static

you don't start none

there won't be none

good grief…

and whomever it was that said tchalla was the best known black superhero… yeah, cuz snipes played him in three movies? come on, bottom line, it's lando, followed by blade, followed by storm.

and i'm letting you off light, cuz i suspect shaft would trump all of the comic-fantasy types. and i didn't mention mace windu either. and notice all the black i've mentioned… nary a "black" to be found in their names. that was DC weak story telling, not a universal truth. but i'm not going to mention shaft, or dolomite or undercover brother, cuz technically, they aren't superheroes.

After all the world has equality…then we can maybe bring in Aliens from distant planets!

I'm saying they can play OTHER roles as well.

Again, Blacks are the perfect examples of what other races can acheive if they fought for more roles. Blacks aren't just playing guys from africa or gang bangers. So same thing…other ethnic actors need to fight more for a broader range of roles.

While I am ranting I will say this…99% of American actors cannot do a decent Irish accent.

This post is proof of how crap Static is, a simple post detailing upcomming DCUC figures and after a few mentions of his name it is a discussion about racism LOL.

True. I agree all ethnicities have to start out somewhere. The most successfull minorities are African Americans. They started out somewhere BUT they fought for roles that broke out of the stereotype.

Me and my circle of friends were talking about that and we all thought that if every race out there…asians, latins, middle eastern, etc. tried to fight for roles to the level that blacks fought for roles, more minority actors would be successful.

I have a mixed friend who is part white asian and middle eastern and he said…"I'd rather not be an actor than play dead end stereotypical roles all my life". If I were him, I agree. I guess it depends on how much you want to succeed.

If your an actor with low ambitions be like Hiro from Heroes because as much as people like him, he won't reach A list status. There's been soooooo many stereotypical asian "dorks", etc. etc. from the 70's, 80's etc…and no asian OR latin actors have been truely respected on par with actors such as broad range actors like Johnny Depp or serious great actors like Daniel Day Lewis. That latin actor, Javier Bardam from No country for old men got best supporting but he's still not on par with Daniel Lewis. PLUS, a lot of the really good actors have accents like that Javier Bardam guy and Penelope Cruz (her acting got a lot better) even won an award.

My point is I think Hollywood needs to find a minority actor who doesnt look dorky, can act and doesnt have an accent to stay alongside the greats.

My mixed actor friend is going to make an independent movie. He'd rather be a nobody film maker than a nobody working actor. I guess it really depends on the person.

Personally, I don't agree with the actors who would rather take demeaning stereotypical roles then go home and bitch about how they've experienced some discrimination. It's like…DUDE…you're a part of the problem! lol

I think acting is a tough biz. If you want to truely succeed. I think the miniority actor has a better shot finding a high paying day job, making a film for sundace and getting recognition. My mixed friend doesn't need to work fast food. He's decided to be a cop (which pays well enough to finance his film), save all his money to the point where he's living FRUGAL as hell, and making that movie. Everyone has their own path…but damn do I respect that path a lot more than the dead end "start at stereotypical roles first" minorities of today. Why? Because it hasn't worked. Been like that since the 80's and still nothing other than the success of African amer. actors.

I think it just stems from human nature where everything has to be neatly labeled and "black and white" no grey area.

I'd say that actors of any race, whether it be Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin, or whatever are just greatful to get work, even if its counter productive. Its great to have principle and stand up for your beliefs and your ethnicity, but you also don't want to be a stereotypical actor saying, "Would you like fries with that?". Besides, even Edward James Olmos had to start out somewhere…

For example, the Hiro guy on Heroes. Me and my circle of friends (including my gf's bro's gf whos asian) starting talking about how a lot of asian actors accept dorky roles which demean their race. I know a few asian working actors that think actors like Hiro just do make it worse for them to get respectable work. Which again, I never thought of before. Kinda interesting point of view.