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35 minutes ago, LondonScribe said:

Off the top of my head, I think the straw that broke the camel’s back with her and some of her colleagues (Lamon Archey and Linsey Godfrey were particularly vocal) was a like/support for that tweet from Candace Owens where she castigated the black community for making a ‘martyr’ out of George Floyd.

 

If I have the tweet wrong, I’m happy to be corrected, but without looking back over the story, I think that’s what it was.

 

Missy liked a bunch of Candace Owen's posts that were unsupportive of Black Lives Matter.  There were a few "likes" which caused a kerfuffle back in June when someone pointed them out -- and this made the news.  But further inquiry shows that Missy had a history of liking C.O. posts.

When Greenwald and Poitras helped Snowdon, I thought they did great. 

But I began to think of Greenwald as trash with his continual refusal to believe that Russia is interfering with American elections. Sure there are many different entities interfering with American elections. But it's folly to deny that Russia is one of those entities.

I wanted the show to be re-centered around the hospital instead of Sonny's mob life.

So what do they do? They have mobster Cyrus take over the hospital.

 

That was NOT what I wanted when I wanted more hospital stories.

 

I. do. not. want. the. mob. anywhere. on. the. show.

5 hours ago, Legacy said:

Also you can add theo from Y&R, they made his connection to both Brooks and abbots. Im still tryna figure out what they are gonna do with these connections.

 

The topic about is Black or other POC (persons of color) characters.  Y&R's Theo isn't one.

On AMC, Reggie Porter was originally played by Chadwick Boseman.  Reggie was originally written as a teen street kid. Chadwick asked "the powers that be" intelligent questions about the character, to see if Reggie had any talents or anything to make him more than a stereotype.  "The powers that be" listened and thanked him -- but they let him go after only three episodes.  Then the show revamped the role -- and recast it with Michael B. Jordan who was in the role for a few years.  Chadwick's comments caused AMC to make changes, which then positively impacted Michael B. Jordan.  The actors spoke about this; and this was discussed on a few other threads recently after Chadwick passed away.

 

The character Reggie Porter was later adopted by Jackson Montgomery and he took the Montgomery surname.  Jackson married  Erica Kane.  So then Reggie Montgomery became Erica's stepson, and a brother to Bianca,  Kendall, and Greenlee.

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Bright Eyes said:

Anyway, the creation of Eli Grant on DAYS has always left me pondering if there were ever any other black characters introduced as part of the main white families on other shows. I thought the soap historians here could interject with their knowledge, not just of other black characters, but other races as well. I know of a couple more, but I'll let other posters bring them to attention if they so choose.

 

You're referring to Eli's father David being Julie's son, which makes Eli a part of the Horton family.

 

Eli was introduced as Valerie and David's son.

 

But Eli's mother Valerie has been a longtime character for ages.
Valerie was part of her own prominent black family -- the Grant family -- who were on the show many years ago.  A few different actresses have played Valerie through the years.  She had a brother and two parents and they had quite a storyline back in the day.

15 hours ago, Khan said:

Why is ED so dead set on not returning full-time to Y&R?

She's stated in the past that she simply doesn't want to work full-time at any show. The long hours plus the long commute equals too much time away from family.

 

 

 

by the way, Lynda Hirsch issued a correction.

"A girl can dream, can't she? I was so thrilled that Eileen Davidson (Ashley) was headed back to "The Young and the Restless." I had her returning for long run. Davidson let me know her stay is for a finite stay. Too bad. The actress and the character always bring a touch of class to the show. For now, we will take what we can get."
https://www.creators.com/read/lynda-hirsch-on-soaps/09/20/lynda-hirsch-on-television-gossip-48319

7 hours ago, Faulkner said:

LOL. Let’s see them put their money where their mouths are or if this is them just dropping fashionable terms as a gesture.

 

I agree!

 

1 hour ago, Dylan said:

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They have lily and billy talking about systematic racism and his privilege and how they need to be more diverse at chancellor snd do better. 

