, them someone's mother, then your camp!

by Anonymousreply 23December 5, 2019 8:03 PM

[quote}He was actually pretty good in Aladdin.

No, I would say rather that......

[quote]He got the role because he was the right nationality. That's it. It wasn't based on looks or talent.

There you go.

[quote]Also, going on Buzzfeed to complain isn't a smart move, he should be telling everyone he has had LOTS of offers to make himself seem valuable. Maybe he needs a better agent.

....and a new publicist. The ones who allowed him to give this interview is doing him no favors. Or maybe they were blindsided by it?

by Anonymousreply 24December 5, 2019 8:05 PM

R5, the star of GET OUT - Daniel Kaluuya - was in BLACK PANTHER, WIDOWS, and is the male lead of the new, highly-praised QUEEN AND SLIM.

He's doing just fine.

by Anonymousreply 25December 5, 2019 8:18 PM

BOO FUCKIN HOO LITTLE HOMOSEXUAL BOY! NO ONE SENDS ME A SCIPT AND I'M HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY!

by Anonymousreply 26December 5, 2019 8:22 PM

The original article is much less whiny.

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by Anonymousreply 27December 5, 2019 8:30 PM

Fadi Fawaz was far more attractive than him

by Anonymousreply 28December 5, 2019 8:32 PM

He needs to change his name. Mena Massoud just doesn't sound like a name that would get top billing in Hollywood.

by Anonymousreply 29December 5, 2019 8:35 PM

He looks like a rat with a hairpiece

by Anonymousreply 30December 5, 2019 8:35 PM

Hello....

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by Anonymousreply 31December 5, 2019 8:36 PM

Just look at his face

by Anonymousreply 32December 5, 2019 8:37 PM

He’s very dark and he looks like stinks. Has anyone background-checked him? I smell a terrorist attack coming. If it’s in LA I honestly won’t care.

by Anonymousreply 33December 5, 2019 8:37 PM

Marry me R33

by Anonymousreply 34December 5, 2019 8:38 PM

'He looks like stinks'

I smell the grammar Nazi coming

by Anonymousreply 35December 5, 2019 8:39 PM

[quote]Can’t he play a terrorist on a Jack Ryan episode?

The terrorists are Venezuelan this season. No, really.

by Anonymousreply 36December 5, 2019 8:40 PM

He's got such a terrible haircut and he wears such horrible clothes.

by Anonymousreply 37December 5, 2019 8:41 PM
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by Anonymousreply 38December 5, 2019 8:42 PM

I guess if they made a third installment of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel or a remake of The King and I , he might have a chance.

by Anonymousreply 39December 5, 2019 8:42 PM

Is there a market for dirty, smelly Indian gay porn? I wouldn’t watch but maybe there’s some freak that would.

by Anonymousreply 40December 5, 2019 8:44 PM

Reboot of slumdog millionaire is underway . He can be cast in that .

by Anonymousreply 41December 5, 2019 8:45 PM

I'm surprised he can't even get work within the Disney machine.

by Anonymousreply 42December 5, 2019 8:52 PM

He can do guest role in one of those Dick wolf series /Chicago series

by Anonymousreply 43December 5, 2019 8:55 PM

I feel like we’ve met our quota of Indian actors here in the US, what with Mindy Khaling and Aziz Ansari.

by Anonymousreply 44December 5, 2019 8:56 PM

Am I the only one that thought this movie sucked goat dick?

by Anonymousreply 45December 5, 2019 8:56 PM

and Alok Vaid meneon

by Anonymousreply 46December 5, 2019 8:56 PM

I like that two-tone suit jacket he has on in the link. Does anyone know who made it?

by Anonymousreply 47December 5, 2019 9:02 PM

is this one of those threads where a deranged OP is talking to himself, or are there really this many delusional, repugnant freaks on DL? Woof.

by Anonymousreply 48December 5, 2019 9:04 PM

Yeah his looks is a disadvantage in Hollywood . There are just not too many roles for that. Maybe he’ll have better luck in Bollywood.

by Anonymousreply 49December 5, 2019 9:14 PM

He looks like any one of the femme gay Latinos and brown people here in Houston at the bars. Nothing special and a dime a dozen.

by Anonymousreply 50December 5, 2019 10:50 PM

Dev Patel or Raza Jaffrey will get all the roles this guy would be considered for.

by Anonymousreply 51December 5, 2019 11:33 PM

He can't blame it on his ethnic background. Casting in general is now very aggressively pursuing everything "diverse".

by Anonymousreply 52December 5, 2019 11:39 PM

[quote]He can't blame it on his ethnic background. Casting in general is now very aggressively pursuing everything "diverse".

