Thank you Gabrielle! You have heard my cry.
on December 13th, 2007 at 7:51 amGabrielle Union – Union sick of slave roles
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Sexy actress GABRIELLE UNION has started producing her own films because she’s sick of all the offers she gets to play black slaves. The Bad Boys II star is convinced young moviegoers aren’t interested in another big screen lesson about the ills of slavery, and so she’s turning heads as a Hollywood go-getter. She explains, “There was this script that came and it was yet another slavery story told from the perspective of the disgruntled Southerner, and I’m reading this script and thinking, ‘At what point did somebody think I would want to comb the Missus’ hair.’ “I don’t want to do this. It’s about being pro-active. I’m optioning a script (actress) Regina Hall wrote and I’ve optioned a book called The Vow. “This is our hope for our future as people of colour in this industry – we are trying to get our own funding together. The 18 to 34-year-olds don’t care about race.” (source)
Bless Oprah and Denzel’s heart, but while this next film “The Great Debaters” does look very good, I kept saying to myself “At what point are we going to stop making INSPIRING films that are based in the Jim Crow era? I thought Will Smith’s flick ‘The Pursuit of Happyiness’ was somewhat of a breakout because it was based in the last 30 years or so timeframe. ‘Akeelah and the Bee’ was also another good one. Yes Union, y’all get yo’ little money together and do more of the breakout stuff.
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