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Burden of Representation or a Structural Problem in Hollywood?
Adam Thompson of the great Shadow and Act asks: So here’s the $64,000 question: Isn’t performance, rather than race, the true representation? When a talented actor delivers a masterful performance and creates an indelible character, does it matter if the … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Awards, Aibeline, Alonzo Harris, black actor, Black actress, black characters, black film, black humanity, Bleek Gilliam, Boys on the Side, burden of representation, Collateral, Denzel Washington, Flight, Ghost, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Malcolm X, mammy, Monster's Ball, Oscar winner, Oscars, Shadow and Act, Taraji P. Henson, The Help, The Wire, Training Day, Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg
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Loving Mila
My thoughts on why Mila Kunis is so fascinating to watch and why she’s the only reason I wanna see Black Swan.
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Tagged acting, American Psycho 2, Black Swan, Cate Blanchett, Closer, Darren Aronofsky, Denzel Washington, Extract, film, Jackie Burkhart, Judd Apatow, Kristen Bell, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm X, Matt Damon, Max Payne, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Oscar, That 70s Show, The Book of Eli, The Opposite of Sex, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Topher Grace
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