Exactly. He's implying that race is a factor, but -- sorry, Mena, we just don't buy it. Must be some OTHER reason you're not getting auditions...

by Anonymousreply 53December 6, 2019 12:10 PM

True^^^ they’re casting disgustingly obese black women in goddam near every show (Lizzie Beating- types) and it’s repulsive.

by Anonymousreply 54December 6, 2019 1:46 PM

I was wondering that myself, r48. Lots and lots of ugly trolls posting on this thread.

by Anonymousreply 55December 6, 2019 2:53 PM

He should start by getting a new hairstyle. It looks like a mushroom on top of his head.

by Anonymousreply 56December 6, 2019 3:00 PM

Is he presenting hole to the right people

by Anonymousreply 57December 6, 2019 3:06 PM

R57 et al, Are you joking or giving honest advice? If the latter, there are countless actors who'd do the same thing for even a minor role so then who gets lucky? The actor who gives the best head?

by Anonymousreply 58December 6, 2019 3:28 PM

You guys do realize he already IS in Jack Ryan right?! He plays the CIA officer Tarek Kasser...

by Anonymousreply 59December 6, 2019 3:38 PM

Quit bitching.

Hollywood is very diverse now, regardless of the SJWs who will bitch until there is not one white or white adjacent person on TV or in movies and beyond.

Foreigners believe the USA to be 50% black based on movie and media representation, if anything many ethnicities are over represented in relation to their population in the US.

by Anonymousreply 60December 6, 2019 4:23 PM

He should move to the UK, they're required to cast ethnic actors in all their shows.

by Anonymousreply 61December 8, 2019 2:34 AM

Maybe he should re-think the hair.

by Anonymousreply 62December 8, 2019 2:41 AM

R60 Bitch we've been here for 400 fucking years. Dammit, it's time we appear in everything.

White is not the end all be all asshole. Black people have always been heavily featured all throughout American history. So it makes complete since that we would appear all over American media and entertainment. There is no America without black people.

It's not like this is europe, or even the UK where all they do is period pieces. This is America, and black people have been here since before America was America. But you knew that already dumbass.

by Anonymousreply 63December 8, 2019 3:09 AM

Also why does other ethnic groups come to America expecting to just have roles handed to them? Hes not even from here. He was born in Egypt and moved to Canada as a kid. He said so the other night on Jimmy Kimmel.

Dosen't Canada have an entertainment business?

by Anonymousreply 64December 8, 2019 3:13 AM

R60 I’m assuming your one of those white people that “wants there country back” and think they’re losing rights although still being overly represented in every aspect of American culture.

by Anonymousreply 65December 8, 2019 3:36 AM

Their. Wants THEIR country back.

by Anonymousreply 66December 8, 2019 4:24 AM

Should not have been cast as Aladdin. He was not good, not cute, no charisma, no singing. couldn't dance, NOTHING. And he has nappy hair with a bad flat iron job. BYE BYE.

by Anonymousreply 67December 8, 2019 6:36 AM

after Pensacola FL terror attack, unless Trump intervenes, his job prospects just got harder

by Anonymousreply 68December 8, 2019 11:09 AM

after Pensacola FL, not a chance

by Anonymousreply 69December 8, 2019 11:09 AM

test

by Anonymousreply 70December 8, 2019 11:11 AM

I wonder who this is about....?

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by Anonymousreply 71December 8, 2019 11:15 AM

This Aladdin guy really needs someone to sit down with him and explain that the film business has really changed. Very very few, fewer than ever before become 'stars' and really most of them should just be happy to be getting work. He should take whatever roles he if offered and make the best. Aladdin will probably turn out to be the only mega-hit he has appeared him and it may be the last thing he ever does.

