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Jolie is Angelina’s middle name. Her mother is French. Jolie means pretty in French. Hope that clears it up.

WHY IS THIS SUCH A PROBLEM???????? yeeeeeeesh everyone is stuck on RACE, we are all the goddamn same shit strip us down to our bone we all bleed red blood shit. WE ARE ALL HUMAN its just a fucking movie.

im surprised to hear thandie say this. i always pictured her to be the black girl with the white boyfriends, maybe she likes the brothers which is a good thing. Now that paula patton marrying robin thicke is a sister who broke my heart.

Awww hell. They just should have call me. I would have played the woman.

http://www.bradpittfan.com/pics/out94_005b.jpg

its not like she is dwellling to play this role….she can do better, angelina jus popular right now cuz she on tv 24/7

I don’t see anything wrong with Angelina playing that role. I think she’s a talented actress. I still give her props for adopting her children. And how many white women do y’all know who would have adopted kids from another race, much less an African?! I don’t know any personally. So I ain’t mad at Angelina!

probably they weren’t looking at her race..angelina’s i mean…like it or not angelina is a bangin azz actress…you gotta respect her skill..and that’s probably what the director’s went after

#55….I disagree….you tend to marry the race you identify most with..I’m not talking about Thandie..but that’s how it is with me and my friends who have black fathers….we married black men because that’s how we see ourselves..my brothers all married black women too.,

#68 said “Heffa” LOL That is so damn funny to me….Very “227″. lol

#71….You’ve got a very very valid point….for once. I totally agree with you! It’s an either or situation…

Really #73……I thought she was going to be in “white face” or something like that….thanks for informing us.

I have an issue with it because there are so few opportunities for black women to play leading roles in more “mainstream” films and I don’t think they’d ever consider having a person of color playing a real-life white person in a “msinstream” film no matter the circumstances (ex: Jesus).

If the wife of the guy picked her and it’s her husband’s film then cool, but I still can’t say I’m comfortable with how this went down all the same.

I have an issue with it because there are so few opportunities for black women to play leading roles in more “mainstream” films and I don’t think they’d ever consider having a person of color playing a real-life white person in a “msinstream” film no matter the circumstances (ex: Jesus).

And the other issue I have is that I don’t see how Angelina won’t overtake the role. I mean I don’t see how anyone can watch the movie and not conciously think of how they’re watching Angelina in blackface to play this role when in other films (like Ray), the character was bigger than the actor especially since Jamie wasn’t as big at the time so you only saw the film for the story and not for any particular actor.

If the wife of the guy picked her and it’s her husband’s film then cool, but I still can’t say I’m comfortable with how this went down all the same.

Nothing against Angelina, but very few had anything bad to say bout her. Thandie caught all kinds of hell. It seems to me that the peeps on CL are quick to dog out a black person, it does not matter if they are doing the right things are not. A white person can get all of the love in the world. I still see Lynch’s legacy is going strong.

I retract my statement about thandie, her husband is white. She shall be deemed as a fencewalker and a hussy as well lol.

The Posts say Thandies Shocked At A Black Angelina.

Im Shocked too! You All are giving Angelina a pass, but BRAD WAS GOING TO CAST JENNIFER ANNISTON first. Whichever white woman he was with he was going to cast. Angelina is no blacker than Jennifer Anniston! Most WHITE AMERICANS HAVE INDIAN blood. As a lot of black americans. THERE WAS A LOT OF RAPE GOING ON! I know many white people who have features that could qualify them to look exotic.

So Angela adopted a black child, and she looks a little exotic ok has 1/4 Native American….how does that qualify her over thousands of actresses who fit the description . It doesnt! She gets the role because she is snuggling with the producer! Sharing bedsheet with Brad and now their the Black mans Saviors! Please they are willing to “paint” angelina?

Historically black actresses were DEMEANED by getting denoed roles overe their white counterparts. This is no different. Angelina is a white woman people! This outrages Thespians and others who understand that our people fought for certain things and it is shameful to act as if you are RESCUING our people yet you literally take actresses of African decent back 40 years! I said African decent because Marianne pearl is of African decent. Whether she is European, Latin, Korean, or American she still is a decendent of Africa!

POINT BLANK - Angelina is white and so is ANISTON, Brad was going to cast a white woman and “PAINT” her regardless. THis disregard for the struggle black woman have had is LUDACRIS

What is also LUDACRIS is the comparisons of Black and White actresses. THEY DO NOT GET OFFERED the same roles. They rarely get grandeur heroic roles in big budget movies. They dont get offered the OSCAR ROLES!!!!!! We have come a long way, HOWEVER this is still a slap in the face.

