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Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« on: January 15, 2015, 09:55:03 PM »
Rev Al quoted as saying, "Not enough color in these color pictures!"*

* not really...

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Al Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address 'Appalling' All-White Oscar Nominees


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NV Whino (17,184 posts)
2. Oh for ****s sake

No no...it's ****'s Face.

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21. As a divcored dad it really choked me up a few times.

.... my son who is now 19 went w/me as I saw it a second time.

The times when the father and son were spending time together especially
when they were in New Orleans together going to the markets and getting
beignets was really well done.

So in protest I will not watch the A.A. this year ...... BTW I almost never watch
'em.

 Suich


 :o ...  :rotf:

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5. "Emergency meeting"? For the Oscars? For Pete's sake what a joke.

Its a stupid awards show. It only matters to a bunch of self important actors. Spend your time on relevant issues.
Of course, he'll make demands and probably ask for money or board positions. 


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9. Why anyone would be opposed to him doing this is beyond me

The truth is that the Academy that votes on the nominations is overwhelmingly white and male and they just denied nominations to a black director and black actor who had previously been considered shoo-ins.

In the entire history of the Oscars only four women have even been nominated for Best Director and only one has won, Ava Duvernay would have been the first black woman ever nominated and she deserved it over at least a few of the other nominees.

I don't see why anyone would be opposed to calling a meeting to address these disparities. 


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12. Sometimes a racist gets bored and decides to throw a "Rev. Al" into the mix to stir up the others who post here.

I was around when they used to mock Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. at any and all opportunities. Martin Luther King jokes, snickers, filthy names, associating him with "commies" and god knows what else. We saw where that kind of filth takes people. They probably were broken hearted until Jesse Jackson appeared on the scene, then they were off to the races all over.

Once they felt they had Rev. Al in a tight spot, they all knew they would give each other a free ride until they all dropped dead of twisted, sociopathic hatred.

I have never been wrong about one of these threads started when someone wanted to take a good hard kick at African-American people, all others who support them, and Rev. Al. There will be another one who's there to take Rev. Al's place when he dies, unless the human race experiences a miracle and is cleansed overnight.


Oh, STFU and go make Al a sammich, bitch!

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19. So you believe holding a meeting is going too far?

Can you explain to me why the line should be drawn at comments to the media? What makes holding a public meeting about a topic in the news ridiculous, and why does the meeting cross the line you have drawn? 

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34. oh. please. not one african american or person of any other color than white was nominated. it is high time the issue of bigotry from the screen actors guild is addressed once and for ALL.
 

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38. A bunch of white guys in this thread. Spouting how ridiculous this issue is... how Republican. 


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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2015, 09:58:31 PM »
Hmmmm....any mention that the voters are mostly Liberals?
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2015, 10:04:22 PM »
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38. A bunch of white guys in this thread. Spouting how ridiculous this issue is... how Republican.

The DUmp is 95% white and 70% atheist yet you slugs swear you represent America.
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2015, 10:09:26 PM »
Quote from: dutch508 on January 15, 2015, 09:55:03 PM
Rev Al quoted as saying, "Not enough color in these color pictures!"*



orrrrr...... maybe all the colored actors just sucked donkey balls this year.  ever think of that al?
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2015, 10:19:02 PM »
The sharpton race train leaves the station.
STFU al, you irrelevant racist twit.  :bird:
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2015, 10:26:19 PM »
Quote from: DLR Pyro on January 15, 2015, 10:09:26 PM
orrrrr...... maybe all the colored actors just sucked donkey balls this year.  ever think of that al?

Exactly.

Selma was nominated for best picture.  Why should everyone associated with it be nominated just because it deals with MLK?
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2015, 10:36:29 PM »
Same goofiness- different thread. I am just gonna lump 'em together.



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25. feel the same..

 

Edited to note: The last time an Asian was nominated for an Academy Award
2012 Ang Lee Life of Pi
2013 William Chang Suk Ping The Grandmaster
2013 Robert Lopez (filipino) Frozen "Let It Go"
2013 Karen O Her "The Moon Song"
2014 Isao Takahata The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2014 Yoshiaki Nishimura The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees
 

STFU, ASIAN!!!! This is BLACK LIVES MATTER, DAMMIT!!!

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71. So you WERE surprised in 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2012,

2013, and 2014?


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What about Oprah's latest Titanic, Selma?

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20. The historical inaccuracies probably didn't help either. n/t

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alarimer (13,111 posts)
27. Except that the Imitation Game is also innacurate

Although perhaps in a more minor way.

Also I'm disturbed that American Sniper was nominated, speaking of historical inaccuracies and out and out lies. I haven't seen it, though, so I don't know Eastwood treats those parts of the memoir.


You haven't seen it. No doubt haven read it. But all your leftist friends say it sucks so it must... is that about it?

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52. And "The Butler" was shut out last year probably due to "12 Years a Slave". Oprah should have at least gotten some nomination for that.


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4. so should nominations be distributed on a quota basis reflecting the make up of the population as a whole?


Careful. You are going to step on a DUmp sacred mole trap...

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6. I'm not surprised by this

And I don't believe it's part of some hidden Hollywood Agenda.

There simply wasn't the scope of diversity in films in 2014.

Perhaps not in 2015 either.


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8. Do you have any thoughts on the Selma snubs?

