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Just need a thirtysomething black actor who can sing R&B, dance, and is gay or is comfortable playing gay.
Anyone but Todrick Hall.
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2 minutes ago, John said:
Lee Daniels wants to recast the role of Jamal who he based off himself
https://tvline.com/2019/02/22/empire-recasts-jamal-jussie-smollett-leaving-season-6/
Yeah, I figured he wouldn’t easily give up on that character given Jamal’s personal importance to him.
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Not to trigger anyone with these depictions of sexual assault, but there was Marty’s rape, which 26 years later is still unsettling and maybe a touch overproduced (even if it’s effective at conveying Marty’s drunken disorientation and dissociation). But it’s mostly about Powell’s manpain. Still that story touched everyone in Llanview for years, even if Marty ultimately became defined by it.
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I watched the scenes of Eden’s rape on Santa Barbara, which was also very disturbing, but it was done in this amped-up, exploitative (very Chuck Pratt) set-piece way, whereas the violence here is more unsettling through not being seen.
What really bothered me about Eden’s rape (other than the disgusting revelation that the gynecologist who examined her was the perpetrator) was that it seemed to have no big impact on characters beyond Cruz. I kept wondering, where are Eden’s siblings throughout this story? Where’s her mother? Where’s their angst and struggle? I always most appreciated soaps that showed how traumas rippled out to affect a community.
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Petty journalism feud.
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Chicago ain’t playin’ this week.
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2 minutes ago, ChitHappens said:
I've loathed Jamal from day one! The only time I will watch him sing is when he's doing a duet with Hakeem.
I just want a Noah’s Arc-like show again. And not these Signal23 YouTube series that hire Thugbait rejects.
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2 minutes ago, ChitHappens said:
I want to sympathize, but then I have to remember this was done out of self importance at the expense of POC/LGBT. There was no reason for this other than arrogance. I have to save my sympathy for someone who needs it.
Take his money and gone on.
The good thing is that I've always hated Jamal Lyon and now he will be wiped from the canvas. Took long enough but who would've thought it would be the actor's doing?!
You know, I dislike Jamal as well. They’ve played him as so humorless, and his relationships are eyeroll-worthy. But I just wanted them to fix the character, not get rid of him. Granted, the rest of the show ain’t exactly on point.
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I can’t help but feel for him, even though I’m angry as well. I hate to see black men destroyed/destroying themselves. There but for the grace of God...
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This turns my stomach. So terrifying. Again, I wasn’t a full-time viewer of the show, but my mom watched.
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He’s in a tough situation, but it appears that Fox is letting him run down the clock from these recent reports. I suppose Jussie has been advised to have their day in court to set the record straight. (Or they’re waiting to see how the more ambiguous federal investigation shakes out.) Again, who knows?
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A deep dive into how studios campaign for Oscars similarly to how politicians campaign for elections.
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Just now, Soapsuds said:
If he was innocent why did Jussie apologize? I guess someone else signed that check? Is this guy for real??
I’m interested in hearing his explanation.
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Van Jones is taking heat for comparing Jussie (at least before this incident) to Jackie Robinson:
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Four Oscars for BoRhap?!
Spoiler: the answer is no.
They suggest not including clips, which is dumb. How do you celebrate film and the great work nominees do without clips?
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Best US Soap Scenes
in Discuss The Soaps: Archive (2018 - 2020)
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Certainly no one can claim that Marty didn’t have a voice in that story. I had just forgotten how much of that scene was from Powell’s POV.