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Posted: 5/19/2024 7:31:16 AM EDT
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Romeo and Jawliet
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Posted: 5/19/2024 7:32:02 AM EDT
[#2]
Will Juliet fall from a four story balcony?
In! |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 7:33:48 AM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Palm: I vote for 1968 |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 7:34:34 AM EDT
[#4]
I knew one would be black. No shocker there.
But goddamn, she’s ugly. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 7:34:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By crashburnrepeat: It's just fucking tiresome at this point. IDGAF. I won't support or, not many others will, it will flop |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 7:38:35 AM EDT
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IN, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 7:40:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By nvroundman: That is an ugly dude The white guy's no Richard Burton either. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 7:41:01 AM EDT
[#8]
Is this supposed to be a “Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner” style retelling of Romeo and Juliette?
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Posted: 5/19/2024 7:50:50 AM EDT
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How much longer can hollywierd continue to make this crap before they go broke? They make nothing worthwhile anymore…
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Posted: 5/19/2024 8:01:57 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Hadrian]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gelandewagen: They know they won't make money, it's about destroying culture. |
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MD, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 8:14:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Earl_Basset: It will flop, as it should. Then we'll be lectured about how Neanderthal and evil we all are. Pffft. I can live with that. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 8:18:44 AM EDT
[#12]
I'll pass. Go woke blah blah blah.
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NC, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 8:27:59 AM EDT
[#13]
Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and say this will fail however it is released. These woke remakes are a joke.
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Posted: 5/19/2024 8:31:51 AM EDT
[#14]
In the past I could have said that I've seen all the versions.
Not any more. I will wait for the reviews about "racist audiences" and why it flopped. And I had no problems with Denzel as "Don Pedro" in "Much Ado About Nothing." |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 8:32:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By callgood: Olivia Hussey FTW https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60489/Capture_JPG-3217633.JPG She's my favorite Juliet. I always thought Olivia Hussey was absolutely gorgeous. It's unfortunate they have gone off the rails with the latest R&J. It doesn't do anything but make life difficult for the person they have chosen because they do not fit the role and it pisses people off. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 8:38:44 AM EDT
[#16]
Romeo and diversity
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 8:48:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wolverine1776: "yo Romeo where da fuck you at |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 8:49:38 AM EDT
[#18]
lol
What a fucking joke |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:03:05 AM EDT
[#19]
Romeo and a socially engineered Juliet
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:03:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By VACaver: It's sad that so many excellent female actresses were overlooked in order to give the part to someone based on race. I think there are two main parts to this tragedy. 1. The fact that they chose the actress based on race as the primary characteristic. Seems like even if they insisted on having a black female play Juliette they could have found one that was more feminine and who looked younger. 2. The historical part. Given the time and place that Romeo and Juliette was originally placed, how many black families were there in that time and that location? How many well-to-do black families were there? It would have been better if they had made it a "Based on Romeo and Juliette" story in a different location and time. They could place it in America in the 1950s or 1960s, and at least made some attempt at historical accuracy for that time and place. They could have had fun with it and had Romeo climbing the fire escape to the 4th floor apartment where Juliette's family lived. I understand the reasons they are doing this, or at least some of them. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:07:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Tras: Plausible reason to kill themselves? Nailed it. |
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IN, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:08:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cayman_shen: "In faire Zimbabwe where we set our scene..." That could work. Imagine a historical drama about the son of a prominent member of the British South Africa Company becoming romantically involved with a native girl under the backdrop of the First Matabele War. Lots of Martini Henry and Maxim action. There are accounts of Matabele warriors committing suicide rather than returning defeated, say during the Battle of the Shangani. I'm sure you could work that into a Romeo and Juliet story. That's how you make good movies, by adapting stories to new settings. The Magnificent Seven worked even though it was an adaptation of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai because they set it in Mexico with American gunfighters instead of dressing Steve McQueen up as a Japanese man in feudal Japan. Thank God John Wayne didn't have any part in the movie. After The Conqueror, I don't think I could make it through Wayne-san being a samurai. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:21:14 AM EDT
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By casting the apparent sister to Bubba
from the movie "Forrest Gump" as Juliet the director has brilliantly provided added motivation for Romeo to off himself. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:22:43 AM EDT
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I'll never watch this movie, but due to this thread I watched Forrest Gump last night.
