Since when is that not a stereotype?
No shit. Van Peebles is not playing a stereotype, but Snipes wasn't blazing new paths for black identity.
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§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 5:23:18 am PST #7991 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 19, 2005 5:25:56 am PST #7992 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
No shit. Van Peebles is not playing a stereotype, but Snipes wasn't blazing new paths for black identity.
nods in agreement.
Snipes in KING OF NEW YORK, now, would have been a decent example, although a much smaller role.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 5:27:43 am PST #7993 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love the quote from Ryan Reynolds about Blade 3 when asked about working with Wesley Snipes -- he says he never worked with Wes, just Blade.
Every anecdote paints that man a nutcase.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 19, 2005 5:33:10 am PST #7994 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Every anecdote paints that man a nutcase.
I'm just sad that he seems to have given up on any attempts at non-action roles. He was doing a good balancing act ala Denzel of alternating serious dramatic roles with straight-up action roles for a while there, but it looks like those days are over.
Nutty - Jan 19, 2005 5:43:41 am PST #7995 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
My favorite "mess with the stereotype" part of New Jack City was Ice-T as a cop. Little did we know, back then, that he was embarking on a long career of playing cops; clearly, he found the uniform so fetching in the video for "Fuck The Police" that he decided to wear it always.
Also, there was skinny young Chris Rock! As a baby crack addict!
Jim - Jan 19, 2005 5:46:19 am PST #7996 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
clearly, he found the uniform so fetching in the video for "Fuck The Police" that he decided to wear it always.
Uh, that was Ice Cube. Ice T was Cop Killer.
tommyrot - Jan 19, 2005 5:47:26 am PST #7997 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wait, wasn't that Vanilla Ice?
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2005 5:49:07 am PST #7998 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Could've been Ice Cold.
tommyrot - Jan 19, 2005 5:50:21 am PST #7999 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Or one of the Wonder Twins: "Form of.... an Ice Rapper!"
Nutty - Jan 19, 2005 5:51:28 am PST #8000 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
You're right: "Fuck the Police" vs. "Cop Killer". Same theme, two guys with Ice in their names. But it was Ice-T who put on the uniform in the video. (What was the name of his metal band? Something with "death" in it, right?)
Although, considering Ice Cube has gone and made, like, warm-and-fuzzy farces with children and mayhem, I think that somebody put Valium into the water supply for the L.A. basin in the middle 1990s.