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Originally posted by sadatx
Well, congratulations, you came up with 8 out of how many now?
Hattie McDaniel won for playing a slave who was happy with and faithful to her white owners (I'm not saying she's not a great actress, she is, I'm just commenting on the mindset of the voters).
Denzel won for playing a slave who fights for the north in the civil war. Then a corrupt, drug-dealing, murdering cop.
Again, I think Denzel's a terrific actor and I'm just pointing out the types of roles academy members think black actors should get recognized for.
Sidney Portier, one of the all time greats, largely gained acceptance to white audiences, because he was "non-threatening" to them. This is the kind of stuff Hollywood was worried about back then (and still is to some extent).
I'm not going to lie. I think it's changing. But, I'm sorry, the Oscars are still large about honoring white actors. Let me say again. I do think things are changing. Just slowly.
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THANK YOU; took the words right out of my mouth. Blacks just won for the FIRST time in the best actor/actress category TWO years ago; TWO. And it's true, it seems as they only win when playing stereotypical roles. I.E. Denzel in Training Day and Halle in Monster's Ball.
I mean, I'm surprised Djimon Honsou didn't win for Amistad
Why didn't Halle win at least a NOMINATION for one of her best roles, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge?
Why didn't Denzel get any attention for THESE roles that In my opinion he should have come close to winning: MALCOLM X (probably one of THE most snubbed movies ever; it should have SWEPT the oscars in '93), The Hurricane, Remember The Titans, The Pelican Brief, and his directorial efforts in Antwone Fisher were practically ignored. All of those movies were great and deserving of more attention by the Academy. But no, what does he get it for, after ALL those great movies that he deserved an award for!? TRAINING DAY!? Puh-lease!
And don't EVEN get me started on Angela Basset. Angela is without-a-doubt THE most underrated actress and underlooked actress in Hollywood. Lets go down a list of her movies that should have gotten Oscar attention shall we? Let's see...
there's (again) MALCOLM X; she played Betty Shabbaz and tore it up! Best supporting actress all the way! Where's the love!? Then there's WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT where she of course played Tina Turner like she was Tina herself; shoulda won that year for best actress; got jack. Can't forget her powerful and memorable performance in Waiting To Exhale; jipped. And then there's How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Hell if Diane Keaton can be nominated this year for Something's Gotta Give, then why was Angela shown no love for Stella? It's practically the same concept. I even think she shoulda gotten a golden globe for playing Katherine Jackson in Jacksons: An American Dream; she KILLED that role; one of her best.
You have to be honest that it IS a little strange that all of a sudden when the powerhouse black actors slip into a stereotypical role, they got more attention than when they played the "non-typical" roles (I.E. Angela in Waiting To Exhale and Denzel in Malcolm X).
OK I'm done; hehe.