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:33:08 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Kraquine]
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Funny thread ............. 5 pages of posts by people triggered by the new Juliette who would never watch R&J regardless of the actors.
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NC, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 9:40:12 AM EDT
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Disgusting!
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:10:53 AM EDT
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Didn’t matter they already had that plot in Othello huh
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:15:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By shack357: Why do they have to keep recasting traditionally white characters as black? Why not make new characters, amd cast THOSE as black? All they're doing when they recast, is telling black people they can have characters but they're not good enough to have "their own" characters. Its all part of the plan. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:18:37 AM EDT
[Last Edit: ENGCPT]
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Beauty may be in the eyes of the beholder, but that chick is ugly.
But soft what light through yonder window breaks? I can see because that chin blocks the light. I'm usually one that believed if you have to attack someone's looks, you're probably not too smart (i may be dumb but you're ugly) but in this case..... |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:22:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By shack357: Why do they have to keep recasting traditionally white characters as black? Why not make new characters, amd cast THOSE as black? It's fucking Shakespeare. The race of the actor/ress don't matter. Did you complain when Denzel was cast in "Much Ado About Nothing"? |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:33:32 AM EDT
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I think a lot of people are missing that this is NOT a movie or film, it's a play.
https://deadline.com/2024/04/tom-holland-romeo-and-juliet-to-transfer-to-broadway-after-london-west-end-1235877606/ |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:34:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Strela: In the past I could have said that I've seen all the versions. Not any more. I will wait for the reviews about "racist audiences" and why it flopped. And I had no problems with Denzel as "Don Pedro" in "Much Ado About Nothing." I looked it up as a curiosity. One site claimed this play has been being shown almost continuously since 1590, the most popular of any from Shakespeare. I highly doubt anyone has seen all the versions. A lot of people here seem to think this has something to do with Hollywood and a new movie. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:39:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kraquine: Funny thread ............. 5 pages of posts by people triggered by the new Juliette who would never watch R&J regardless of the actors. And some of the posts have made me go from joining dogpile to embarrassed by it. Yes, she's ugly, but she's apparently a very talented (if unfortunately masculine in appearance) British gal whose parents hail from Africa. There is nothing ghetto about her. But GD has to be GD. And seems half the posters don't know the difference between a West End play and a Hollywood movie. So, yeah, it's a safe bet they aren't representing lost ticket sales. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:42:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By callgood: Olivia Hussey FTW https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60489/Capture_JPG-3217633.JPG |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:42:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ENGCPT: It's fucking Shakespeare. The race of the actor/ress don't matter. Did you complain when Denzel was cast in "Much Ado About Nothing"? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ENGCPT: Originally Posted By shack357: Why do they have to keep recasting traditionally white characters as black? Why not make new characters, amd cast THOSE as black? It's fucking Shakespeare. The race of the actor/ress don't matter. Did you complain when Denzel was cast in "Much Ado About Nothing"? Indeed. It's a tradition that used to have all of the women okayed by men, and be its very nature has Italians usually played by Englishman, speaking English. Why is skintone suddenly so super important? |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:47:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bohr_Adam: And some of the posts have made me go from joining dogpile to embarrassed by it. Yes, she's ugly, but she's apparently a very talented (if unfortunately masculine in appearance) British gal whose parents hail from Africa. There is nothing ghetto about her. But GD has to be GD. And seems half the posters don't know the difference between a West End play and a Hollywood movie. So, yeah, it's a safe bet they aren't representing lost ticket sales. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bohr_Adam: Originally Posted By Kraquine: Funny thread ............. 5 pages of posts by people triggered by the new Juliette who would never watch R&J regardless of the actors. And some of the posts have made me go from joining dogpile to embarrassed by it. Yes, she's ugly, but she's apparently a very talented (if unfortunately masculine in appearance) British gal whose parents hail from Africa. There is nothing ghetto about her. But GD has to be GD. And seems half the posters don't know the difference between a West End play and a Hollywood movie. So, yeah, it's a safe bet they aren't representing lost ticket sales. Sorry, it's like Rodney Dangerfield playing Blade. [Wesley Snipes Blade] It just doesn't work, and R&J, where/when it was set in the original play [and I HAVE been to Stratford on Avon and enjoy a GOOD Shakespeare movie/play] It's all about pandering, hell I'd watch a Shakespeare play if the Bard wrote it about the woke bullshit that goes on today in the theatre. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:52:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fxntime: Sorry, it's like Rodney Dangerfield playing Blade. [Wesley Snipes Blade] It just doesn't work, and R&J, where/when it was set in the original play [and I HAVE been to Stratford on Avon and enjoy a GOOD Shakespeare movie/play] It's all about pandering, hell I'd watch a Shakespeare play if the Bard wrote it about the woke bullshit that goes on today in the theatre. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fxntime: Originally Posted By Bohr_Adam: Originally Posted By Kraquine: Funny thread ............. 5 pages of posts by people triggered by the new Juliette who would never watch R&J regardless of the actors. And some of the posts have made me go from joining dogpile to embarrassed by it. Yes, she's ugly, but she's apparently a very talented (if unfortunately masculine in appearance) British gal whose parents hail from Africa. There is nothing ghetto about her. But GD has to be GD. And seems half the posters don't know the difference between a West End play and a Hollywood movie. So, yeah, it's a safe bet they aren't representing lost ticket sales. Sorry, it's like Rodney Dangerfield playing Blade. [Wesley Snipes Blade] It just doesn't work, and R&J, where/when it was set in the original play [and I HAVE been to Stratford on Avon and enjoy a GOOD Shakespeare movie/play] It's all about pandering, hell I'd watch a Shakespeare play if the Bard wrote it about the woke bullshit that goes on today in the theatre. I'm not saying it "works." I am saying some of the posts here have gone from suck to blow. I am saying this controversy will likely bump ticket sales, at least initially. When is the last time anyone has talked this much about a Rome and Juliet production? I am saying the fixation on race, as if these shows need to be 100% period authentic, is comical and not very consistent. |
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NM, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 10:59:53 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By nvroundman: That is an ugly dude Fucking nailed it. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:02:15 AM EDT
[#39]
Those idiots in Hollywood are not only hell bent on self destruction but they are also sick in the mind.
I'm just a little surprised that Romeo is White and Juliet Black and not the other way around. Of course next they are going to do the story where the two lovers are homosexuals. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:02:24 AM EDT
[Last Edit: fxntime]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bohr_Adam: I'm not saying it "works." I am saying some of the posts here have gone from suck to blow. I am saying this controversy will likely bump ticket sales, at least initially. When is the last time anyone has talked this much about a Rome and Juliet production? I am saying the fixation on race, as if these shows need to be 100% period authentic, is comical and not very consistent. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bohr_Adam: Originally Posted By fxntime: Originally Posted By Bohr_Adam: Originally Posted By Kraquine: Funny thread ............. 5 pages of posts by people triggered by the new Juliette who would never watch R&J regardless of the actors. And some of the posts have made me go from joining dogpile to embarrassed by it. Yes, she's ugly, but she's apparently a very talented (if unfortunately masculine in appearance) British gal whose parents hail from Africa. There is nothing ghetto about her. But GD has to be GD. And seems half the posters don't know the difference between a West End play and a Hollywood movie. So, yeah, it's a safe bet they aren't representing lost ticket sales. Sorry, it's like Rodney Dangerfield playing Blade. [Wesley Snipes Blade] It just doesn't work, and R&J, where/when it was set in the original play [and I HAVE been to Stratford on Avon and enjoy a GOOD Shakespeare movie/play] It's all about pandering, hell I'd watch a Shakespeare play if the Bard wrote it about the woke bullshit that goes on today in the theatre. I'm not saying it "works." I am saying some of the posts here have gone from suck to blow. I am saying this controversy will likely bump ticket sales, at least initially. When is the last time anyone has talked this much about a Rome and Juliet production? I am saying the fixation on race, as if these shows need to be 100% period authentic, is comical and not very consistent. If you think 1 1/10th of 1percent of the Black/AA community is going to see this R&J or that your typical Asian/Hispanic/white people are going to flock to see this movie, you are wrong, it'll flop worse then a live fish tossed onto hot asphalt. You'll get some woke fat white chicks with cats and some theatre community people who may see it but past that, yeah, not going to happen. There are WAY better representations already out there and have been for, well, many decades as far as on a movie screen. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:16:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fxntime: If you think 1 1/10th of 1percent of the Black/AA community is going to see this R&J or that your typical Asian/Hispanic/white people are going to flock to see this movie, you are wrong, it'll flop worse then a live fish tossed onto hot asphalt. You'll get some woke fat white chicks with cats and some theatre community people who may see it but past that, yeah, not going to happen. There are WAY better representations already out there and have been for, well, many decades as far as on a movie screen. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fxntime: Originally Posted By Bohr_Adam: Originally Posted By fxntime: Originally Posted By Bohr_Adam: Originally Posted By Kraquine: Funny thread ............. 5 pages of posts by people triggered by the new Juliette who would never watch R&J regardless of the actors. And some of the posts have made me go from joining dogpile to embarrassed by it. Yes, she's ugly, but she's apparently a very talented (if unfortunately masculine in appearance) British gal whose parents hail from Africa. There is nothing ghetto about her. But GD has to be GD. And seems half the posters don't know the difference between a West End play and a Hollywood movie. So, yeah, it's a safe bet they aren't representing lost ticket sales. Sorry, it's like Rodney Dangerfield playing Blade. [Wesley Snipes Blade] It just doesn't work, and R&J, where/when it was set in the original play [and I HAVE been to Stratford on Avon and enjoy a GOOD Shakespeare movie/play] It's all about pandering, hell I'd watch a Shakespeare play if the Bard wrote it about the woke bullshit that goes on today in the theatre. I'm not saying it "works." I am saying some of the posts here have gone from suck to blow. I am saying this controversy will likely bump ticket sales, at least initially. When is the last time anyone has talked this much about a Rome and Juliet production? I am saying the fixation on race, as if these shows need to be 100% period authentic, is comical and not very consistent. If you think 1 1/10th of 1percent of the Black/AA community is going to see this R&J or that your typical Asian/Hispanic/white people are going to flock to see this movie, you are wrong, it'll flop worse then a live fish tossed onto hot asphalt. You'll get some woke fat white chicks with cats and some theatre community people who may see it but past that, yeah, not going to happen. There are WAY better representations already out there and have been for, well, many decades as far as on a movie screen. IT'S NOT A MOVIE! |
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WA, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:17:22 AM EDT
[#42]
 This thread is gold. |
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:24:42 AM EDT
[#43]
Ohhh super edgy!
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MO, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:33:50 AM EDT
[#44]
Kevin Hart sure does look a lot taller with long hair, braids, weaves, whatever.
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:34:28 AM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cavedog: But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the _________? twerker? trans woman? |
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DE, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:38:22 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Palm: I vote for 1968 1968 all the way. +1 |
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FM, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:43:09 AM EDT
[#47]
This will make 10's of dollars at the box office.
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DE, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:48:17 AM EDT
[Last Edit: QueenKabooky]
[#48]
She is only in that role because she is ugly. I would not touch her with a ten foot pole if she was spread eagle naked on my bed and said take me big boy. Essence denied.
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DE, USA
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:50:51 AM EDT
[Last Edit: DK-Prof]
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Posted: 5/19/2024 11:58:51 AM EDT
[#50]
Can she act? In the end if she can effectively play someone else as well as any other actress can play someone else I really don't care.
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