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This was done on purpose. There is the notion with whites that Blacks should either be seen or heard unless it benefits them. Black artist should allow whites to make as many white films as they choose, just leave us out of them. We should applaud the Spike Lees, van Peebles, Singletons, so on and so on, who tell our stories our way inspite of the approval or "2 thumbs up" by White critics.
@ Glittermachine
Your 22 year old azz needs to get out more because this movie has been out for over a month you moron. BTW, it didn't flop, it made 99.2M. Vince Vaughn is bigger box office draw than Will Smith or Denzel Washington. Jon Favreau's directorials have made more money than Will Smith and Denzel Wasington combined. That's why you idiots get airbrushed. Too ignorant to make sense.
I knew it would not take long for these a ss-kissing uncle Toms and Mammys would show up!! Who's to say that Faison Love isnt a box office draw in other parts of the world? Is it really impossible to believe that Europe contains non-white citizens or said citizens who aren't up on on black artists/actors/ comedians? Not everyone has dreams of being a sell-out.. more along the lines of being Souled-Out!!
Well if we had OWNERSHIP of our OWN music and movie studios, this wouldn't happen. We *** cry foul all the *** time over racist whites decisions of excluding us from THEIR movie projects. John Singleton, Tyler Perry, Spike Lee, Forest Whitaker, and other black film directors and producers should pit their resources together and create black owned studios. If we stopped relying on other groups of races to REPRESENT US we'd be in better shape.
Its like sistas complaining all the time when we go to Ms. Lee Wong's shop to purchase hair or get our nails done. "Lee Wong is racist", "lee Wong and crew look at blacks funny" etc, etc.. Well ***! Dont we think its time for us to OPEN OUR OWN hair and nail stores?! We should get tired of relying on others for our products. We are the biggest CONSUMERS in AMERICA yet we don't own jack! We have to gain more of an independence in the economic market.
Is Faison Love a box office draw in his own country? What movies has he starred in? Has he made any AAA titles? Has been nominated for anything? Has he been interviewed or *** for his body of work? Is he even a millionaire? Acting in B-movies and co-starring opposite rappers in straight to DVD movies don't pay bills. He is not a bigger star than anyone else in that movie(notice his position in the original poster). Who is Kali Hawk? I rest my case. Just because someone doesn't agree with your ignorance doesn't make them an uncle tom. You sound just as stupid as a 12 year old
Closed-Captioning- Well personally I dont give a *** because we need to quit crying FOUL over other peoples nonsense. Wheres the action?! If white folks want to continue airbrushing our features out, lightning our skin, erasing us from photos all together, then maybe we should get OUR OWN movie studios and we wont ever have to worry about white hollywierd doing us wrong. BTW I know Perry got his own studio but there is nothing wrong with opening MORE BLACK owned studios.
@ CuzzImHot
How dumb do you sound? If you were responsible for marketing a movie that starred Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, and Katt Williams. How would you market it? Who would get lead in the advertising poster? If you mentioned Katt Williams, then you might as well submit your resignation along with your ideas
@Double-Consciousness This was done on purpose. There is the notion with whites that Blacks should either be seen or heard unless it benefits them. Black artist should allow whites to make as many white films as they choose, just leave us out of them. We should applaud the Spike Lees, van Peebles, Singletons, so on and so on, who tell our stories our way inspite of the approval or "2 thumbs up" by White critics. --------------- Choose one. you r correct. the problem is we will not support our people because we are assimliators who worship others before our own. just read the comment o
SystemVII why are your trying to defend this poster? Why are you attacking blogers for their honest opinion? This is clearly racism, it dont matter if Faizon is an A-1 actor or not, the point is they should of never erased him out of that poster even if he is not recognized in Europe or not. Put right where right is, this is clearly messed up!