Also does anyone who even saw the film even know his name? Most likely not and most don't care. Any of the actors appearing in the Marvel films could be replaced at anytime and nothing much would give a fuck. It is the nature of the business now so suck it up or go get another job.

by Anonymousreply 72December 8, 2019 11:23 AM

R72

[quote] He should take whatever roles he if offered and make the best.

Um, it’s not like he’s complaining about not being offered a Marvel role. His problem is that he can’t get into a room for an audition. There’s nothing to make the best of.

by Anonymousreply 73December 8, 2019 11:31 AM

R73 He has gotten roles in the past - check out his profile on imdB. Perhaps he should remove Aladdin from it. Sure it was successful but beyond Will Smith no one gave a fuck about who else was in it.

by Anonymousreply 74December 8, 2019 11:34 AM

You could at least have posted the Daily Beast interview, OP.

by Anonymousreply 75December 8, 2019 11:38 AM

[quote] He has gotten roles in the past

How said he didn’t?

Unfortunately he will have to play guys with 77 virgin 12-year-old brides if he wants work. A role in next season’s Blacklist as a terrorist.

The right thing is if Ava DuVernay and Lee Daniels and John M. Chu who claim to support POC give him work. They cast a lot less appealing people.

by Anonymousreply 76December 8, 2019 11:43 AM

What about television? Guest star or regular? Daytime? There is always room for another actor, right?

by Anonymousreply 77December 8, 2019 11:51 AM

R27 He's got Gay Teeth Syndrome, that's why

by Anonymousreply 78December 8, 2019 12:02 PM

DL's problem with him is that, hes not 6'1, white blonde hair and blue eyes with chiseled looks. Hes not this sites standard of a white male, so therefore he's not worthy.

It would be something if he went on to become a big deal anyway. They said the same thing about Danny devito, Kim Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce, the Obamas, yeah not entertainers but people still had their doubts, and now look. And so many other people.

Never count anyone out. White is not the end all be all. Their also not the cultural creators either, pop culture has always heavily tilted to the side of POC in America, which usually goes on to influence the rest of the world. Not white society.

NEVER COUNT ANYONE OUT.

And R67 Nappy hair? Your a fucking racist. I see you.

by Anonymousreply 79December 8, 2019 3:46 PM

Also other people who went on to have huge Hollywood careers Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Bette Midler, Mindy kaling, Tyler Perry, although he created his own opportunities and studios and hes also a billionaire now etc. A the list goes on and on.

Once again, don't ever count anyone out.

by Anonymousreply 80December 8, 2019 3:55 PM

R79 - TBH nappy hair is kinda gross.

by Anonymousreply 81December 8, 2019 4:40 PM

Nappy hair is like pubes on your head.

by Anonymousreply 82December 8, 2019 4:41 PM

Who's his competition for roles? Riz Ahmed?

Riz is a better actor and better looking than him, so maybe that explains his current plight.

by Anonymousreply 83December 8, 2019 5:01 PM

R81 And R82 Take it up with mother nature then. I guess it's kinda like how white people start aging like milk and hit a wall at a very young age. And how most look very old and hard while still in youth.

It all has to be taken up with mother nature suppose.

by Anonymousreply 84December 8, 2019 5:21 PM

The racists have taken over Datalounge

by Anonymousreply 85December 8, 2019 5:31 PM

BlindGossip is such BS. They always take the news from the day before and say "I wonder who it could be" with a neon trail of breadcrumbs

by Anonymousreply 86December 8, 2019 6:00 PM

He is ugly

by Anonymousreply 87December 8, 2019 6:08 PM

He has major chemistry with Will. They're cute together.

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by Anonymousreply 88December 8, 2019 6:14 PM

R85 - how is describing hair as nappy a racist comment? It’s a fact. Like someone has curly or straight hair.

by Anonymousreply 89December 8, 2019 6:24 PM

R89 The word nappy is usually meant to be disparaging coming out of the mouth of anyone not black. And the word your looking for is kinky or coarse. Not nappy.