 

 

I about fell off my chair when I read the recap.

Here is what is says in the SOC recap Tues Sept 8 CDN (Wed Sept 9 US):

 

3 hours ago, Chatty Cakes said:

Did the final Sally scenes air? 

Yes. August 3rd.

4 hours ago, Chatty Cakes said:

Speaking of commercials is that Dr. Penny in the “We don’t have to cook anymore” commercial?

 

Monica Ruiz plays Dr. Penny Escobar. She is known for a 2019 Peloton commercial.

I checked "ispot.tv" (they tell who the actors are in commercials). 
Janelle Gaeta is in the Freshly commercial.
https://www.ispot.tv/topic/actor-actress/oT_/janelle-gaeta

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

The return no one was asking for.

 

Agreed. So annoying.

 

 

Just now, LondonScribe said:

Any ideas how to get a hold of the interview? International guest here

The entire bit about Ava's return is what I posted two posts above yours. The rest of the article is about other characters/actors/plots, etc. plus COVID-19 precautions on set.

The rest of the article is in SOD -- you can  purchase a single issue of it online, in about 18 hours from when I am posting this, at zinio.com or pressreader.com.   The front cover says "How Days Will Change".

 

 

From a long piece about various things, several actors/characters and also the COVID-19 precautions for the start of filming . 
This is all it says about Ava.

 

What Fox News said happened

^ Fox news spinning the story that the salon owner told.

 

 

 

More about what happened:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Speaker-Pelosi-calls-salon-visit-a-set-up-15538247.php

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to apologize Wednesday for her controversial visit to a San Francisco hair salon, calling it “a setup” and suggesting that she had been tricked by the business owner.

Pelosi said she took responsibility for falling for the “setup” to have her hair done inside at a San Francisco salon on Monday, which is prohibited by the city’s regulations.

The San Francisco Democrat said if anyone was owed an apology, it was her by the salon.

“I think that this salon owes me an apology, for setting me up,” she said at an event about school reopenings in San Francisco’s Noe Valley.

Pelosi’s visit to a San Francisco salon on Monday set off a firestorm when Fox News published security footage of it Tuesday.

Her visit was one day before salons were allowed to begin opening, but only outdoors.
San Francisco is nearly the only Bay Area jurisdiction still not allowing salons to reopen indoor services.

“I take responsibility for trusting the word of the neighborhood salon that I’ve been to over the years many times and when they said, ‘We’re able to accommodate people one person at a time,’ I trusted that,” the speaker said during a combative exchange with reporters in the empty school yard of Mission Education Center Elementary School.

Pelosi’s response acknowledged she was not aware of local rules prohibiting such indoor treatments. She wasn’t asked why she didn’t know the city’s rules. Pelosi splits her time between her home in San Francisco and her work in Washington, D.C.

In her conversation with Fox News published Tuesday, the owner of the business, eSalon, criticized the speaker’s visit as the city keeps her doors shut amid the pandemic. She claimed that she was unable to prevent it, as an independent stylist who rents a chair in her establishment was the one who hosted Pelosi. The owner, Erica Kious, told Fox News that she got a text the day before saying the speaker would be coming in.

Pelosi’s spokesman said in a statement Tuesday that the speaker’s office had reached out to the salon and was told it was allowed to have one customer inside at a time.

The speaker had been having her regular stylist do her hair at her home, but that person wasn’t available, her spokesman said. Instead, she arranged to have her hair styled at eSalon after being told it was OK.

the short clip released by Fox shows the speaker, with wet hair and wearing a robe, walking through the salon with a mask around her neck.

When asked Wednesday, why she wasn’t wearing a mask at the salon, the speaker said she had just had her hair washed.

“I don’t wear a mask when I’m washing my hair. Do you wear a mask when you’re washing your hair? I always wear a mask,” she said, adding the short clip that was released was when she had just left the shampoo chair.