Many black actresses have had things to say about this issue. Not just Thandie .of course she was singled out for obvious reasons! She is shocked a white woman has the Nerve to paint her face black! Adopting a black child and looking exotic dont give you a pass to insult our ancestors and those struggling today! Jennifer is just as white and why is is different? Its not!

Two wrongs dont make a right so please stop with the white checks and other races have played whites! HISTORICALLY RACISM HAS A PRECEDENCE AND IT WAS ALWAYS THE OTHER WAY AROUND that is why people have a problem. So you saying I dont see what the big deal is, the big deal is She is insulting a lot of Blacks!!!!

And please with the Thandie has a white husband. Half of the black men in Hollywood are with WHITE WOMEN. Matte of fact in Hollywood black men usually are more accepting of white women over black women. I mean the real city and surrounding areas! MAkes a sister wanna head East!

Marianne Pearl is not Native American.

And the Pitts came to her with money for her story that few black people have the means to do or starpower.

I have no problem with jolie playing the role. My problem lies in the changing of the skin color. thats really the issue. putting on the black face is insulting

she didnt say what was shocking or surprising…
she could have meant that angelina pulled it off…looking similar to marianne and not that she couldnt believe AJ got the role because she was white lol

here’s an FYI
thandie CANT ACT
she sucks big time
for that matter so does halle (since she’s mentioned) i think halle is very beautiful but really an oscar? for monsters ball?
when is alfre woodward gonna get hit off?
or lynn whitfield?
these are some REAL actresses

Thandie Newton could give a damn about the racial aspects of anything. If she could “break through” in Hollywood, she’d never play any roles with even a remote aspect of racial identity ever again. She’s pissed because she lost out to Jolie (as if there was even a competition) and now she wants to play the “race card”, lol. If you’re real, then be real. Don’t mention race when it’s convenient because then you really are playing the race card. For the people talking about the “opportunities” in Hollywood for black actresses, where are they? Do you really think that a major Hollywood studio will pick an Angela Bassett or Regina King (2 excellent actresses) over a Julia Roberts or any one of the dozens of young, non-talented, caucasian starlets that they groom to replace non-talented, old heifers like Julia Roberts. Lets be real, a role for a black woman in a major motion picture (an oxymoron) has to be purposefully written for one. That’s not going to happen in an industry that looks at receipts. You have to sell yourself; either with talent or your ass like Halle Berry in “Monster’s Ball”. Sorry Thandie, lol.

I can see why some people are upset, but the lady is not African American/Black. She is French/Cuban, just because someone has darker skin does not automatically make them African-American

damn angelina looks more like mrs. pearl than thandie tho she aint black i pick her over thandie since she looks nothing like marianne. besides mrs. pearl handpicked angie herself- Maybe she picked angelina because she identified with angie being a humanitarian and donating big bucks to her husbands foundation, personally i couldnt be more flattered to have someone play me other than angie- who is so involved in Africa, adopted a black daughter, and is now giving to the daniel pearl foundation- so i can def see angie deserves this, plus girl can act circles around thandie. dont hate because shes white, whining about racism and being a racist yourself is dumb.

I think she had the same 1st reaction I did, but Thandie could of did that role but I’d like to see Angelina’s perfomance in the movie also…

I think that Halle Berry playing a white woman in a movie is a real step up by Hollywood standards.

White women have been playing non-white characters for decades in movies (i.e. Elizabeth Taylor in “Cleopatra” and Natalie Wood in “West Side Story”)

There have been white women who have played blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans, etc., etc., etc. in films.

So, Angelina Jolie playing this role is nothing new.

The fact of the matter is that there won’t be too many white actresses losing sleep over the role that Halle Berry got, but there will be a bunch of black actresses and other minority actresses who will.

There are a handful of non-white actresses that we can count on both hands already.

Having Angelina play this role is just another sign that there is no progress being made in Hollywood.

I mean, we would like to think that it’s all about being a good actress, but it’s not.

The movie industry is very strategic. The higher-ups know who they want, and don’t want to be, on the big screen.

“The fact of the matter is that there won’t be too many white actresses losing sleep over the role that Halle Berry got, but there will be a bunch of black actresses and other minority actresses who will.”

