Members DramatistDreamer Posted March 26, 2019 Members Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) I never could get past the second season of Empire, so stay, go... Smollett's career is of no special importance to me. I've just always found it problematic when people hold celebrities in any high esteem as any type of exemplar. It's like that old interview with ODB from WuTang Clan where he was asked what he intended to do for his community as a public figure and ODB looks straight into the camera and replies "Nothing". I feel sorry for the people who believed that Smollett was representative of anything other than himself. He did some good works, fine but he was never an exemplary figure. Frankly, anyone who is so tightly intertwined with Lee Daniels is suspect from the get go. Edited March 26, 2019 by DramatistDreamer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted March 26, 2019 Members Share Posted March 26, 2019 Wow....what a joke! 16 hours of community service?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted March 26, 2019 Members Share Posted March 26, 2019 So why should Empire hire him back? Innocent people don't need to do community service when all the charges are dropped! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 26, 2019 Members Share Posted March 26, 2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted March 26, 2019 Members Share Posted March 26, 2019 Pretty much....the ladies of The Talk were speechless and had no clue why charges were dropped. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 26, 2019 Members Share Posted March 26, 2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taoboi Posted March 26, 2019 Members Share Posted March 26, 2019 Just...wow. Like a spider web... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted March 27, 2019 Members Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Frankly, it surprises me how the state would allow a gay, black man -- celebrity or not -- to walk away from these charges with a proverbial slap on the wrist. I mean, you would expect a WHITE man -- again, celebrity or not -- to skate, but a BLACK man? If anything, another brother would be facing the needle for this! Guess it shows to go you that the only color that matters in this country is the color green. SMH. Edited March 27, 2019 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted March 27, 2019 Members Share Posted March 27, 2019 @Khan, Chicago messed up which is why raggedy ass Rahm and the police are so pissed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ReddFoxx Posted March 27, 2019 Members Share Posted March 27, 2019 Going to court and getting dismissed would have been much worse than dropping the charge. Had that happen he would have played the victim even more and create a publicity nightmare for the police department and state's attorney. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted March 27, 2019 Members Share Posted March 27, 2019 FBI Case is still on-going 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 27, 2019 Members Share Posted March 27, 2019 Scathing editorial from the Chicago Tribune. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 27, 2019 Members Share Posted March 27, 2019 This all feels so shady. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted March 27, 2019 Members Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Edited March 27, 2019 by Faulkner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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