 

 

 

And UPDATE on what *really* happened:

 

Just now, victoria foxton said:

 

  

 

Listening to the instagram video, he, his wife, and their two daughters all were diagnosed with COVID.

 

As for how they contracted the illness, The Rock said that they got it from close family friends, who are "devastated" to have passed on the virus. He added that they don't know where they themselves caught it, as he and their friends were "very disciplined" when it came to social distancing. 

He acknowledged that there needs to be "even greater discipline" when it comes to visiting with friends and family, something he hopes his followers are equally as "aggressive" about. 

On 8/29/2020 at 3:51 PM, Faulkner said:

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kareem-abdul-jabbar-on-chadwick-bosemans-importance-to-the-black-community

 

Chadwick Boseman’s Importance to the Black Community

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
 

Chadwick Boseman was not Black Panther. He was not Thurgood Marshall. He was not Jackie Robinson. He was not James Brown. He was a highly skilled actor who was able to bring his unique blend of intensity, charm and passion to these icons that made them memorable beyond the films themselves. It is Boseman's kind but determined face that we see in our minds when we think of Black heroes, it is his compassionate but serrated voice we hear. He was one of those rare actors whose work embodied a gentle soulfulness that drew us to him. Jimmy Stewart had it. So did Sidney Poitier. We knew they cared. They made us care.

 

Actors and athletes are just entertainers, yet they carry a disproportionate amount of influence on society. People look up to them, often mistaking their talent at their jobs, their ability to make the audience feel deeply — whether happy, sad, inspired, depressed — with being worthy of that admiration. Lately, though, actors and athletes have proven themselves to be as dedicated and inspiring offscreen and off the court as they are on. They have earned our admiration, not just as entertainers but as people dedicated to bettering their community.

 

That’s what makes Chadwick Boseman so important to the Black community. He was and is a celluloid monument as powerful as the Lincoln Memorial, a visual manifestation of the qualities African Americans strive for, so that his name itself conjures the image of a Black man with integrity and courage. Someone devoted to truth and an unwillingness to compromise his principles.

 

He chose to keep his cancer a secret, I suspect in order to keep working and to project the same personal strength that his characters showed. Looking back, it seems as if his decision not to share his health struggles with the public was an even greater act of courage because it allowed people to maintain their image of the characters he played and be inspired by their heroics. Of course, that selfless choice makes him even more admirable and heroic to all of us.

 

The death of someone so young and vital is always a blow because it yanks our own mortal coil with a fearful snap. But this is worse because Boseman consistently played characters that gave the Black community pride and hope. We came out of his movies with straighter spines and wider smiles. We would look at each other and nod, feeling like we were part of something bigger than ourselves, something that went back generations to a whole different continent. We saw a whole history of our people’s struggles and triumphs shining in the bright eyes of one indomitable man.

 

 

Biden's full August 31st speech from Pittsburgh. 
Starts at about 6:25.

 

The closed captioning has a few errors.

 

Here is the corrected full transcript:

 

Joe Biden Pittsburgh Speech Transcript August 31

 

Good afternoon. I want to thank Carnegie Mellon for providing this space and all the promise it holds for future jobs in the high tech world.

 

In the recent days, we’ve had a lot of talk about who’s going where; and how I’ve decided to come to Pittsburgh to talk a little bit about what’s going on right now.

 

In the early days of World War II, Franklin Roosevelt told the country, and I quote: “The news is going to get worse and worse before it gets better and better. And the American people deserve to have it straight from the shoulder.”

Straight from the shoulder. The job of a president is to tell it straight from the shoulder, tell the truth, to be candid, to face facts. To lead, not to incite. That’s why I’m speaking to you today.

 

The incumbent president is incapable of telling us the truth, incapable of facing the facts and incapable of healing. He doesn’t want to shed light, he wants to generate heat and he’s stoking violence in our cities. This is a tragic fact of the matter, about his perilous hour, how he’s dealing with this perilous hour in our nation.