I meant:

The fact of the matter is that there won’t be too many white actresses losing sleep over the role that Halle Berry got, but there will be a bunch of black actresses and other minority actresses who will be losing sleep over the role that they lost to Angelina.

#54, I feel ya, but the issue is not so much about Thandie. The issue is should White woman get a pass to play a black woman in a movie. And I say no….and I think the same about black woman playing white women. I have no idea what it’s like to be a white woman in America, only fictionalized ideals, nothing real because I ain’t white. Acting is about really feeling the character. If you never had to live day to day and deal with the racial prejudices as a black woman tell me how in the hell you gonna be able to recap those emotions, if it’s not real to you. It can only be imaginary, which is fake. I think the same thing of a teenager playing the role of a 40 year old mother. There is not enough life expereince for a non-mother adolescent to know what it is like to be parent in their 40’s? I can go on and on, but Hollywood has stooped to another low. The next thing you see will be NO black actresses cast for roles. That is the standard they are setting. And Halle is a fraud too…..

and damn why are black peeps so caught up in who Thandie is married too? She still in the struggle like all of us “black” folk…..who she chooses to love has nothing to do with anything. Shit, love is scarce in this world as it is, find it where you can and be happy.

I THINK SHE IS TALKING ABOUT A ROLE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM A BLACK FEMALE BECAUSE ITS ALREADY NOT THAT MANY ROLES OUT THERE AND I THINK THE WAYONS BROTHERS PRODUCE THEIR MOVIE

I AGREE WITH #92 POINTBLANK, I LIKE ANGELINA BUT DONT LET THE GOOD THINGS SHE HAS DONE IN LIFE TAKE AWAY THE REAL FACTS EVEN IF YOU DONT LOOK AT IT FROM THANIE POINT OF VIEW(FOR PERSONAL REAONS) LOOK AT IT FROM OTHER BLK WOMEN’S POINT OF VIEW(BE REAL)

Yes angelina is a great actress, my PROBLEM with this situation is that BLACK ACTRESSES ARENT GIVEN ROLES IN HOLLYWOOD! IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET JOBS, EVEN IF THEY ARE FAR MORE TALENTED THAN A WHITE “ACTRESS” WHO CANT EVEN ACT!

This is why halle was so exstatic to win a friggin oscar, she had been turned down so many times because she was too “black to play a role”. Angelina has roles/job opportunities through the roof, whilst someone like thandie or angela basset dosnt! Angela basset for example is an INCREDIBLE actress but noone even knows of her! WHY SHOULD A “WHITE” WOMAN PLAY THE ROLE OFA BLACK/MIXED WOMAN WHEN THERE ARE PLENTY OF BLACK/MIXED ACTRESSES WHO COULD PLAY THE ROLE BETTER!

are u telling me that a white person could live, play, feel, understand and ACT ure life better than any black person could-my answer is NO.

Why is angelina black/ethnic when she wants to be? ticks me off cus most of the time the media categorise her as white-not MIXED.

i think thandie handed the question perfectly, like a mature lady, i would have said exactly the same thing.

plus thandi and marianne should be regarded as black because their mothers are, thats how i see it.

I haven’t read enough about this but as far as I’ve learned, the real life woman is a mixed race woman- part Latin at that. She definitely looks multi racial to me so if she gave Angelina her blessings and feels that actress looks more simillar to her than, for example, Thandie, then it shouldn’t be such a problem. I KNOW others have, like me, felt like Angelina Jolie is mixed with something. My always thought was that she’s looks kind of latina.

I don’t think Angelina is all white, i have not seen a large amount of white women, but i have never seen any that look like this chick, her lips are big and her face got some ethnicity in it. Something from the past maybe surfaced in her, i could be wrong, i don’t know. Tell me if u know. And Thandie is fine, i like dat she salty, make her taste better.

I don’t know about her family background but my friends and I talked about her some time ago and we felt so sure that she was mixed with something because she does not have a typical Caucasian look at all.

@54 being bi racial don’t mean your full black . the woman his halff black so why would she deny her white heritage . that one drop rule bullshit only applies in the US.

Did y’all ever think about the fact that maybe this woman doesnt even identify herself as black???

^Yea I was thinking that. A lot of multi-racial people don’t identify w/ one race (i.e. Zoe Saldana).

I don’t see a problem w/ Angie playing the role but that’s only based on the FACT that this lady is multiracial. Now if she was to play a straight African American woman I’d have a problem w/ that.

