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I think Patsey should have been played by a more attractive actress

posted 10 years ago by jerseysprung
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I didnt really understand the casting decision of Patsey. The actress that played her looked like a boy and she was cast to be the object of lust by her master. But, it just was not believable. The actress should have been much more attractive.

I know it might be hard to make a slave look "hot or attractive" but I'm sure they could have found an actress that would have made it more believable. No slave master is going to want to bang his ugly slaves.

[–] binix 10 years ago

Wow what an ignorant post. This might be news to you but "ugly" people can get raped too and attractiveness is not the only cause for lust

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[–] fede_4488 9 years ago

Your attempt at "humor" is very lame.

[–] Strazdas (2472) 4 years ago

They can of course but she was portrayed in the movie (and likely in the book too?) as attractive and beautiful, something Eggs wife envied, so it would make sense to also cast her as such.

[–] Americansweetheart 10 years ago

OP is obviously looking to stir up trouble. Don't feed the trolls.

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[–] Darkside7 9 years ago

You're damn sure entitled to your own opinion and way of thinking but what you typed was false in my eyes... But who cares... She's rich and successful nowadays that pretty much trumps any other flaw. Yuck and YIKES... "Smile that lights up a room" my arse loooooool... Broad looks like a damn skint back chimp... ( btw i'm black american myself ) thats for any of you OH HE's BEING RACIST punks.

[–] activista 8 years ago

@Darkside7

Seriously? It's because of idiots like you who think being dark-skinned is unattractive that she had issues with her looks and didn't like herself for years. "A chimp"? Are you fckg serious? Either you need glasses, or you're just too damn hung up on anything but blonde hair and blue eyes to see that Nyongo is very beautiful--so what if dosen't fit unrealistic (and racist) Hollywood standards of beauty? That didn't stop her from getting on every magazine cover a new movie star could possibly be on. And I seriously wonder whether you're actually black saying that kind of borderline racist bull**** about a sister. GTFOOH with that BS. If you're black, you see women like her everyday(if you actually live around black people, that is---dosen't sound like it, with the bull**** you're spewing.) Oh,well--at the end of the day, she's still smart, famous, beautiful and talented---and your ignorant troll behind isn't. Nobody knows who the fck you are, and nobody cares.

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[–] fede_4488 9 years ago

You find all black people ugly?

[–] shermandemetrius 8 years ago

You are right. I agree. Some people have a Nazi's idea of what beauty is.
Like in the Nazi poster I saw comparing German woman to a Jew.

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[–] Darkside7 9 years ago

If she's not ugly I'd pay to see the women/men you've dated or are currently married to... Thats for damnn sure.

[–] Stigger 9 years ago

Oh please, she may not be your cup of tea but she is not ugly by any stretch of the imagination. She is way better looking than most women.

Oh please, she is definitely not "better looking than most women." She's from Kenya, which produces mass quantities of undesirable people (i.e. Obama).

Pants up, don't loot.

[–] Strazdas (2472) 4 years ago

Desirable or not Obama is one hot sonofa

[–] IMDB-Officer 9 years ago

She had a pretty face and a nice little bod plus she was young and innocent and all that. C'mon, there are way uglier black women out there

[–] bethany-ellen-22 9 years ago

what? Lupita is beautiful

rapists don't always target women they find attractive - rape is more about power and control rather than lust. And I think Epps' obsession with Patsy was more due to her work ethic, since he was always so happy and proud with the amount of cotton she was able to pick. Her being probably the youngest there might've also had something to do with it

[–] Strazdas (2472) 4 years ago

Yes, like literally every other woman in the movie.

[–] Ras_lupo 9 years ago

This is why black girlfiends/wives/love interest are always portrayed by light skinned women. To pander to the racist and the colorist aka "the immature".

I read this in a chola accent.

[–] ChronicCinephilia 9 years ago

This is why black girlfiends/wives/love interest are always portrayed by light skinned women

Maybe light skinned women are more attractive?

[–] neko-neko-1 8 years ago

Yes they are more attractive

to racists that is

[–] Strazdas (2472) 4 years ago

I guess black people are the biggest racists then because based on dating and marriage statistics black men are the most likely group to date/marry a non-black woman.

[–] astranovagirl 9 years ago

That's exactly why.

[–] BrionyT 9 years ago

That comment alone tells me that you completely missed the point of the movie.