 

And now we have to stand against violence in every form it takes. Violence we’ve seen again and again and again -- of unwarranted police shooting, excessive force, seven bullets in the back of Jacob Blake. Knee on the neck of George Floyd, killing of Breonna Taylor in her own apartment, violence of extremists and opportunists, right wing militias… 
… [technical glitch in the recording of this speech] … 
… and to derail any hope and support for progress.  The senseless violence of looting and burning and destruction of property.

 

I want to make it absolutely clear, so I’m going to be very clear about all of this:
Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting. It’s lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted. Violence will not bring change, it will only bring destruction. It’s wrong in every way. It divides instead of unites, destroys businesses, only hurts the working families that serve the community. It makes things worse across the board, not better. No, it’s not what Dr. King or John Lewis taught, and it must end.

 

Fires are burning, and we have a president who fans the flames rather than fighting the flames. But we must not burn, we have to build.

 

This president, long ago, forfeited any moral leadership in this country. He can’t stop the violence, because for years he’s fomented it. You know, he may believe mouthing the words “law and order” makes him strong. But his failure to call on his own supporters to stop acting as an armed militia in this country shows how weak he is. Does anyone believe there’ll be less violence in America if Donald Trump is reelected?

 

We need justice in America. We need safety in America.
 

We’re facing multiple crises. Crises that under Donald Trump have kept multiplying:
•    COVID,
•    Economic devastation,
•    Unwarranted police violence,
•    Emboldened white nationalists,
•    A reckoning on race,
•    Declining faith in the birth ... of the right American future. 

There’s no reason why we can’t just do so much more than we’re doing. 

The common thread:
•    An incumbent president who makes things worse, not better.
•    An incumbent president who sows chaos rather than providing order.
•    An incumbent president who fails in the basic duty of the job, which is to advance the truth that all of us know -- that we’re all born with the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
That’s right. All of us.
•    The moms and dads in Scranton, where I grew up, who have worked and scraped for everything they’ve ever gotten in life.
•    The auto worker in Michigan, who still makes the best automobile in the world.
•    Single mom in Ohio, working three jobs just to stay afloat, who’ll do anything for her child.
•    Retired veteran in Florida who gave everything he had to this country, and now just wants us to honor the promises made to him.
•    Lord & Taylor salesperson who just lost their job -- a store closing after 194 years in business.
•    Nurses and doctors in Wisconsin who’ve seen so much sickness, so much death in the past six months. And they wonder how much more, how much more can they take, but still they muster up the courage to take care of those patients in this pandemic while risking their own lives. 
•    Researchers in Minnesota who woke up this morning determined to find a breakthrough in treating cancer and who’ll do the same thing tomorrow and the day after and the day after, because she’ll never give up.
•    White, Black, Latino, Asian American, Native Americans, everybody, I’m in this campaign for you. No matter your color, no matter your zip code, no matter your politics.

 

When I think of the presidency, I don’t think about myself. It isn’t about my brand. It’s about you, the American people. We can do better and we have to do better. I promise you this. We will do better.

 

You know, the road back begins now in this campaign. You know me, you know my heart, you know my story, my family story. Ask yourself, do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?

 

I want a safe America, safe from COVID, safe from crime and looting, safe from racially motivated violence, safe from bad cops. Let me be crystal clear, safe from four more years of Donald Trump.

 

I look at this violence and I see lives and communities and the dreams of small businesses being destroyed, and the opportunity for real progress on issues of race and police reform and justice being put to the test.

 

Donald Trump looks at this violence and he sees a political lifeline. Having failed to protect this nation from the virus that has killed more than 180,000 Americans so far, Trump posts an all caps tweet, screaming “LAW AND ORDER” to save his campaign.

 

One of his closest political advisers in the White House doesn’t even bother to speak in code, just comes out and she says it. “The more chaos, violence, the better it is for Trump’s reelection.” Just think about that. This is a sitting president of the United States of America. He’s supposed to be protecting this country, but instead he’s rooting for chaos and violence. The simple truth is Donald Trump failed to protect America. So now he’s trying to scare America. 

