Members DRW50 Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 I think I've found the best fit for the new, hip Malcolm and Neil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 WIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 YES. I don't know how she's doing now, but a few years back, she kind of lost it. She walked off of a new Broadway play called The Violet Hour at intermission during a preview, and her understudy who I knew at the time ended up taking over the role for the rest of the run. I hope she's okay, I'm not sure if the problem was mental or physical. Come to think of it, I did see her on Nick@Nite when they picked up A Different World... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 JG's been recurring on The Vampire Diaries this season, which, normally, I would LOVE because I love JG and I love the show, but she's playing the grandmother of a 17-year-old. Granted, her character is a witch, but they've made no mention of whether or not she uses her powers to look "young." Honestly, she looks much older than she is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Difficult Diva Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 Jasmine Guy's on the CW's The Vampire Diaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 Oh wow, thanks, but yeah, a grandmother? Not that it's impossible, but it's funny to me how she seems to have entirely skipped the period of her career as mother and went straight to grandmother. I do agree that she has aged, stress and illness most likely. I think she is THE pick for Tina Knowles when they inevitably do a Beyonce biopic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 I think a lot of the reaction to this guy is colorism but that doesn't mean I don't think it won't be an epic failure. He looks younger than Lily's HUSBAND and this is not a story point. And Malcolm was all abs and handsome (until he started fighting lions and Shemar decided to be an ack-tour) and DM is most decidedly not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 Don't forget the cornrows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tanyia2 Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 No, the guy sucks plain and simple. I watched Darius in numerous projects and the guy cannot act his way out of a paper bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 That were fake! I agree that colorism is part of the equation here, I mean, I too have taken issue with that in the past when black characters have been recast. But I think it's a matter of bone structure, and then the age that are really all up under people's craws. Say what you want about how the character developed, but when you create and cast a character on hunk factor and a career is born, how do you expect loyal fans who "remember when" to react to a less than comparable recast? If you can't get a Boris Kodjoe or someone similar who has that same kind of black female fan reaction, you either have to hit it out of the park with an unknown (the *next* Shemar or whatever) or seriously consider if you want to go forward with bringing back the character. And someone was talking about Lawrence Saint-Victor as Malcolm, what kind of sense does THAT make!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 Some of it is but most of it's about TPTB purposefully casting an actor that can & will be marginalized in the minds of the audience. If TPTB had cast actors like Lamman or Mykel Jenkins there would be MUCH less chance of that happening but Malcolm's another agenda driven character so that will NEVER happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted December 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 Lamann Rucker is dark and he's a lot of people's top choice. He'd definitely be my top choice! I don't think colorism has anything to do with it honestly. To be frank....he isn't attractive AT ALL. It doesn't mean that no dark skinned guys are attractive, but he is not. He has no charisma or sex appeal. He's totally wrong for the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 It ain't colorism for me. He just looks like a slob. And I mean, come on, it's Eddie Winslow. On some metatextual level, yeah, I think you can say it's marginalizing Malcolm, whether deliberately or accidentally. The character goes from one of the most visible symbols of African-American virility and sexuality of the '90s to this fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members classicmoment Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 Well the Good News for him is, he would really have to try in order for even him to be the worst part of this show He's attractive to someone I'm sure, but he's not pretty and let's face it that seem to have been written as one of Malcolm's characteristics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tanyia2 Posted December 23, 2009 Members Share Posted December 23, 2009 LOL!!!!!! Going from Shemar to Darius is like trading in your 2009 BMW for a Ford Pinto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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