Not that i’m condoning it but is it any suprise that black actresses don’t have leading roles in mainstream movies?

If an actress or an actor for that matter presents her resume to a casting director and its full of roles in movies such as soul plane, beauty shop, the friday after next why would they consider them for a serious role in a mainstream film?

Think of it in terms of the real world would an employer hire someone as a CEO of a multinational company when the only experience they had was as a fast food employee? No and no one would expect them to so theorectically why should it be any different in the movie industry?

As for Angelina her mother is half french canadian and half Iroquois and her father is Czech/English.

So that would make a quarter of her ethnicity native American which is far more than 1/100th

This is hilarious. Angie don’t give 2 damns if you like it or not. She is still doing the role. I bet she ain’t give a damn about what people said about her when she adopted those little kids. Oh not to forget when she got with Brad and had a baby. Did we also forget that she received an academy award. If she was an option, I sure as hell would’ve picked her too. I think she looks just like the woman in that pic. Lastly, lets be for real, if a Huge star would not be playing this role, would this movie be big at all????????

I think that people are always talking about, people need to stop judging color and the in the same breathe when this rule works in the favor of a white person its hell to pay. Angelina can act her ass off, and think she will portryay this role respectfully and well. As for #105 just because someone is black doesn’t mean that they can understand or portray what you’ve been through. Yes as black people we do have a connection, but at the same time you can’t say that other ppl from other races can’t relate. Nobody truly knows what Angelina been through. I could understand if she was being offensive or disrespectful to ppl of color, but thats not the case. Obviously Marriane Pearl takes her life and her story seriously, so she picked who she felt would play the role the way she felt it should be played. As for the situation in hollywood and black actors/actresses yes is messed up that more African- Americans don’t get major roles because there are alot of great African-American actors/actressess, and they should be able to show their talent,and get acknowledged accordingly. But with that said is every role that portrays a black or mixed person supposed to be played by a black person or mixed person, thats like doing the same thing hollywood does by only hiring white ppl to play white roles instead of opening up and realizing that what #17 said is true the point of acting is to play something or someone outside of yourself. Not to only play what you are. Instead criticizing angelina people should use this to say, hey see we are more than our color we can play any roles we want, because acting is just that “acting”.

So if Jennifer Aniston, who was ORIGIONALLY supposed to play this role played it, would everyone be fine w/ seeing her in black face?

Least we forget this is nothing new. Hollywood has a history of white actors dressed in blackface playing black people.

And can we please stop w/ the Angelina’s 1/4 Native American. Well so am I, so i guess I should’ve been cast in the New World!? Since when has Angelina been considered anything but a white woman?

As I said If Color is not important why go through the trouble of putting her in black face? Why not just let her play the role as is, the way halle is doing or for that matter have an asian actress play her? We’re all the same right? If race is not important as people would like to pretend, than why go through this trouble to make her race a part of the movie at all?

Also, look how pissed off Japense people where at a Chinese actress having the lead role in Memiors of the Geisha! And although I love Zhi Zhang, she does NOT look Japanese at all. At the end of the day, Hollywood has no respect for people of color…we are all the same to them and when they really feel like it they can just dress up a white person w/ some makeup and cut us out completely.

#99 Elizabeth Taylor and Cleopatra are both white. Cleopatra was a Macedonian. She was NOT a native Egyptians or Native Egyptian of mixed ancestry either.

The issue for me is black-face. If you have to darken your skin up to play the role then maybe you shouldn’t play the part. Heck how many parts are there for blacks let alone mixed raced individuals? If white people can tan their skin, throw on a kinky haired wig, give a nose prosthetic then why the hell would any director cast a black/mixed person for a role where the character is supposed to be black/mixed? You have to look at the bigger picture.

I find it insulting to our history and it will only lead to more problems down the line. We only make up 12% of the population. There aren’t many of us to play the roles and there are even less roles for us.

Oh and it other white celeb PR news Madonna wants to adopt child from Africa. PR stock rises!!

Angelina’s mother was part Native American, but she was also French.

And of course we all know that her father is Jon Voight.

But, that doesn’t exclude the fact that there are plenty of Black actresses, and other minority actresses that don’t get the opportunity to play too many roles in film.

Most roles are already written for white woman. It is rare when you can get directors and studios to change their minds and the role to a black woman.
(i.e. Halle Berry in “Gothika”, Mo’Nique in “Shadowboxer”, etc., etc., etc.)

