RTE:- Ruth Negga dismisses Samuel L Jackson's race comments

ForestFire

I really am at a loss here....

Can someone explain to me were the "Race" comments are from Samuel L Jackson in this article?

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/0606/880659-ruth-negga-dismisses-samuel-l-jacksons-race-comments/

So now picking one person over another of the same race is racist????

Is there anything that is not Racist anymore........

Have RTE screwed up on the title

osarusan

Does anyone really give a f**k?

major bill

Its a mix up!!

They used a Black actor for the film Get out cos that was the storyline, when Jackson was asked why did they use yer man he said it was cos they are cheaper as in British actors!!

I dont see where they got Ruth Neggar replies to race comment when she looks to have replied to Jacksons opinion that actors from other side of Atlantic get picked over American because they cheaper.

seamus

More context here around the comments;

“I think it’s great that movie’s doing everything it’s doing and people are loving it,” Jackson said. “But… I know the young brother who’s in the movie, and he’s British. I tend to wonder what that movie would have been with an American brother who really feels that.”

He also suggested that as a Brit, Kaluuya would not fully understand the difficulties of interracial dating experienced by African-Americans. “Daniel grew up in a country where they’ve been interracial dating for a hundred years,” he told US radio station Hot 97. “What would a brother from America have made of that role? Some things are universal but (not everything is).”

It's not anything like a racist comment, just seems like a pile of the media trying to make a big deal out of it.

It's a valid enough comment; like asking why you'd cast Kevin Spacey as an Irish gangster on the run from the IRA. Surely an Irish actor would understand the context better?

hcass

Yes, let's only cast actors in roles where they have actually experienced whatever the character(s) in the film have experienced.

It doesn't make any sense - they're supposed to be actors. Their job is to ACT.

major bill

major bill wrote: »

Ruth Neggar...

I had to do a double take. Close shave!

me_irl

Negga please!

pangbang

Everyones a racist!

Run for the hills!! No wait, the hills are racist too!! Running is racist!!

Ulysses Gaze

On the subject of racism, I tend to listen to what God has to say

Persephone kindness

ForestFire wrote: »

I really am at a loss here....

Can someone explain to me were the "Race" comments are from Samuel L Jackson in this article?

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/0606/880659-ruth-negga-dismisses-samuel-l-jacksons-race-comments/

So now picking one person over another of the same race is racist????

Is there anything that is not Racist anymore........

Have RTE screwed up on the title

Ruth Negga is lovely.
She is actually really nice I met her once. She is actually a very very shy girl

Frank O. Pinion

You know what I love? During any discussion involving the actress, Ruth Negga, some comic genius always comes out with "Negga please". It's so hilarious. Every time.

Bambi985

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

You know what I love? During any discussion involving the actress, Ruth Negga, some comic genius always comes out with "Negga please". It's so hilarious. Every time.

I LOL'd

lertsnim

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

You know what I love? During any discussion involving the actress, Ruth Negga, some comic genius always comes out with "Negga please". It's so hilarious. Every time.

It's the first time I saw it and laughed out loud I did.

ForestFire

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

On the subject of racism, I tend to listen to what God has to say

I think some of what he says he is very important. To get rid of racism we need to stop talking about it, but it seems like we (media etc) are talking about it more and more than ever before.

The less you get upset about sometime the less power you give to it also.

If an English man called an Irish man a paddy,potatoes head or fieien b@$t@£0, laughing it off would be the best action, or a quick witty retort even better (penalty misses or something)

lawred2

Persephone kindness wrote: »

Ruth Negga is lovely.
She is actually really nice I met her once. She is actually a very very shy girl

Great.

Ralf and Florian

She's British?

hairyslug

hcass wrote: »

Yes, let's only cast actors in roles where they have actually experienced whatever the character(s) in the film have experienced.

Sure, isnt that how they picked the cast of Alien and Big.

seamus

hcass wrote: »

Yes, let's only cast actors in roles where they have actually experienced whatever the character(s) in the film have experienced.

It doesn't make any sense - they're supposed to be actors. Their job is to ACT.

This actually a bigger debate in acting circles than you might think.

For example, many people really applaud the dedication of method actors like Daniel Day-Lewis or Dustin Hoffman who spend weeks or months in-character in order to achieve the perfect performance. They admire the personal sacrifice and dedication to the art.

But on the other side of the coin there are many who don't rate these guys at all. Who consider method acting to be little more than cheating. That being able to switch context, in and out of character, in and out of the moment, is an essential part of being a great actor. And method acting is just slightly more difficult than playing yourself in a movie - i.e. not art at all.

I'm guessing that that Sam Jackson probably falls into the former group and is more interested in what the end result is rather than how it was achieved.

Racism is different in different places. We in Ireland unsurprisingly find it hard to understand what it's like in America and they don't bother to learn that not everywhere is the same as America.

rossie1977

Seems like Jackson is saying...'they took our jobs'!

wakka12

the article is probably as inane as the title sounds

bur

Gbear

ForestFire wrote: »

I think some of what he says he is very important. To get rid of racism we need to stop talking about it, but it seems like we (media etc) are talking about it more and more than ever before.

The less you get upset about sometime the less power you give to it also.

If an English man called an Irish man a paddy,potatoes head or fieien b@$t@£0, laughing it off would be the best action, or a quick witty retort even better (penalty misses or something)

I think there's another level after "not talking about it" which is "everyone knows it's a laugh and they can make fun of innate characteristics of other people without any malice being intended" (as with height, hair, etc).