 

Since Donald Trump and Mike Pence can’t run on their record that has seen more American death to a virus -- this virus -- than the nation suffered in every war since Korea combined, since they can’t run on their economy that has seen more people lose their jobs than any time since the Great Depression, since they can’t run on a simple proposition of sending our children safely back to school, since they have no agenda or vision for a second term, Trump and Pence are running on this -- and I find it fascinating -- quote: “You won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America.” 

And what’s their proof? The violence we’re seeing in Donald Trump’s America. 

 

These are not images of some imagined Joe Biden America in the future. These are images of Donald Trump’s America today.

 

He keeps telling you if only he was president, it wouldn’t happen. If he was president. He keeps telling us that if he was president, you’d feel safe. Well he is president, whether he knows it or not. And it is happening. It’s getting worse. And you know why. 

•    Because Donald Trump adds fuel to every fire.
•    Because he refuses to even acknowledge that there’s a racial justice problem in America.
•    Because he won’t stand up to any form of violence. He’s got no problem with right-wing militia, white supremacists, and vigilantes with assault weapons. Often better armed than the police. Often in the middle of the violence at the protestors and aiming it there.
•    And because tens of millions of Americans simply don’t trust this president to respect their rights, to hear their concerns or to protect them.

 

It doesn’t have to be this way.

 

When President Obama and I were in the White House, we had to defend federal property. We did it. We didn’t see it. You didn’t see us whipping up fears around the deployment of secret federal troops. We just did our job and the federal property was protected.

 

When president Obama and I were in office, we didn’t look at cities as Democratic or Republican run. These are American cities.

 

But Trump doesn’t see himself as president for all of America.

 

Frankly, I believe if I were president today, the country would be safer and we’d be seeing a lot less violence, and here’s why:

•    I have said we must address the issue of racial injustice. I’ve personally spoken to George Floyd’s family, and to Jacob Blake’s family. I know their pain. And so do you. I know the justice they seek and so do you. They’ve told us, “None of this violence respects or honors George or Jacob.” I believe we can bring these folks fighting for racial justice to the table.

•    I’ve worked with police in this country for many years. I know most cops are good, decent people. I know how they risk their lives every time they put that shield on and go out the door. I’m confident I can bring the police to the table as well.

•    I’d make sure every mayor and governor had the support they needed from the federal government. But I wouldn’t be looking to use the United States military against our own people.

•    If I were president, my language would be less divisive, I’d be looking to lower the temperature in this country, not raise it. I’d be looking to unite the nation. 

 

But look, if Donald Trump wants to ask the question, “Who will keep you safer as president?” Let’s answer that question:

 

First, some simple facts. When I was Vice President, violent crime fell 15% in this country. We did it without chaos and disorder. And yes, we did it with Democratic mayors in most of the major cities in this country. The murder rate now is up 26% across the nation this year under Donald Trump. Do you really feel safer under Donald Trump?

 

COVID has taken this year, just since the outbreak, has taken more than 100 ... Look, the lives, ... it’s just ... when you think about it, more lives this year than any other year for the past 100 years. More than 180,000 lives in just six months, an average of 1,000 people dying every day in the month of August. Do you really feel safe under Donald Trump?

 

Mr. Trump, you want to talk about fear? Do you know what people are afraid of in America? Afraid they’re going to get COVID. They’re afraid they’re going to get sick and die. And that is in no small part because of you.

•    We’re now on track to more than 200,000 deaths in this country due to COVID.
•    More than 100,000 seniors have lost their lives to the virus.
•    More cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol.
•    Nearly one in six small businesses have closed in this country today.
Do you really feel safer under Trump?

 

What about Trump’s plan to destroy the Affordable Care Act, and with it, the protections for preexisting conditions that impacts more than 100 million Americans? Does that make you feel safer?