So, now that we have a role that is actually about a black/mixed race woman, and they still end up giving it to a non-black actress?

No, I’m sorry, but that’s not right.

i think angelina is a good choice. its drawing publicity. wasnt she handpicked or sumtihn by daniel pearl?. obviously he must of knew wat he was doin. he wouldnt choose just ANYBODY to play his wife like damn people.

its only acting. its not like she has blasphemed black people

she also looks alot more likemrs pearl den thandie….

sorry for da constant posts ma computers is screwin up

I can’t believe some of you all’s comments. Some of you all need to be seriously educated about the history of film and blackface. It is disturbing to see a white actor/actress portray a person of color by putting on dark makeup or paint and wearing a kinky/curly wig when there are so many people of color struggling to find a role. Both of my grandparents were actors and so maybe because I’ve heard about their struggles in Hollywood, this is an issue for me. They went through a lot and so if you knew or understood the struggles that a lot of people of color had to endure, this would be more of an issue for you. And please stop with the Halle Berry comparisons- it is not the same thing! Halle will not be in white face w/ straight hair, she will be her brown self in the movie. It is based off of a white woman’s story, but she will not be in white face. If color wasn’t a big part of the movie, or if it was ‘blindcasting’, why do they have to darken Angelina. I also believe that this movie will lose the fact that Daniel Pearl was married to a woman of color, which was an important aspect of his life. Sure, Mrs. Pearl is part white, but she is still seen as being a woman of color. The fact that it was a woman of color that loved and supported this man will be erased–no matter how much they choose to darken Angelina. And because he was married to her, it makes his reporting seem more fair and unbiased. This role would have been perfect for someone that wouldn’t have had to ‘blacken’ herself. Some of you should watch D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. Become a little more educated about what blackface is and what people of color had to go through.

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH SHE ASKED FOR ANGELINA TO PLAY HER IN THIS MOVIE..YALL GOING ON ABOUT DAMN MOVIE
WHEN ITS REAL SH%T GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE,IN THIS WORLD,YOU COULD BE GETTING FIRED UP ABOUT

@Ashleigh-

Angelina was not handpicked by Daniel Pearl. He was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan and that’s what the movie is about.

@ Moni–
Just because we comment on this post (and happen to disagree) doesn’t mean that we are not tending to other issues that are more pressing.

wait a minute people, HOLLYWOOD IS NOT ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR BLACK PEOPLE. HOLLYWOOD IS ABOUT MONEY AND SINCE ANGIE IS SOOO POPULAR RIGHT NOW, HOLLWYWOOD THINKS SHE WOULD BRING IN THE MOST MONEY. MONEY MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND, THEY DONT CARE ABOUT IF IT WOULD BE RIGHT FOR A BLACK PERSON.

I mean its sad, but its the truth. Angie is on every magazine day after day after day. If Jennifer Lopez was on every cover day after day after day, the role would be given to her. Its about MONEY. Hollywood dont give a care about people. White people too, if your not popular at that moment, then the door will be shut in your FACE. Point black.

So SAD……damn HOLLYWOOD could spin this any kind of way to make this look LEGIT and SOME of ya’l would buy into it. We can all be spin artists. Amazing, how some black folk will always find a way to defending white folks actions instead of thinking critically about this issue. Like, what message this is sending HOLLYWOOD and the effects it has on black actresses and actors right now down the road. Would you rather have a white woman play dress up and have them represent your life on film? I can;t even count how may ways of UGLY this whole issue is. Man some of ya’l need to wake up, and stop trying to dance your way to freedom. How old are ya’l who are posting these comments?

@ KAY #126..BUT IF THIS WOMAN ASKED HER TO PLAY HER WHY ALL THE FUSS ? IF SHE DONT HAVE PROBLEM WITH IT WHY SHOULD ANYONE ELSE ?

I betcha a lot of black people would not be as acceptable if a white person got a job over them and they were more qualified but ppl dont have anything to say until it affects them then they want everyone on their side and then want to play the race card

I can understand Thandie being shocked. It should be “OK” that Angelina is being “blacked up” to play a black woman in a fair world. However, so many black actresses have such a hard time finding quality roles. Generally they settle for “rump shaka” or “baby daddies” type roles just to keep their face out there so they won’t be forgotten.