But you knew that already, you moronic asshole.

Please go educate yourself about other people's hair. Black, Hispanic, or middle eastern etc. Just go educate yourself.

by Anonymousreply 90December 8, 2019 6:37 PM

[quote]Please go educate yourself about other people's hair

Could you suggest some more worthwhile topics?

by Anonymousreply 91December 8, 2019 7:04 PM

R90 - I don’t give a fuck about other people’s hair.

by Anonymousreply 92December 8, 2019 7:16 PM

He is cute and talented...something is wrong here

by Anonymousreply 93December 8, 2019 10:39 PM

ttttttttttt

by Anonymousreply 94December 8, 2019 10:39 PM

Let me be sure I understand this, an actor isn't getting the auditions he thinks he deserves. That'd NEVER happen.

by Anonymousreply 95December 8, 2019 10:45 PM

I said don't count anyone out! Once again!@!@!@!@@#!!@

by Anonymousreply 96December 9, 2019 12:08 AM

R92 Enjoy it while it lasts bitch.

by Anonymousreply 97December 9, 2019 12:39 AM

[quote]I feel like we’ve met our quota of Indian actors here in the US, what with Mindy Khaling and Aziz Ansari.

Which has exactly what to do with an actor of Egyptian heritage?

by Anonymousreply 98December 9, 2019 12:47 AM

R98, and someone like that thinks you're being "pc" if you don't freely allow him to be THAT much of a moron.

by Anonymousreply 99December 9, 2019 1:20 AM

I didn't see the movie. Did he do his own singing?

by Anonymousreply 100December 9, 2019 1:47 AM

Yeah you go dude! Just keep telling the powers-that-be that they're wrong and you deserve an audition.

Fight the good fight brother!

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by Anonymousreply 101December 9, 2019 2:18 AM

[quote]It's not like this is europe, or even the UK where all they do is period pieces. This is America, and black people have been here since before America was America. But you knew that already dumbass.

Although it wasn't specifically stated, I'm sure the reference was to period pieces. In many if not most cases, the casting of people of color in various roles in shows and movies set during the first half of the 20th century or earlier makes no sense and is equivalent to rewriting history. If you don't understand that, you are the dumbass.

by Anonymousreply 102December 9, 2019 2:56 AM

r31, he looks pretty cute in those pictures. I have a role for him, he just needs to buy or finance the screenplay/film I wrote.

by Anonymousreply 103December 9, 2019 3:17 AM

r84 thinks HIS racism is cute and SJW-compliant.

We see your nasty rage, Mary!

by Anonymousreply 104December 9, 2019 4:39 AM

R I wouldn't call it singing. R79 I'm puerto rican with curly hair so calm down.

by Anonymousreply 105December 9, 2019 5:00 AM

[quote]Please go educate yourself

...said the sanctimonious cunt who can't use "you're" or "their" properly, and considers Danny DeVito non-white.

by Anonymousreply 106December 9, 2019 5:03 AM

It’s indisputable that he is conventionally attractive to a large segment of audiences, regardless of race. He may not be everyone’s taste, but neither is Bradley Cooper and yet... certainly good looking enough to compete for a wide variety of roles.

Henry Goulding came from nowhere in a very small role in a popular movie, and for many opportunities afterwards BUT that movie also happened to kickstart a turning of the tides for Asian stories and roles.

by Anonymousreply 107December 9, 2019 5:13 AM

Billy Magnussen is getting a movie about his Aladdin character on Disney+ and the Wokes are royally pissed about that.

by Anonymousreply 108December 9, 2019 5:15 AM

I love Billy Magnussen, but I thought his character in ALADDIN stuck out like a sore thumb, and I can't imagine Disney developing a whole movie around that silly, one-joke character. What can they be thinking?

by Anonymousreply 109December 9, 2019 3:45 PM

The sad fact is, though it is slowly improving, Hollywood is still massively skewed towards white actors, with any non-white ones being cast purely for the pertinence to the character (as he demonstrates in Aladdin). Casting directors are very rarely colour-blind.

by Anonymousreply 110December 9, 2019 4:09 PM

[quote]...with any non-white ones being cast purely for the pertinence to the character...