 

Or how about Trump’s plan to defund Social Security? The Social Security Administration’s chief actuary just released a report saying that if a plan like the one Trump is proposing goes into effect, the Social Security Trust Fund would be, and I quote, “Permanently depleted by the middle of calendar year 2023, with no ability to pay benefits thereafter.” To put it plainly, Trump’s plan with wipe out Social Security period. Do you feel safer and more secure now?

 

The fear that reigns under this president doesn’t stop at our shores. The Kremlin has put bounties on the heads of American soldiers. And instead of telling Vladimir Putin that there’d be no putting up with this, that there’d be a heavy price to pay if they dare touch an American soldier, this president doesn’t even bring up the subject in his multiple phone calls with Putin. It’s been reported that Russian forces just attacked American troops in Syria, injuring our service members. Did you hear the president say a single word? Did he lift one finger? Never before has an American president played such a subservient role to a Russian leader. It’s not only dangerous, it’s humiliating and embarrassing for the rest of the world to see, it weakens us. Not even American troops can feel safer under Trump.

 

 

Donald Trump’s role as a bystander in his own presidency extends to the economic plan and pain. The plan he doesn’t have and the pain being felt by millions of Americans. He said this week, and I quote, “You better vote for me, or you’re going to have the greatest depression you’ve ever seen.” Does he not understand and see the tens of millions of people who’ve had to file for unemployment this year so far? The people who won’t be able to make next month’s rent payment? The people who lost wages, or the cost of groceries have gone up dramatically?

 

President Obama and I stopped a depression in 2009. We took a bad economy that was falling and turned it around.

 

Trump took a good economy and drove it back into the ditch. Through his failure to get COVID under control, his failure to pull together the leaders in Congress, his failure to deliver real relief to working people, has made our country’s economic situation so much worse, so much worse than it had to be. 

 

We talk about safety and security. We should talk about basic security of being able to look your child in the eye and tell them, “Everything’s going to be okay. Don’t worry, honey. We’re not going to lose our home. We’re going to be able to put food on the table. It’s going to be okay.” It’s the job of the president.

 

I’ve laid out an agenda for economic recovery that will restore a sense of security for working families. We won’t just build things back the way they were before. 
•    We’re going to build them back better with good paying jobs.
•    Building our nation’s roads, bridges, solar rays, windmills.
•    With investments in our healthcare and childcare workers so they get the pay and dignity they deserve, while easing the financial burdens on millions of families.
•    With a clean energy strategy that has a place for the energy workers right here in Western Pennsylvania. I am not banning fracking. Let me say that again: I am not banning fracking. No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me. 

 

This future, the future, that’s what this is all about.  

 

You know, we hear Donald Trump’s self-centered rants and riffs, but the voice of Americans should be heard. And one you should listen to is Julia Jackson, the mother of Jacob Blake. Hers is a voice of courage, character and wisdom. Looking at the damage that has been done in her city, she said, quote: “The violence and destruction doesn’t reflect my son or my family.” These are the words of a mom, a mother, whose son had just been shot seven times in front of his children, badly injured, paralyzed, perhaps permanently. And even as she seeks justice for her son, she’s pleading for an end to the violence and for this nation to heal. She said she was praying for her son. Then she said something to me that that surprised me. She said she was praying for all police officers. She said was already been praying for America even before her son was shot. She’s publicly asked all of us to examine our hearts, citizens, elected officials, the police, all of us. And then she said, this, quote:  “We need healing. More than anything, that’s what we need to do as a nation. We need to heal.”

 

Our current president wants you to live in fear, he advertises himself as a figure of order. He isn’t.  And he’s not been part of the solution thus far. He’s part of the problem. The problem, I, as president, will give you my all resolve to stop. I’ll deal with the virus, I’ll deal with the economic crisis, and I’ll work to bring equality and opportunity to everyone.

 

We’ve arrived at a moment in this campaign, we all know, including the press in front of me, knew we’d get to. The moment when Donald Trump would be so desperate, he’d do anything to hold onto power.