If Brad Pitt is directing, I understand why he gave it to her to play. If she was my woman I would do the same. However, if he wasn’t her lover and he gave it to her, I wouldn’t be “OK” with her playing a character that has to be “blacked” up. Isn’t this a modern, less hurtful black face?

BLACK ACTRESSES NEED SUPPORT. We need to support them and demand better movies with quality story lines and quality parts.

@ HOLLA, that comment is very ignorant…….how can a white person be qualified to play a black woman when they never been black?

Second, black people wouldn’t have to play the race card if the deck didn’t exist.

nobody complained when the wayans bros played white woman or dave chapelle playing white men. to me dissing angie is what u call reverse racism and i know i might get heat for this black women don’t get that many leading roles in mainstream movies because their not really marketable to the white audience that the big studios are reaching for.warner bros, paramount are not looking for a ”hood ” demographic and as opposed to some black men who have it easier, Denzel, will, ext.

Angelina only got this part b/c her baby daddy is producing the film. I mean Thandie Newton would have been an excellent choice, she’s of multi/biracial heritage. Oh well, it is what it is…Angelina is getting a “ghetto pass ticket” b/c she adopted a black child? That’s crazy, this is the same woman who destroyed a marriage, she’s a homewrecker and personally she has a lot of mental issues she needs to work on. Great, she donates money to charity-majority of celebrities do(for tax purposes or personal choice) but that doesn’t make her any special than another actress, say Thandie Newton.

OH NO U DIDNT. THAT BITCH PLAYING A BLK WOMEN..

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I MAY BE THE ONLY PERSON ON HERE THAT IS OFFENDED. HELL. IM BLK. & I DONT LIKE IT WHEN WILL BLK PEOPLE EVER UNIT? I GUESS NEVER IF WE DONT STAND FOR SOMETHING, WE WILL FALL FOR EVERYTHING.
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PERFECT EXAMPLE IS THIS A WHITE ASS WHITE BITCH PLAYING A BI-RACIAL BLK WOMAN WHO IN THIS DAY IN AGE IS CONSIDERED TO BE BLK. BY SOCITY EYES.

BLK PEOPLE WAKE THE HELL UP.

@ 92

ludicrous the adjective NOT Ludacris the person. LOL!!

ludicrous
One entry found for ludicrous.
Main Entry: lu·di·crous
Pronunciation: ‘lü-d&-kr&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin ludicrus, from ludus play, sport; perhaps akin to Greek loidoros abusive
1 : amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity
2 : meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish
synonym see LAUGHABLE
- lu·di·crous·ly adverb
- lu·di·crous·ness noun

Pitboi

Reggie was basically pointing out that Black women do not get roles over white women because they are “Better Actresses” HE was basically saying a black actress was probably not even auditioned for the role. Even if YOU (and everyone has personal preferences) believe HAlle or Thandie or even Gabrielle were a better actress they still would not have gotten cast.

He wasnt trying to debate whos a beter actress, I think you missed the point!

GET THIS STRAIGHT MRS PEARL DID NOT HANDPICK ANGIE!

BRad came to her with the story and at first the character was going to be Jennifer Anniston. She gracefully accepted either way!!

Moni - Iguess ignorance is bliss huh!

THe issue is not Angelina playing the part The issue is her going all BLACKFACE on us. I thought we were over that. I thought black actresses got past that obstacle! And these people claiming that AJ is mixed, with a 1/4 Native American. Brad was going to cast Jennifer Anniston so his intentions were to BLACKFAC an actress either way!!! Are you riding Jennifer Annistons nuts hard enough to justify that?
This is sad. Brad has plenty of money to do what he wants and like Hollywood and most governments manipulating the truth is something he can do. Who cares if Angelina looks exotic and she adopted anAfrican child. Many white rich people have done the same. TOm Cruis and Nicole Kidman have a black son. Is it ok for Nicole Kidman to play the role and bronze her skin up???

ANNIE - Black women dont get offered roles like The Notebook, Marie Antoinette, heroines, OScar Nominating Movies. The scripts with the resumes you are talking about are written for WHITE WOMEN

Usually an actress takes the work she can get. You have to be at a certain level where you start turning down parts. And Im not saying to the point where you demean yourself. If someone could have played Reese Witherspoon in any of her movies over Soul Plane or Baby Boy they would HAVE. THOSE ROLES ARENT OFFERED TO THEM> AS YOU CAN SEE NOW WERE GOING BACK TO THE 1950′S WHEN WHITE WOMEN WERE PAINTING THERE FACES AND PLAYING BLACK WOMEN!