An irritatingly circular argument. Casting gets pilloried if they ever cast a white person as a POC character, but now they're also wrong for casting POC actors in POC roles? GMAB

by Anonymousreply 111December 9, 2019 4:18 PM

[quote] [R27] He's got Gay Teeth Syndrome, that's why

You bitches are so cruel and hateful.

However, I do hope his headshots are unsmiling because he looks much better with his mouth closed. I didn't know it until now but there is also such a thing as "gay-smile." I thought he was cute but that photo at r27 made me reconsider.

by Anonymousreply 112December 9, 2019 4:27 PM

[quote]The sad fact is, though it is slowly improving, Hollywood is still massively skewed towards white actors, with any non-white ones being cast purely for the pertinence to the character (as he demonstrates in Aladdin). Casting directors are very rarely colour-blind.

If you think this is true, you must not have seen many or any Hollywood movies over the past five years or so. Because, if anything, the OPPOSITE of what you say is now the general situation.

by Anonymousreply 113December 9, 2019 5:31 PM

r113

So why does Will Smith not have a spinoff while the forgettable white actor does? The genie is much more interesting

by Anonymousreply 114December 9, 2019 5:44 PM

R114, are you on hallucinogens? Do you actually believe the "white actor" in ALADDIN is getting a spin-off "over" Will Smith because he's white? Will Smith is a far, far bigger star than the "white actor" in question. and that trumps all. I have NO IDEA why the stupid minor character played by that "white actor" in ALADDIN is getting a spin-off movie, but it's CERTAINLY not because of his race.

The stupidity and reverse racism in this thread are breathtaking.

by Anonymousreply 115December 9, 2019 5:58 PM

I would be completely fine if an asteroid hit earth and killed all forms of life. This world really needs to come to an end. Human beings are not going to do right, ever. Just end the entire existence of earth and all life, put all of us out of our misery.

by Anonymousreply 116December 9, 2019 7:52 PM

r114 everyone hates Will Smith

by Anonymousreply 117December 10, 2019 12:01 AM

r116 someone's off his meds

by Anonymousreply 118December 10, 2019 12:01 AM

R118 Your talking about yourself bitch.

by Anonymousreply 119December 10, 2019 2:06 AM

This twink isn't even ethnically correct. Aladdin was a Chinese boy living in a fabricated Arab world created by an ignorant French storyteller who didn't know shit about geography or world culture, like the black racist troll who comes here to accuse everyone of being a KKK member when we dare to criticize a non white person for whatever reason.

Right now blacks are overrepresented in the Entertainment industry there are way more than 12% of you in every show or film. Meanwhile we Latinos who make up the largest minority population in the country, are still waiting for the same treatment. You couldn't care less.

You got mad in this thread because someone suggested he could be lumped with Indian actors and guess what? He could. Instead of hiring him to play Indian, Pakistani any Middle Eastern, South American or even a Sephardi Jew (like Salma Hayek has played many times), your stupid woke culture with its unreachable demands created this reality where your character can only play himself or a character like him to a tee. So no job.

Congratulations, you cornered this kid to play only some Egyptian whatever he is and studios won't hire him to do anything else at the risk of being cancelled. Hope you're happy with your Oscars so white bullshit.

by Anonymousreply 120December 10, 2019 5:17 AM

R120 YES! I'm Puerto Rican and it's like Latinos don't even exist.

by Anonymousreply 121December 10, 2019 5:31 AM

Latinos have their own tv channels.

by Anonymousreply 122December 10, 2019 6:43 AM

Avan Jogia needed to be cast as Aladdin. Facts are Facts.

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by Anonymousreply 123December 10, 2019 7:09 AM

[quote]I would be completely fine if an asteroid hit earth and killed all forms of life. This world really needs to come to an end. Human beings are not going to do right, ever. Just end the entire existence of earth and all life, put all of us out of our misery.