Ok m.t.o..this movie's been out quite sometime now so you're waaayyy late! lol..& newsflash,I've seen both versions of the ads here in NYC so cut the ***!Ya'll just fueling the regular,rather unnecessay race debate that seems to take place on a daily basis by many of the race-sensitive bloggers on here
@ dglimn
DO you think Will Smith can bring in more money than Vince Vaughn? Are you that dumb? How much money did SEVEN POUNDS make? When was the last time Will Smith had a huge movie? Will Smith is an amazing actor(1 of my favs), but don't go thinking he is a bigger draw than Vince Vaughn. If you want to compare numbers..we can. Will Farrell is even a bigger draw than Will Smith
@Closed-Captioning- This issue is much BIGGER than myself or you. I'm speaking in terms of the BIG players that got the MONEY and influence to make changes. Tyler perry, Oprah, Singleton, Spike, etc etc got the money, influence, and power in our community to get the ball rolling. First they need to build a BLACK OWNED bank so that BLACKS can get loans to jump START their own BUSINESSES in their OWN communities! The rest will follow suit. If Tyrone opens a Mini Mart similar to WAlmart which sold popular black goods, you will find our money going to him in droves.
@Closed-Captioning- We wouldnt have to worry about white hollyweird disrespecting our people if we had things for ourselves. If we had BLACK OWNED hair stores, BLACK owned 711s, BLACK OWNED restuarants, BLACK OWNED malls, etc,etc I promise you we wouldnt be having this issue with YTs failure of representing us fairly.
Thanx Guess, but you can't make sense to these ignorant ppl on here. They keep trying to change the world from their living room. I am sure 90% of you react to what you think and not what you know. Just because the president is black doesn't mean anything has changed. Did you honestly think he was the messiah? The second coming? People are still out of work and his housing policy is not being taken seriously, so now what?
@SystemVII- Yep you're right. Your comments are on point today. Because we're so emotional, black folks in general, we have a tendency not to use logical and/or objective thinking. I think alot of bloggers give white folks way too much "power" over their lives. Its like so *** what if they erased Faison's face!? If Faison is not a big money draw then so be it. Sounds harsh but Hollywood is all about Buisness and making that paper.
@ Closed-Captioning
I do remember him, but he wasn't the most memorable character. He was funnier in Money Talks(in jail w/ Chris Tucker). But like I said, the movie was a flop(27M) and he was not in any starring role. He was character in the movie just like Bernie Mac was. His part was a one day ***.
@Closed-Captioning- We can go back and forth.. But at the end of the day Hollywood is owned by Whites and JEWS and trust they are going to do whatever they want to both their white and black film stars. Its unfortunate that our black film stars are marginalized in the white owned media. Furthermore I'm aware there are BLACK OWNED businesses.. my thing is there are NOT ENOUGH!
Closed-Captioning Flag post Ok Guessjeans. You are right. There could never be enough Black-owned businesses. They do exist. Now go out and support them. There's your power.. Player!! **** @Closed- This is what I do. Sometimes I'll drive 20 minutes out of the suburbs just to get Papa Jacks (a local black owned restuarant) okra and chicken. We have got to support one another as black folk. You do the same. Gotta run! Have a blessed day.
@ Goldie64
You showed the world how dumb you were when you called the English NAZI's. The Nazi's were Germans you moron. The English fought alongside the Americans to fight them in WWII you ignorant ***. Your grammar comes from the english(England) dummy. Even though it's butchered, learn to not sound as stupid as you look.
sum of the ppl on this website commentin are idiots!! Just becuz no one in Europe knows who Faizon love is doesn't mean he needs to be out of the photo....I'm sure more than half of them know the other white ppl in the movie, cuz if it were all about whose face is familiar then only Vince Vaughn would have been on the cover duh!! Freakin idiots!! It's racist bottom line!!
LOOKS LIKE THOSE DUMB MOVIES THAT ARE FULL OF IDIOTIC JOKES MADE FOR MORONS WITH BARELY A QUARTER OF A BRAIN TO LEAVE @ HOME.