STOP HYPING ANGELINA! SOME PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS! BRAD WAS GOING TO CAST JENNIFER ANISTON AT FIRST!! LIKE SOMEONE SAID ABOVE NOW DEFEND JENNIFER ANNISTON FOR THE ROLE! YOU CANT ! STOP GIVING WHITE PEOPLE A PASS AND BEING HATEFUL TOWARD YOUR OWN PEOPLE.

@136

I KNOW HOW TO SPELL
it wasnt a typo i did it on purpose :/

SHE DIDNT ASK ANGELINA TO PLAY THE ROLE ! SHE ACCEPTED AN OFFER! HELL JENNIFER ANNISTON WAS GOING TO ORIGINALLY PLAY THE ROLE.

Is this a black gossip site? I cant believe some of the people trying to adopt Angelina into the black race! I mean come on she is not of African decent ! Women of Afican decent have different experiences no matter where they are from!

HOW BOUT TEAM BLACK ACTRESS instead of TEAM RANDOM WHITE BIT%$$
AND ANNISTON WAS GOING TO PLAY THE ROLE AT FIRST. Does this satisfy any of the unki toms in the room!

Marianne pearl is not black she’s biracial which means a white woman or black woman or mixed raced woman could realistically play her.

Don’t any of you understand that? How is that hard to understand? Why make a big deal out of this? THE WOMAN IS NOT BLACK SHE’S BIRACIAL.

A white actress has just as much of a “right” to play the part as a black woman. That’s just the simple truth of the matter.

Now if the movie was about Oprah and they hired Jolie to play Oprah then if you wanted to bitch then fine bitch because you would have a platform and a case to make, but right now you have NOTHING.

SHES WHITE AND BLACK stop acting like there isn’t a white part in the woman because there is.

Co sign with uhhuh said: #142

Personally I dont see the big deal!!! I like Angelina so I dont think theres a problem with her playing the part….I mean the girl wasnt all black she was mixed…..

I think that Angelina will do a great job

Thandie Newton is really pretty…..she should be A-list by now…..I think the directors are really sleeping on this chic

@4 Suga Buga who wrote:

“I dont see the problem, its just a movie. Nobody said anything when the Wayne’s Brother played white women!!. Its just a movie, I know Angelina will do a good job, she is a terrific actress, and thats what it should be about!!”

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You said you don’t know what the problem is, but let me explain it to you.

There’s not a lot of credible roles in hollywood for black actresses, so to give a excellent role like that to a white woman (not even mixed race) is disheartening to the tons of black actresses out there scrambling for a oscar-like role…a role like this could actualy catapult their career to another hemisphere, instead of the typical roles black women get in comedies, etc. So there, that’s the problem! Each year white women have roles that are oscar worthy, there doesn’t seem to be a shortage, in fact, newcomer white actresses can get an oscar worthy role quicker than a veteran black actress can; this is a problem! And if you were a actress, while you would wish Angelina well, you’d still be a little jealous that such a excellent role, which there’s a huge shortage of for black women, went to a white woman, though there are capable mixed-raced and/or black women available who could have done that role much justice…THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE’S A LOT OF BLACK ACTRESSES OUT LOOKING FOR THESE THIS TYPE OF ROLE - AND THESE ROLES DON’T COME AROUND EVERY DAY, THEY ARE EXTREMELY EXTREMELY RARE - SO WHEN THERE’S A STORY LINE THAT REQUIRES A BLACK FEMALE ACTRESS, TO GIVE IT TO ANGELINA WITHOUT AUDITIONING ANY OF THESE TALENTED BLACK ACTRESSES IS LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE! THEY WAIT THEIR WHOLE CAREERS FOR ROLES LIKE THESE, AND AS IT IS, THEY HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THESE ROLES, HALLE, THANDIE, ANGELA BASSETT, BUT TO HAVE A WHITE WOMAN COME AND JUST BE AWARDED A ROLE THAT CALLS FOR A BLACK WOMAN, I’M SORRY, I SEE THE ISSUE HERE! P.S. THIS WAS JUST DONE WITH A BLACK MAN FOR THE ROLE OF THE HERO IN THE SEPTEMBER 11TH BOMBING, THE HERO WAS ACTUALLY BLACK, BUT THEY RE-WROTE THE ROLE AND GAVE IT TO A WHITE ACTOR! DO YOU NOT SEE THE BIG PICTURE? YOU WOULD IF THIS WAS YOUR CAREER!