 

Donald Trump has been a toxic presence in our nation for four years. Poisoning how we talk to one another, poisoning how we treat one another, poisoning the values this nation has always held dear, poisoning our very democracy. Now, in just a little over 60 days, we have a decision to make. Will we rid ourselves of this toxin or will we make it a permanent part of our nation’s character?

 

You know, as Americans, I’m confident we believe in honesty and decency, treating everyone with dignity and respect, giving everyone a fair shot, leaving no one behind, giving hate no safe harbor, and demonizing no one. We, up to now, always recognize there’s something bigger than ourselves, that’s what we’re about.

 

Trump doesn’t seem to believe in any of that.

 

Look, I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it, America is an idea. It’s the most powerful idea in the history of the world. And I believe it beats in the hearts of the people of this country. All men and women are created equal and they deserve to be treated equally.

Trump has sought to remake this nation in his image: selfish, angry, dark, and divisive. This is not who we are.

 

At her best, America’s always been -- and if I have anything to do it, it will be again -- generous, confident, an optimistic nation full of hope and resolve. 

 

Donald Trump is determined to instill fear in America. That’s what his entire campaign for the presidency has come down to: fear.

 

But I believe Americans are stronger than that. I believe we’ll be guided by the words of Pope John Paul II, words drawn from the Scriptures. Be not afraid, be not afraid. Fear never builds the future, but hope does. And building the future is what America does, what we’ve always done. In fact, it’s what we have done best and continue to do best. This is the United States of America. There’s not a single thing beyond our capacity when we decide to do it together. So let’s get together.

 

I want to thank you all. May God bless you, and may God protect our troops.

 

--End transcript.

Statement from filmmaker Spike Lee

 

 

Spike Lee directed Chadwick Boseman in the Netflix film "Da 5 Bloods", released on Netflix on June 12, 2020. The film centered on four African American Vietnam veterans who reunite and return to Vietnam in order to find the remains of their fallen leader and the treasure they had hidden away. During the film, scenes are shown of the past in Vietnam with the four men and their leader. The four surviving squadron members were played by Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.; with Chadwick Boseman playing their leader "Stormin' Norman" who had died.

 

 

Every year, filmmaker Spike Lee holds an annual block party for Michael Jackson's birthday (Aug 29th).  It's usually in person in Brooklyn, but this year, the party was virtual/online, and streamed on the Michael Jackson youtube channel. (The youtube video is now labeled as "private". Apparently it was meant only to be viewed live).
 

This year, M.J.'s birthday was the day after Chadwick passed on.
During the MJ birthday virtual block party,  Spike Lee recalled working with the late actor last year on the film "Da 5 Bloods".

Several media outlets quoted what Spike Lee said during the Michael Jackson's birthday virtual block party that he hosted:
 

Lee began the virtual listening party explaining that he was "floored by the crushing news" of Boseman's death.

 

After dedicating Jackson's song "Gone Too Soon" to Boseman, Lee reflected on his time working with the late star, who played squad leader Stormin' Norman in the Vietnam War film "Da 5 Bloods" released earlier this year:

 

"We filmed Da 5 Bloods in Thailand, and it was hot, jungles, mountains, and Chadwick was there with us all the way. I never, ever suspected that anything was wrong. No one knew he was going through treatment, chemotherapy," Lee began. He went on to call Boseman a "trooper" and someone who "never complained," adding, "He was there every single minute in the moment. And his performance is a testament to what he put into that role, and all his roles. We miss you, Chadwick, we’re going to celebrate your life."
 

Spike Lee also mentioned at the MJ block party that there was a scene filmed for the Netflix film "Da 5 Bloods" that featured Boseman singing Marvin Gaye's "God Is Love". But that scene had been deleted from the final version of the film.
 

"That scene got me when we were shooting it" the filmmaker said. "Watching that again this morning just tore me up".

 

Spike Lee posted to his instagram account the deleted scene of Chadwick (as Stormin' Norman) singing:

 

Caption to the instagram post:
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GOD IS LOE. LOE IS CHADWICK.

 

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