ALLISON SAMUELS / THE DAILY BEAST: "As one studio executive pointed out, 'black man, black women, black kids equals black movie.' So when Will Smith does a film like 'Hitch,' Eva Mendes gets to play his love interest and not Viola Davis. As well meaning as Charlize Theron is, she has no clue what it means to be a dark-skinned African-American woman whose beauty is seldom showcased in national commercials for perfumes or on mega billboards on Sunset Boulevard or even celebrated in the latest video by the hottest rappers. In the world Theron lives in, simply not saying something makes it go away. In Davis’s world, it doesn’t."

(Source: inothernews)

  1. Date Posted Icon 9th February 2012
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  4. amedio3k said: The fact that they talk over Ms. Davis, but stop and listen to George Cloony royally pisses me off. And you know they don’t even realize why it’s a problem.
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    ALLISON SAMUELS / THE DAILY BEAST
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    interesting article. the comments, though. so much derailing.
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    This was actually a really interesting conversation about studios deciding who the “audience” will be.
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