The Woman Who Really Did This Was Black
The woman from the real-life story this movie is based on was a black woman. Way to be PC chickensh-ts, moviemakers!
shareSo? She was black? Who gives a ph uck?
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You took the words right out of my mouth! I was seriously going to post this. This movie is on right now and I changed the channel, even though it was the very hot Mena Suvari. Tell the truth, even if it's not pretty!
shareThen why didn't the producers get a black actress to play the part? Mo'Nique is the one who immediately comes to mind as being ghetto enough for this role considering what the woman did was very ghetto. That would have been better than ghettofying Mena Suvari.
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As a Black woman I'm not complaining. Why would I want to see a Black woman in this type of role. I don't care if White women play these types of sleazy roles. Let the classy roles go to Black women.
<<Why would I want to see a Black woman in this type of role>>
Because the woman in the real story this film was based on, was black, wondernita...lol
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But a Black woman did this!
You're literally and figuratively whitewashing the crimes of a Black woman, to make you feel better about yourself.
FWIW, I tend to prefer casting white people in negative roles instead of Black people, BUT when you're dealing with a REAL-LIFE story, it's important to be authentic and accurate, and it's quite offensive to offload the crimes of one race on another.
In the beginning of the movie is stated "Inspired by a true story".
Inspired means that the plot doesn't have to follow the real facts.
So the nurses can be as the creators wants.
And I really appreciate this... the movie is really great as it is.
I don't want to come across as one of those anti-woke racist a-hole, but imagine if white filmmakers took a story about a Black pioneer and attributed to a white character, by saying "Inspired by a true story".
In some ways, they did do this with Forrest Gump, when they made Gump the character that discovered the Watergate burglary, instead of a Black janitor, as was the case in reality, but people DID call out this WHITEWASH, and moreover, Forrest Gump is a fable, which isn't meant to be taken literally. THIS film should have been more authentic.
I agree it was PCish. They tried to make Mena Suvari black looking. The only thing I can explain is that maybe they wanted her to be anyone. She could pass for Hispanic, Black, White or Mulatto. I do agree they should have been truer to the true story. In the movie 21 with Kevin Spacey.. That was based on a true story and the main guy in real life was Oriental. They made the character white... Go figure.
shareI don't understand why the makers of this movie went as far as putting cornrows on a white women and surround her with a bunch of black actors...instead of just getting a black actress.
shareI think they wanted to keep that element of the story without having an all black cast. I don't know of any high profile Black actresses that were in talks to take the lead role for this film, so going with a no name lead character in an all black film is not very wise if you're trying to shop your script around. Sad, but true.
So I guess they incorporated this part of the actual events by making Mena's character a "wigger". I really don't care either way and I am Black. If she'd been black or if her friends had been white, I still would have enjoyed the movie. It's not that serious to me.
The black woman that plays the mother in Everybody hates Chris, would have been perfect for this.
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The lead actress is listed as one of the producers. It's very likely Mena Suvari liked the script enough to front her own money and make it a vehicle starring her. I'd bet the movie probably wouldn't have gotten made if she hadn't attached her name to it. And no, Stuart Gordon is not well known enough outside of horror film fan circles to have had enough clout to make this movie. My point? If a black actress wanted to have this role, perhaps they should have found a way to put up the money to have gotten the project made.
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