Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 The Ramirez clan. Question is: What was Pete Janning?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 The whole Latino race vs. ethnicity has always confused me. I just take people at their word. I'll PM you. For all my issues with Tyler Perry, he has a good sense for soapy drama. I'd like to see what he could do with the format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 Well he played a latino so him being nominated for an ALMA makes sense. A heck of alot more than Tyler Christopher and his NAACP nom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 IDA why should a non latino be nominated for an award that for latinos in media arts? NAACP nominated Tyler because he's part Native American and they reward people of color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 It depends on the nomination: was it best actor or best character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 Actor not character. It was best actor and Kamar and Maurice were also nominated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 it should have went to Kamar anyway with those two in the nominations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 In 6th grade, I played the white passenger who made Rosa Parks get up from her seat for a Black History Month play. Does that make me white now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 It did. There was literally no competition. He presented at the last ALMA Awards because he's a winner but they got rid of the daytime actor and actress categories sicne there was no one really to nominate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 maybe thats why they were loose with their selection and why Galen was nominated then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 The NAACP Image Awards needs to do the same. At this point, it's just a matter of time before they start nominating black actors from the past. ("And the award goes to...the late Lynne Thigpen for her AMC role as Grace Keefer in 1995!") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 Seriously it's embarassing that Tatiana Ali who makes about 10 appearences a year keeps winning. One thing that cracks me up suddenly pretending the soaps are diverse when Hispanic Heritage and Black History month come along. I remember the one year there was complaints of lack of latinos on GH so they decided to keep reminding us that Maurice and Natalia are latino. It was like nevermind the fact that her character is whiter than white, Natalia is half Mexican. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 Yeah but then again, I really don't like questioning any actor's heritage. Obviously a character's heritage is up for grabs. If somebody identifies as Latino then IMO that's what they are regardless of skin tone. I did an ancestral DNA test earlier this year and found out I had oodles of Latino relatives and although I wouldn't identify as Latino, I can completely understand why somebody else would. I'm just really uncomfortable questioning an ACTOR's heritage. IMO, the real problem is casting by skin tone. I love Florencia Lozano and I agree with the above statement that the only reason Tea was so authentically Latina was because of the actress' determination to portray her as such. If it had been left up to TPTB, Tea would be as culturally white as half-Asian Blair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted September 27, 2012 Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 It wasn't about the actors being latino moreso as GH had no and still doesn't really have any openly latino characters in there stories. It was like them pretending to be diverse because they got backlash for not being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted September 27, 2012 Members Share Posted September 27, 2012 Yeah, that's way too true and not just GH. Subject change: whatever happened with Dayzee and Marcus on B&B. I was so shocked to see them get a promo for their wedding but I haven't seen anything since. Although I understand if the show is focusing on setting up Ridge and Stephanie's exits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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