harry brown Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 NEW MOVIE ABOUT JAMES BROWN HAS MIXED REVIEWS.CRITICS CALL ACTOR PLAYING JAMES BROWN NOT THAT GOOD. SOME LIKE THE ACTOR'S PERFORMANCE... ACTOR PRETENDING HE IS SINGING,NOT SINGING.BUT WHO CAN REALLY SOUND LIKE JAMES BROWN.////////THE GREAT ACTRESS CICELY TYSON WAS ON THE OWN CHANNEL LAST SUNDAY.DARK SKIN,TALENTED,AND INTELLIGENT AND BEAUTIFUL CICELY TYSON..TALKED ABOUT HER CAREER AND BLACK HISTORY...SHE SAID A CHILD ASKED HER WHO WAS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,SHE WAS AMAZED.SHE SAID BLACK REALITY IS A DEVASTATION////SHE WAS WORTH LISTENING TO, NOT A LOT OF BLACK ENTERTAINERS ARE.//// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 I think Eddie Murphy or Jamie Foxx could probably do a decent rendition of James Brown. I bet there are many other talented actors, no one has heard of that could have done a terrific imitation of James Brown. Bit film was not about finding the best talent, it was like all Hollywood films, about making money. So we get a bankable actor like, Chadwick Boseman, who has to lip-synched through the film. Kam's review of the film was, what I'd call uncharacteristically unfavorable. Overall he said the film as "very Good" but after reading his review I'd probably see Planet of the Apes first (though some racist websites would not make a distinction between those two films). The other negative thing being held against the film is the fact that there were no Black people involved with crating the film (save the actors). Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard, wrote; "There were several meetings. Eight white men and two white women. Was this a meeting of the Mormon Glee Club? The New White Citizens Council? Perhaps a Klan meeting? No. That meeting was the creative team for the new James Brown movie, "Get On Up." ...Indeed,all the producers, writers, and the director of the James Brown movie are white. No black people were hired until a few weeks before the cameras started rolling, the actors. In fact, several of the people involved in this whitewash are British. The Brits have a fetish for black projects." Read the rest of his commentary. We expect too much from Hollywood as far as Black culture is concerned. Perhaps this expectation is a result failing to recognize we are doing too little for ourselves. ------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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