Black women who want an Oscar? Play a maid!
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reset3 — 14 years ago(February 26, 2012 09:21 PM)
How about Jennifer Hudson or Whoopi Goldberg or Halle Berry. They have all won Oscars and did not play a maid. Yes, Octavia Spencer won the Oscar for her portrayal of a maid, but unlike Hattie McDaniel (who also one for playing a maid) Octavia showed a different perspective on maids during that time. Minny, Octavia's character, was not docile, subservient, nor did she live to please her employers and but them above herself. I think she is a great actress and deserved her award.
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By_u — 14 years ago(February 27, 2012 03:58 AM)
Sorry but that's just ridiculous. By your logic any afro-american actor playing almost any character form the 17th century to the 19th century (and possibly up to the 50s or 60s) would be playing a subservient role.
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mickfoley123 — 14 years ago(February 27, 2012 07:09 AM)
Sorry but that's just ridiculous. By your logic any afro-american actor playing almost any character form the 17th century to the 19th century (and possibly up to the 50s or 60s) would be playing a subservient role.
They would be because that's how history was.
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mickfoley123 — 14 years ago(February 27, 2012 07:12 AM)
Her character was far from subservient. Ugh Watch the movie!
I don't need to. She played a black maid with poor English in the early 1960s in the deep South. If she went any lower she would have been a full out slave. -
mickfoley123 — 14 years ago(February 27, 2012 07:07 AM)
if she hadn't won you'd probably be COMPLAINING that she didn't win cause she is black.
Wrong. I would have been happy if she didn't win. Why would I be happy with a black woman winning an Oscar for playing a maid? -
mickfoley123 — 14 years ago(February 27, 2012 07:41 AM)
To bad cause Octavia seemed really happy. It was already pointed out that not all black oscar winners have played maids but of course complaining just makes us feel better.
Earlier I clarified my point and said negative stereotypes or subservient roles.
Oscars
Denzel Washington - Training Day
Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
Hattie McDaniel - Gone With the Wind
Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost = played a con-artist and the "magical Negro"
Monique - Precious
Golden Globes
Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple, Ghost
Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy
Monique - Precious
Octavia Spencer - The Help
Movies that received a lot of praise in recent years
The Help
Precious
The Blind Side
There's a pattern here and I'm not the only black person to raise this issue.