As I wrote above - it is pretty unusual for a movie to be nominated for Best Picture and not to have its actors, writer, or director nominated as well. 


Not really.

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9. American Sniper? Over Selma? No agenda there.

Is Fred even a Negro?

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40. Women and minorities have advanced little in the Hollywood power structure and accolades industry in two generations, there is a Berlin Wall of secrecy protecting a preservation of the status quo, I think.


A what?

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Fred Sanders (7,879 posts)
69. The French seem to know how to handle art, satire, hate speech and terrorists in far better ways.

... Is Fred having a Stroke?

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43. The Academy is slumming it. "American Sniper" should be given no positive publicity considering the background of Mr. Kyle.


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59. It really is disgraceful that Selma did not get more nominations

If I could vote for the Oscars it would have certainly got my pick for Best Picture and Best Director, and it should have at least been nominated for Best Actor as well.

I hope that Academy voters recognize that it deserved better and I hope they do the same thing as they did when Ben Affleck was snubbed for Argo a couple years back. If they can't vote for Duvernay as Best Director then they should cast their votes for her on the Best Picture ballot instead.


Bjorn (which isn't a Negro name, BTW...) started his/her/it's own thread with this story...

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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2015, 10:42:59 PM »
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Oh... The Academy Awards Will Be Interesting To Watch This Year... #OscarsSoWhite...


AND another ****ing post about how the Oscars suck. It's almost like they get their talking points from the same place...

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2. There's a lot of talented black actors out there. Hollywood needs more David Simon types to utilize them for good projects.


Who the **** is David Simon?

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4. So for almost 20 years there have been nominees that were black, but this year there weren't, and it is a HUGE deal?  The internet has not made us smarter. It has just given us a million reasons to be outraged on a daily basis! We, the sheeple, of the United States of iPod are led around by our emotions.



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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2015, 11:29:08 PM »
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59. It really is disgraceful that Selma did not get more nominations

If I could vote for the Oscars it would have certainly got my pick for Best Picture and Best Director, and it should have at least been nominated for Best Actor as well.

High praise from someone who hasn't been in a theater since that "Shaft"/"Superfly" double feature.

But you can probably bet the farm that the Hollywood lefties will give the Best Picture award to the black movie.
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2015, 02:03:00 AM »
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20. The historical inaccuracies probably didn't help either. n/t

You don't say?   :whistling:
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2015, 04:07:46 AM »
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43. The Academy is slumming it. "American Sniper" should be given no positive publicity considering the background of Mr. Kyle.

In all fairness there were plenty of brown people in American Sniper. Of course most of them are dead now...

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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2015, 08:49:28 AM »
Some DUmmie was giving me his sob story and I acted like I gave a damn.....where's my award?
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2015, 08:51:17 AM »
I gotta say I am surprised that they ASSUME that awards will be given to everyone like in a kids soccer game.  Everyone doesn't win a trophy.  Do you really want a trophy that was given to you just so you would feel equal?  Why don't you want to earn something? 
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2015, 09:08:16 AM »
Quote from: Gina on January 16, 2015, 08:51:17 AM
I gotta say I am surprised that they ASSUME that awards will be given to everyone like in a kids soccer game.  Everyone doesn't win a trophy.  Do you really want a trophy that was given to you just so you would feel equal?  Why don't you want to earn something?
As my DUmb old daddy said, "The more you give people the more they want and expect." They've been given everything else, why not an award.
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2015, 12:13:47 PM »
Quote from: Gina on January 16, 2015, 08:51:17 AM
I gotta say I am surprised that they ASSUME that awards will be given to everyone like in a kids soccer game.  Everyone doesn't win a trophy.  Do you really want a trophy that was given to you just so you would feel equal?  Why don't you want to earn something?
oscars are a new form on entitlement for those people.
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2015, 04:00:23 PM »
Without one of these how would the DUmmies prove to themselves they're not racist?

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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2015, 08:11:55 PM »
Well, Selma got Best Picture nomination. Even a nomination helps.
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2015, 08:23:15 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on January 16, 2015, 08:11:55 PM
Well, Selma got Best Picture nomination. Even a nomination helps.

And now the Academy will be guilted in to giving it Best Picture.
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2015, 08:26:16 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 16, 2015, 08:23:15 PM
And now the Academy will be guilted in to giving it Best Picture.

Rev Al is nothing but an extortionist.
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2015, 08:50:50 PM »
They can call it Affirmative Action Awards.  The statue looks the same but has a chip on its shoulder.
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2015, 09:08:18 PM »
Saw this on twitter:

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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2015, 09:55:11 PM »
Quote from: dixierose on January 16, 2015, 09:08:18 PM
Saw this on twitter:




This says it all.   :-)
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2015, 12:55:52 AM »
The Al Sharpton-approved Oscars will rename the statue to the 'Gimme'.
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2015, 01:58:42 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 16, 2015, 08:23:15 PM
And now the Academy will be guilted in to giving it Best Picture.
if that happens then they will be making the oscars as irrelevant as the nobel peace prize has become.
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Re: Rev. Al ready to shake down the Oscars...
« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2015, 03:10:59 PM »
Quote from: DLR Pyro on January 17, 2015, 01:58:42 PM
if that happens then they will be making the oscars as irrelevant as the nobel peace prize has become.

Honestly, To me the Oscars are irrelevant. I never watch a movie based on its performance at awards shows.
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