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JAN 14, 2004 07:45 PM
Cheech said:
When I think of "bad minority casting," I think of all the great actors who didn't get enough roles, probably because of their ethnicity.
Some people might think Dorothy Dandridge, Paul Robeson, or Josephine Baker, but even more importantly... how can you watch Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles and not give him a 12-picture deal??? He was fucking amazing in that movie!!!
Dorian Harewood and Michael Beach, also sadly underused, to name two...
You're right. What the hell happened to Cleavon Little...*
*goes to imdb.com
** Damn, died of Colon Cancer in '92 
[Edited on Jan 14, 2004 by Scopitone]
JAN 14, 2004 08:03 PM
You know what I hate? When they cast black actors in roles written for white people. Here's a black actor playing a white guy's son - a role that should have gone to Rick Schroeder, Matt Dillon, or some other talented caucasian but didn't, because of systemic Hollywood racism.
Hey thanks Denzel for keeping white actors on the street. Do you have to appear in every fucking movie?
JAN 14, 2004 09:01 PM
President Idiot trying really hard to make someone, ANYONE, laugh. Judging by the silence around the immediate area of my face, I'd say he's fucking failing.
JAN 14, 2004 11:23 PM
Mickey Rooney as Holly Golightly's Japanese neighbor in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
"Mees Gorightry!"
[Edited on Jan 14, 2004 by stockula]
JAN 14, 2004 11:33 PM
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JAN 15, 2004 06:52 AM
JAN 15, 2004 12:56 PM
ebin said:
Robby Benson as a Mexican in Walk Proud......
J-Lo as an Italian in Angel Eyes......
Madonna in Evita.....
Raquel Welch as a cavewoman in 2000 BC, or whatever it was called. I didn't know Cubans were around that long?
as far as madonna in evita- ethnicity wise, it was probably actually pretty damn spot on. as far as nationality wise, yeah, madonna is pretty damn american.
and yes, raquel welch is not cuban... and i'd love to know when cubans popped onto the earth, and also what ethnicity cavemen are.
thanks.
oh yeah, and as far as the topic:
natalie wood in west side story. oh wait, actually HALF of the west side story cast.
Ayin
Chicago, IL
January 2003
JAN 15, 2004 01:21 PM
crispy said:
...the "crying Indian" from that pollution commercial in the mid-'70s?
He was Italian-American.
yeah, that was pretty bad...you know, they still run that commerical in certain parts of the country if watch TV late enough at night 
Cheech
Portland, OR
January 2003
JAN 14, 2004 07:43 PM