What African-American Actress should play Isis in the new movie?
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goddessemporium — 19 years ago(September 15, 2006 03:03 PM)
Your friends and co-workers are hardly 3000 + years old. And it still doesn't change all the recorded accounts that said they were black. Encluding there own. But I guess they didn't know they were black either even though they said they were. So to cover this.. We say they ment their soil was black. Also lets not forget their dialect is made up of african dialects. I guess when the Arabs took over they decided to toss their own language and pick up the africans. I am well aware of the white races that were in Africabut ancient accounts tell us that the egyptians were blacklater they did mix..but we are speaking of the core origination and that was africa..
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goddessemporium — 19 years ago(September 17, 2006 11:24 PM)
Egypt was invaded and conquered by Arab forces in 642. A process of Arabization and Islamization ensued.. with this in mind..how can they conqure themselves if they were already there?
I totally understand about Titanic..or any other various posts i've seen about black actors. If they weren't there in the time period then i have no problem with excluding them from the movie. Besides if there had been blacks on the Titanic most likely they would have been servants. Not to get off topic here but im trying to be realistic.. -
activista — 18 years ago(October 28, 2007 02:01 PM)
Why the hell not? That's so stupid and racist. Hell, I'm black and I've seen white actors/actresses play characters ALL the time throughout movie history who weren't white at all. Historians say that Jesus couldn't have possibly been a white man because of the area he lived in, yet I had no problem seeing the movie despite the fact that yet ANOTHER movie about Jesus didn't take a chance and break away from the prevailing notion that he just HAD to be a white man, even though he grew in a primarily Middle Eastern area. YOU need to get the hell over yourselfwhy the hell would a black actress in the lead not be believable? Isis is a mythical character, any damn way, so what damn difference would it make WHO played her, as long as they fit the part?
And black folks don't think that EVERY should have a main characterjust some of thembut why the hell does EVERY main character in a movie HAVE to be white? Y'all aren't the only people on the damn planet worth making movies about, or that have stories to tell that are worth telling. Why does 9 out of 10 movies have to be about y'all (besides the main that you're the majority). FYI, I remembered seeing the series when I was a young girl and I thought the character was bi-racial, or black, because she did look slightly African-American to me at the time. HA! -
franklinlj — 19 years ago(October 28, 2006 09:41 PM)
What Egyptian goddess was black?
But if Isis just becomes that way by finding jewelry, anyone can qualify, not just black actresses('African-American' is confusing, as the continent is full of native Caucasians.)
Halle Berry is still a contender; she is handling middle age pretty well. Dunno if it would help her career, tho. -
Synergi — 19 years ago(November 09, 2006 07:22 PM)
This is true. But thats how the tv show was, she found jewerly. This one is based off the comic which I haven't read so I don't know if this is the ''real'' Isis or someones body she jumped in or she just inherited her powers.
Anyone know the back drop for the comic?