I NOR NO BLACK PERON I KNOW WILL BE WATCHING THIS PIECE OF ISH, I'LL MAKE SURE OF THAT.
AND I HOPE THE REST OF YOU FOLLOW IN MY FOOTSTEPS.
BLACK PEOPLE HAVE ALLOOOT MORE POWER THAN THE WHITE MAN WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING HARD TO GET @ HIS *** CHEECKS, EVEN IF IT MEANS BACKSTABBIN EACH OTHER, WE NEVER SEE IT.
@SystemVII.. clearly you never got enough attention as a child way too many *** being locked in a closet got you a little rattled even as an adult thats ok we understand . now to correct your mind-numbing ignorance clearly you are commonsensically challenged! so i am begging you mediatakeout users to not get mad at this "uncle tom" for if it weren't for him we wouldn't have myspace...moving on...you said will smith is not nearly as big a draw as vince vaugh are you sniffing clue?? "the break up"made $15.m "7 pounds" made over 16m eat ya words now!! with a side order of ***!
I was in the military for a decade *** have lived in Europe, Asia, *** the Middle East and by far USA is THE MOST RACIST, HATEFUL COUNTRY OF ALL! I didnt xprnc any racism anyplace Ive ever lived xcpt America! Why u think so many people of color opt to live in Europe? I love America but it IS a *** azz, hate breeding country!
GuessJeans and System are completely on point on this topic. Faizon Love couldn't draw ants to a picnic so why is it a big deal that he isn't in the picture? The purpose of a poster is to highlight the STARS who will bring people into the theatre. People here don't show up to the megaplex to watch him so what makes people think Europeans even know who he is or that he would draw there? This is a non-issue, sorry mediatakeout.
THATS HOW THESE KKKRACKERS REALLY FEEL ABOUT YOU NEGROS. YALL COONS NEED TO STOP RIDIN THESE KKKRACKERS *** LIKE THEY GIVE A FU*CK ABOUT YALL. YALL COONS HATIN ON KANYE FOR TAYLOR SWIFT - THE BI*TCH WHO WHEN TO THAT SWATISKA PARTY. BLACK REPUBLICAN COONS AND BLACK WOMEN THINK YALL EQUAL TO WHITES - THINK AGAIN. THE KKKRACKERS STILL LOOK DOWN ON BLACK LIKE YALL STILL SLAVES. THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THEY REMIND THE SAME.
It doesn't make sense for a producer to hire actors who share the same roles with their counter parts and not have them grace the cover or use their names in the credits. If Fazion & Kali are not marketable, then why hire them?! If marketing is the issue, the producers could have easily used well known Black actors from the UK or the US.
DonSimmons please remove the talented Mr Cheadle from your avi.Your massa feels the exact same way about him as well. Truth is "Leading white men" aren't born they are created or force-fed to the masses. Much money is pumped behind these men to make sure that the live up to the hype. They even tried to pin the *** symbol upon Vaughn by pairing him with Jen, No Black "Friends" Anison. You Don are a slave.
When US movies go overseas the(overseas) distributer of that US movie has the right to change the appearance or redsign the movie poster. Most of the time the US(distributer) sells distribution rights to that overseas distribution company, and in this case for whatever reason they were cropped out of the postere, but they had some of the funnier momments in this film,
Flag post When US movies go overseas the(overseas) distributer of that US movie has the right to change the appearance or redsign the movie poster. Most of the time the US(distributer) sells distribution rights to that overseas distribution company, and in this case for whatever reason they were cropped out of the postere, but they had some of the funnier momments in this film,
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There is no for whatever reason. We all know the reason lol
Flag post Dreayon you are right. Hollyweird not only knows Faizon is as funny as Vaughn but if they f@ck around and put him in the front of that poster, it would ruin the message of Leading White Massa
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Yeah he's comedy. People really believe this man face is gone stop viewers from supporting this movie even after advertising trailers of the movie on television lol
@PUERTORICANDIVA LOL YOU STUPID SPIC WHITE PPL DONT LIKE YALL *** EITHER LMAO ALL THE LATINA A LIST CELEBS ARE REAL SPANISH WOMAN WHO LIVE THE CULTURE NOT SOME WATERED DOWN AS GHETTO RICANS WHO USE THE WORD *** TO REFER TO EACH OTHER MORE THEN BLACK PPL. please *** you never another blk person say "what up essay" lmao idiot.
