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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I absolutely love ANGELA. Her spirit is beautiful. She is captivating in all she does.
I think that in order for Angela to get the roles that she is befitting of, more books need to come to life.
Bottom line, Angela cannot be in a "booty call" movie. Sista girl looked like Tina, Betty and Katherine Jackson in those respective roles. She is definitely the female Denzel.
In response to the article that AKAtude posted that made it appear that Angela was hating on Halle, I definitely see Angela's point. Just because both are Black women actresses does not mean they view the roles in the same way. I applaud Angela for not taking it off on the big screen. She is a symbol of African American Beauty and classy as all get out as well.
I respect Halle as well and hope that this article does not cause bitterness between the 2 women.
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I agree, that Angela Basset is such a classy woman--one that's too classy to play in the "booty call" and ghettofied movies. I have also not seen Monster's Ball, but now I definately will check it out. I resepct Angela for having integrity and doing what feels right to her. I think she and Halle are both good actresses, but from what I hear about Monster's Ball, it wasn't one of Halle's best performances (Hello! "Isiah" was the bomb!). I also think Angela should have won an Oscar for "What's Love Got to Do w/it", just as I though Denzel should have won one for "Devil in a Blue Dress" and "Malcolm X"...But y'all know how that goes
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The problem is that, as you said, we need not only need more movies, and for Hollywood to change it's racist ways and utilize the variety of Black actors and actresses, instead of typecasting and pigeonholing them into the same types of roles (ie. amny of the same actors are in multiple movies together)...