R116 is the same psycho cunt at R63, R79 and R90

by Anonymousreply 124December 10, 2019 7:31 AM

THE who plays who played Jafar will definitely have a long lasting career

by Anonymousreply 125December 10, 2019 7:37 AM

You just know that Louis B. Mayer would have sent him off to electrolysis like Rita Hayworth. There's a six months work on that hairline alone.

by Anonymousreply 126December 10, 2019 7:51 AM

R123 PERIOD. R122 Cut the crap. It's like one channel and that's for Spanish speakers. Latinos are not represented in Film and TV on the level black people are. Not even close. You see a Latino in a supporting role once in a blue moon. Never a lead. When someone wants to cast a POC it's ALWAYS a black person. These days, even Indians are getting more play and opportunities.

by Anonymousreply 127December 10, 2019 10:26 AM

I hear Alexandria Ocasio story will star an Albino actress... what?

by Anonymousreply 128December 10, 2019 11:12 AM

He's no Rami Malek.

by Anonymousreply 129December 10, 2019 10:07 PM

He is great in Hulu's Reprisal. Also Reprisal is such a good show.

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by Anonymousreply 130December 10, 2019 10:53 PM

You see more black people on film and television and in the media these days, because theres more of us creating content for black people. Tyler Perry has his own studios in Atlanta now, and he's giving black film makers somewhere to create and work.

You have black film makers like, Eva Duvernay, Will Packer, Spike Lee, Lena Waithe, Steve McQueen, Jordan Peele, Lee Daniels Ryan Coogler, and the list goes on. I can't believe Latinos would begrudge African Americans anything after the history we've had and continue to have in this country. But at the same time, theres always been something problematic about Latinos in regards to black people, from a historic standpoint. So I'm not surprised at the resentment of black success in entertainment and media.

But we definitely paid our dues too. Hispanics had leads in movies and co headlining roles on television and film when you never would have seen that with African American actors. Desi Arnez played opposite his wife Lucille Ball in I love Lucy, back in 1950s American television. That could never happen with a black person during that era. They were still lynching us in America at that time.

Theres also a lot more black people in position's of power too. And when your in position, you create more opportunities for your own people. It's been a long time coming for black America. Maybe instead of bitching about black representation in Hollywood, maybe you should ask people like Jennifer Lopez why she isn't doing more for Latinos and creating more opportunities for her own people? Instead of attacking another minority group who's payed their dues, debts, and given blood, sweat, and tears to this country for centuries on end with nothing ever given back to its people.

Fuck who ever don't think black Americans don't deserve the good fortune we have when it comes to our success and visibility in entertainment, media, sports, and business. We've earned everything we have. No one has ever handed black America anything, and everyone knows that.

Fuck the haters.

by Anonymousreply 131December 11, 2019 5:05 PM

Whenever I happen to see the Spanish language stations like Telemundo I'm struck by how nearly everybody on every show is white Hispanic. Many of them are so white they could pass for Anglo. You rarely see Mestizo Hispanics on these channels. Interesting, because the overwhelming majority of Hispanics in the United States are Mestizo.

by Anonymousreply 132December 11, 2019 6:33 PM

"I would be completely fine if an asteroid hit earth and killed all forms of life. This world really needs to come to an end. Human beings are not going to do right, ever. Just end the entire existence of earth and all life, put all of us out of our misery."

A perfectly reasonable and measured response to the Alladin guy being unable to get an acting audition.

by Anonymousreply 133December 11, 2019 9:20 PM

^HA!

by Anonymousreply 134December 11, 2019 10:42 PM

I'm filming "Twin Towers". Call me.

by Anonymousreply 135December 11, 2019 11:33 PM

Is R120 Gina Rodriguez??

by Anonymousreply 136December 12, 2019 4:18 AM

Why? Just get Jake Gyllenhaal to play a Persian guy.

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by Anonymousreply 137December 13, 2019 6:45 AM

[quote]And the word your looking for is kinky or coarse. Not nappy.

As a member of the BDSM community, I find your comment offensive.

by Anonymousreply 138December 22, 2019 12:01 AM

R138 I find your comments impertinent. How very dare you.

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by Anonymousreply 139December 22, 2019 1:01 AM
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