Flag post 4 real 4 real, they're probably edited out of the movie ALTOGETHER, their names aren't even listed, u *** makin' excuses are clueless as GHANDI was shoeless!
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Edit them out the UK version?! lol That's real ridiculous. I'm hope they're in both versions lol The movie would have sold even with them on the cover. This whole cuttin' them out the credit and cover is more white BS propaganda. Whites made the same dumb excuses in the 30s and 40s to justify segregation laws.
I mean come on ppl when you ever heard two black ppl walk up to each other and say WHAT UP ESSAY, WHATS POPPIN HOMES LOL OR THATS MY SPIC. NEVER EVER BUT HOW MANY TIMES YALL SEE PUERTO RICAN SAY WHAT UP MY *** TO ANOTHER PUERTO RICAN NOT A BLACK PERSON IN SIGHT. EVERY BODY WANNA BE BLK BUT DONT REALLY WANNA BE BLK. I LUV IT AND BREATH IT!!
PUERTORICANDIVA FU*CK YOU DIRTY FILTHY RACIST *** *** DRINKING SCAT EATING SPIC BEANER. I TOLD YALL I'VE ENCOUNTER MORE RACISM FROM *** SPICS THAN KKKRACKERS. KKKRACKERS HATE *** SPICS AS MUCH AS THEY HATE BLACKS. YALL WAS HATING ON KANYE FOR TAYLOR SWIFT LIKE THAT SWATISKA RACIST BI*ITCH GIVE A FU*CK ABOUT YALL NEGROS. YALL NEGROS, ESPECIALLY BLACK REPUBLICANS COONS AND BLACK WOMEN COONS WHO THINK THE'RE WHITE NEED TO STOP HATING ON EACH OTHER FOR THEM RACIST KKKRACKERS AND *** SPICS BECAUSE THE'RE ALL RACISTS AND THINK THE'RE SUPERIOR TO BLACKS.
PUERTORICANDIVA FU*CK YOU DIRTY FILTHY RACIST WET*BACK *** DRINKING SCAT EATING SPIC BEANER. I TOLD YALL I'VE ENCOUNTER MORE RACISM FROM WET*BACK SPICS THAN KKKRACKERS. KKKRACKERS HATE WET*BACK SPICS AS MUCH AS THEY HATE BLACKS. YALL WAS HATING ON KANYE FOR TAYLOR SWIFT LIKE THAT SWATISKA RACIST BI*ITCH GIVE A FU*CK ABOUT YALL NEGROS. YALL NEGROS, ESPECIALLY BLACK REPUBLICANS COONS AND BLACK WOMEN COONS WHO THINK THE'RE WHITE NEED TO STOP HATING ON EACH OTHER FOR THEM RACIST KKKRACKERS AND WET*BACK SPICS BECAUSE THE'RE ALL RACISTS AND THINK THE'RE SUPERIOR TO BLACKS.
Dolemite2000 Flag post Yeah...Tht's why I don't *** with no mainstream Cracka movie. The black characters are only incidential.
The only time you see a black in a starring role is when they want you to be a Magical Negroe (The Green Mile)or a *** Chauffeur to some white biitch widow of a segregatgionist (D.M. Daisy) or a white man's Belly Warmer (Monster's Ball).