And as for the Wayans brothers playing “white women”, first off, those were fictious characters that they created, hardly oscar worthy roles as usual..it was a comedy! The whole joke of the film was that these two black men were made up to play white women! If there would have authenticly been white woman, then the whole scoope of the movie would not have actually been as funny and successful as it was…so sorry, in my book, don’t count! These were two black men screwing around and poking fun at the lives of “valley girls.” PLEASE PEOPLE SEE THE BIG PICTURE IN THIS!

@annie 112

I read your post and your point is taken..but now consider this: if soul plane and comedies are the only movies you can get, than that’s what’s gonna be on your resume! In a weird way, you just made my point! These actresses have to take something to stay out there and to keep going! Yet, these damn superficial comedies are all they can get, which is another reason why this particular role which was awarded to Angelina is so precious to these black actresses..p.s. just because someone does comedies don’t make them any less talented than actresses that do serious roles. Most directors can decipher this with a simple screen test.. and you never know what someone is capable of if you don’t give them a chance! Black actresses have too few good roles to just have one given away to a non-black actress…

And while i know Brad Pitt is the producer and the character requested Angelina to play this role, did you know this role was originally going to go to JENNIFER ANNISTON! Sorry, but Brad ass is wrong on this one, giving it to whomever you’re dating! This lady hung out with Brad and his family, so of course, she’d suggest Angelina, but Brad should have used discretion and said, well let’s audition some others and then you can make a decision….the role should go to the BEST actress, and while Angelina is an excellent actress, she is not the only one, and i do believe Angela Bassett, Thandie Newton, and Halle could have given her a run for her money, if not did a better job with this project.

Okay, off my soapbox.

AND FOR THOSE WHO’S SAYING THE ROLE COULD GO TO EITHER A BLACK ACTRESS OR WHITE ACTRESS CAUSE THE CHARACTER IS BI-RACIAL, SORRY, IN OUR SOCIETY IF YOU’RE HALF BLACK, THEN YOU’RE BLACK, GET IT STRAIGHT….THIS IS A ROLE FOR A BLACK WOMAN! THIS APPLIES IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES, WHY SHOULD THE BIG SCREEN BE ANY DIFFERENT! I WAS FREAKIN SURPRISED TO SEE THAT SOME OF YOU GUYS ACTUALLY FEEL THAT WAY! HALLE BERRY WHILE SHE’S MIXED, IS CONSIDERED A BLACK ACTRESS, JASMINE GUY, WHILE SHE’S MIXED, IS CONSIDERED A BLACK ACTRESS, THANDIE NEWTON, WHILE MIXED, IS CONSIDERED A BLACK ACTRESS! HALLE’S OSCAR WIN WAS SO CELEBRATED BECAUSE FINALLY “A BLACK ACTRESS GOT AN OSCAR!” I DON’T KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU PEOPLE ARE THINKING! PLEASE SEE THE BIG PICTURE AND WAKE UP!

YOU ARE PEOPLE ARE THE MOST DUMB ASS FOLKS EVER I’M SO GLAD I DONT LIVE NO WHERE NEAR DUMB ASS NIGGAS..THATS WHY YALL STUCK NOW

LOOK UP THE FUCKING STORY B4 U TR TO CALL ME OUT HOES

@ Moni

I’m glad i don’t live no where near your uneducated ass either! For you to use the word niggas in this subject is absolutely absurd…i can see you’re one of them people who can’t see, refuse to see, or who purely just DONT want to see the BIG PICTURE! People are simply stating their opinions, and you really need to consider that while indeed she did ask her to play the role, dammit, she was hanging out with Brad and his family, who knows if Angelina didn’t ask to play it and the woman happily agreed; you don’t know all the freakin facts yourself and while everyone else is guessing so are you! Research my ass, you’re going off what’s you’ve heard just like everyone else, and you don’t live with these people, so you don’t know! How do you know if Brad wasnt producing this film, if this woman would have poof, out of the air, chosen Angelina! Like i said, Brad has been working on this film for years, and before Angelina, Jennifer Aniston was set to play this part, coincidence,i think not! So you do your research.

Um….have any of you with negative comments ever seen what the real woman looks like? Angelina looks just like her.

http://www.sgi.org/englis..._image/p_testim0504_1.jpg

^^ the real mariane Pearl.

So yeah……Like hell would Thandie’s ass get that part..