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This casting is just as bad as Zoe Saladana in face paint and a fake nose to play Nina Simone but men are allowed to be dark skinned in Hollywood I guess.

It’s just wild to me that someone who is supposed to be an artist can look at a work that they wish to adapt, come across what they see as a hurdle, and in response, just take that out like no on will notice. Just... what? Consultants are hired all the time for movies. Apparently, she didn’t believe that black women’s

She also whitewashed the crap out of that film too.

But now I’m utterly confused - how do you have a story set in the South during the Civil War and NOT have any black people in it?

“Is this another case of white mediocrity being seen as greatness?”

I think she gets a pass because of her last name (and being white certainly helps), not talent. The Bling Ring has to be one of the worst movies committed to film.

But instead, because she didn’t want to portray the protagonists of her “White [Girl] Power” film as slave owners or people who were a-okay with owning slaves, she opted to leave them out entirely.

Coppola continued. “I’ve always loved the women in the South, and the South in general; it’s so exotic and different.”

She’s never been shit. If she could stop worshipping at the altar of the white blond damsel in distress tho, that would help. Shit is sickening and annoying as fuck.

God shut the fuck up.

Passive whites don’t get a pass for white supremacy.
You can’t claim you aren’t part of the system when you enjoy all the benefits that system confers to you.

Yes. Yes she did.

Did you seriously just “NotAllWhiteWomen” this article?