**** @DOlemite2000- LMAO! Come on now brother it isn't THAT bad.
@ Closed Captioning
Sorry but you go to Europe (and yes i've been several times) you see Denzel on posters. You see Will Smith on posters. Hell, you even see Sam Jackson on some posters. If you have the star power to carry a movie in the market where its being advertised, then you end up front and center on the poster.
I mean, really, you are making a stink over a B-list actor, come on now. Poll everyone who saw that film and I guarantee less than 1% (consisting of Faizon's family and friends lol) went to see that movie for him.
Its about star power and the ability to generate income period
TRIPLESIXCHARTER, Dolemite2000, Dreayonn are some of the few on point.
Faison is cool it's not like he's some big star here either so leave him on the poster anyway. He was most likely use to draw in the black audience. Hell, I barely saw him in the commercials.
Guess Jeans, I have respect for you but don't believe everything someone tells you. System VII is off. I rarely see someone stand on *** with conviction. Will Smith has Overbrook Entertainment and he's a major box office draw lead character. Vince Vaughn is the white Sam Jackson, in plenty of movies. Vince recently coming up
Comparing Vince to Sam is an overstatement. He is the coincidental comedic filler actor. I haven't seen any layering in his acting. Has he done any dramatic roles, has he been nominated for an Oscar.
How could Friday be a flop for grossing 28M when it only took $3.5M to make. They made double that the first week and that my friends is called a HIT.
There would not have been any follow ups if it wasn't a profitable franchise.
DonSimmons the funk you are smelling is coming from your top lip. You are right, my rant has little to do with Faizon and everything to do with the built in racism which many of you choose to ignore. Just because you were told you are free doesn't make it so. Racial profiling tactics are used to fill these prisons and many businesses are making profits once again by enslaving you. That's happening now for you illiterate f@cks!! Coons for sale. Get your Coons for Sale!! Opening bid $1
By the way....where's Spike Lee,John Singleton & what's the name of those director brother who made "Dead Presidents" where we need them?The movie biz is at its all time low,especially for black talent...With all due respect,Tyler Perry is good at what he does,he's been doing his thing for awhile now but I feel that he lacks diversity/versatility..call me crazy but seems to me that his movies are pretty much about the same thing & tend to somewhat stereotype...Spike Lee on the other hand,always used actors of all demographics,& good actors at that...what happened?
& as bad as what I'm about to type might read..Faison Love doesn't have that many options in the biz if he insist on not losing the excess weight..let's face it ppl,it's been obvious that Hollywood tends to market more non black "physically appealing/ideal"talent to the better roles/movies,that's just a fact!..With that being said,unless he sheds the weight,takes much more pride in his appearance as well learning how to turn down the "stereotypical"overweight African American goofy roles he usually portrays,he has nonone to blame but himself if he's not credited properly for his work!
Black people in Hollywood get done the worse. Its the only place discrimination is LEGAL... The black dudes are almost always cooning.... Black women get the wackest roles availabe. even in movies they should be starring in.... It could be a movie about hip hop and they will put the black chick as the friend to the latina. LOL! OR even worse they always put the lightest blacks up in roles as the attractive leads and the darker blacks are the prostitutes, ghetto queens welfare loud mouths.... Blacks in Hollywood are puppets to the execs.
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@ SystemVII WOW! The point is why put him in the U.S. ad and take him out of the European ad. If Vince Vaughn is such a great actor (money maker) him being in the ad *** even matter. Second, for a Black actor to get a lead role they practically have to sell their soul. So don't dis Blacks for making movies that go straight to DVD. We need more Black movies and Tyler Perry is doing a WONDERFUL JOB of putting people out there. So, don't you justify the erasing of a Black actor. If they were not going to put him in the European ad don't stick him in the U.S. ad.
