Disingenuous

ManglerYJ

ManglerYJ

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So my word of the day is disingenuous. Merriam-Webster defines disingenuous as : not truly honest or sincere : giving the false appearance of being honest or sincere.

So the Oscars have me thinking... the entire black community seems to be in a tizzy because there are no black nominees in any of the categories, so they are calling on black celebrities to boycott. Tyrese Gibson has publicly voiced his request that Chris Rock boycott. Al Sharpton has raised his usual flag of distress over the situation. Jada Pinkett Smith is railing over her husband's lack of a nomination for his role in Concussion, even though it was released just a couple weeks ago. The Revenant is the only other movie among those nominated that was released at the same time.

Ironically, the one who seems to be crying the loudest is Smith, even though he actually was nominated both in 2002 for Ali and in 2007 for the Pursuit of Happyness. On the flip side of that coin, the person in Hollywood who has been called out the loudest for being racist, Mel Gibson, has only ever received one Oscar and that was 1996, which he won for Braveheart. So the most racist actor is nominated half as much as Will Smith, yet he is b!tching.

Which brings me to another point. Tyrese Gibson calling out Chris Rock to boycott. Well, Tyrese..... what have you contributed to the motion picture industry? A couple of co-starring roles in the "Fast and the Bi-Curious" sequels and a walk-on part in Transformers? Quite the thespian you are. So if Chris Rock does boycott, who's stand is he really taking, his or yours? Seems a bit...... disingenuous to me.

There again, it's good to take a stand - when it's your stand. Many celebrities use their celebrity status to call out social injustices. Bono has brought to light many a topic. Farm-aid and many other concerts made public the plight of many issues that needed the attention only a celebrity can bring. But pressuring Lebron James into wearing a shirt to protest a kid getting shot in a park because he refused to put down a realistic looking gun? Again - disingenuous....
 
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And just as bad in my eyes is Mark Ruffalo who is just waffling on the topic- "considering" boycotting. I mean, come on.... it's either a conviction to you or it's not. Don't try to milk the publicity on social media and try to gauge your response by their reaction. Again, I say.... disingenuous.

And after all the "uproar" that Spike Lee and Will Smith, Al Sharpton, Tyrese Gibson and Jada Pinkett Smith can roar, if the Academy Awards would all the sudden change their tune, re-vote, or unceremoniously announce that there was a mix-up or whatever and all of the Oscar nominations actually DID go to black actors, directors, actresses, key grips, etc. wouldn't THAT be the utmost in disingenuous?
 
Lol.... I've watched "Gotham" .... Ms. Smith isn't going to be winning anything anytime soon. Sometimes I wonder who tells these people they can act.

My feelings on this goes like this. There are probably 10 times as many white actors/actresses as there are black, and then you narrow that down to the black actors and actresses that didn't just have a cameo appearance in a madea movie. It only leaves 1 maybe 2 black actors/actresses to even consider vs 50-100 white.
 
RobMcBee said:
Lol.... I've watched "Gotham" .... Ms. Smith isn't going to be winning anything anytime soon. Sometimes I wonder who tells these people they can act.

My feelings on this goes like this. There are probably 10 times as many white actors/actresses as there are black, and then you narrow that down to the black actors and actresses that didn't just have a cameo appearance in a madea movie. It only leaves 1 maybe 2 black actors/actresses to even consider vs 50-100 white.
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Yeah, it's kinda hard to take an actor seriously - even when they have played roles like Ali or Chris Gardner from Pursuit of Happyness - when you also look at him in roles like Hancock, Hitch and Men in Black.
 
GotWood said:
I'm boycotting the BET Awards, not much diversity there...
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Bingo.
You want to whine about not being treated fairly and implicit segregation?
Then why do you have a network, magazine and awards show just for black people?
 
ManglerYJ said:
Yeah, it's kinda hard to take an actor seriously - even when they have played roles like Ali or Chris Gardner from Pursuit of Happyness - when you also look at him in roles like Hancock, Hitch and Men in Black.
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I'm not saying Will Smith is a bad actor. I actually like him. His wife, who started this supposedly because he wasn't nominated for "Concussion", is a different story. She sucks as an actress.
 
I'm glad the hollywood snobs are bickering and arguing and hate it when they speak out on politics apparently to influence their fans to support whatever cause they support. Their opinion is no more important than any other Americans they just have more access to the masses . I enjoy good actors of all races but a lot of wanabees w connections/money and relatives/offspring of once famous actors/producers have led to lot's of lame movies and actors undeserving of any awards.
 
I can picture the heads exploding when someone finally announces that we will be having a white entertainment network, and corresponding white only awards. Or when someone claims that July will now be known as white history month. Even better, when white folks create safe zones; free from all the accusations of being racists. Get a grip. I know the world is far from being fair and equal, but it seems that the group most interested in keeping racism alive is headed by Al and Jesse.
 
strange1 said:
but it seems that the group most interested in keeping racism alive is headed by Al and Jesse.
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Truest words in the universe!

Matt
 
I guess the academy will have to start using afirmative action to ensure black actors get what others have earned the old fashioned way. I hate to think how empty and shallow the Oscars will be without them.
 
strange1 said:
I can picture the heads exploding when someone finally announces that we will be having a white entertainment network, and corresponding white only awards. Or when someone claims that July will now be known as white history month. Even better, when white folks create safe zones; free from all the accusations of being racists. Get a grip. I know the world is far from being fair and equal, but it seems that the group most interested in keeping racism alive is headed by Al and Jesse.
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Bingo.
 
 
Kinda funny that this was below the Stacey Dash video. Much better entertainment.

 
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