Tiredofurpipedreams, take your life raft , riding to America, 50 in a car, Goya bean eating, prom dress wearing while you wash ya salvation army clothes at the local laundry mat, no speaking the English a$$, farm animals in your apartment having, pointy toe shoe wearing while playing basketball, ashamed to be black, racist a$$ back to your country!!!!! Isn't that the Dominican Republic flag? If not, then where because it *** sure ain't the U.S. Flag! and since you hate black people so much then why in the fu** are you on this website. You need to go and watch telemundo, island negro!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, and to my black brotha's and sista's, does this *** with whitey over there in Europe surprise you? Even when it comes to the actual ticket sales, they try to run game on us! I read that you should always check your ticket stub's because they will steal ticket sales from black movie's by giving you a ticket for a white movie!!!!! So when the weekly sales come out, most of the sales will go to the white movie's!!! They do that $hit all the time in FollyWeird.
Iam Legend starring Will Smith brought in a 585 million worldwide. Couple retreat brought in 192 million. ALso, Beyonce and Jayz were declared I think number 3 or 2 as the most powerful couple in entertainment. They were higher than Angelina Jolie and Bradpit. Jayz and Beyonce brought in over a 100 million last year, while brangelina brought in 30 million. So, for the posters that are posting things that not accurate and based on color. Please do some research first! There is a lot of equality in Hollywood!
PUERTORICANDIVA, GO AND $UCK ON A BIG, BLACK, DI**!!!! If it weren't for Africans, you mango munching, roach breeding, people wouldn't even exist!!! Why are all of these Latinos so arrogant, and racist all of a sudden? I know that it's always been there, but it seem like know that they are the biggest minority group today, they all of a sudden started coming out of everywhere with these racist remark's, and everywhere you go they try to act and dress like us! Like that reaggaeton ***$hi*, hip hop mixed with reggae, what the fu** is that? I grew up with them, they r racist!!!!NOT ALL !
I agree with SOME of the bloggers on here. We as BLACK PEOPLE need to invest in our own community. An I'm not talking about black typical business like a beauty shop, a church on *** near EVERY corner, a chicken joint. It seem like that's all black folks can offer us which is nothing much really. If the hair business is making billions of dollars mostly from black folks why not try to invest in some black hair products? I'm just saying. It's deeper than this. We need to start doing better by our own.
LMAO!!! @ Closed Captioning. The only thing going for $1 are those bean pies you're selling on the street corner. I see you didn't dispute the point about this post because you CAN'T. This poster isn't about black and white fool, its about GREEN and who has the marketability to bring it in. And all that *** you are talking doesn't change that so step off the soap box and loosen your bow tie fool.
4 everybody thats saying the black actors are NOT big draws(system)and thats the reason why they where air brushed got it ALL WRONG!! Ask yaself this, Who else on that poster beshides Vince is a big draw? All are non-factor actors, maybe jason bateman can get a nod and the chick from *** in the city. MAYBE!!! Aint no reason why they got knocked off and nobody else didnt!! STOP taking up 4 ignorance!! Sometimes it just is wut it is!
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I feel you SystemVII, however that is the problem. Vince Vaughn or any white actor becomes big because of marketing and exposure. How can Faison Love or any black actor improve their craft if they are not marketed? That is why a lot of black actors are not mainstream because whites do not want to make them mainstream. Remember black people, whites did not enslave you for over 400 years, lynch you, beat you, etcc just to give you equality now.
@SystemVII
You are the poster boy for self-loathing. Its obvious through your writing you hate your own blackness as much as you hate ours. You defend these white people like you're their house boy. The reality is two black people were edited out of the movie poster. This has been a practice since blacks started staring in movies alongside white people. Of course you wouldn't notice this because you don't look for black people. Your defense is "those ni@@ers don't deserve to be on the poster", yet every commercial had them in it. Stop focusing your anger on your own people.
@ swtchocolatykizz
I agree with what you said about Precious. I take offense to all of the "look who's ashy" or "girl get yo weave fixed" posts especially when mixed with "baaaaaling look at his jewlery!" posts. As a group we need to get our priorities straight or they will airbrush us right out of America.
