He did black voices? I'm not getting what you're saying. Maybe I should listen to it.
For the record, I got that he was West Indian, most likely Jamaican, but I don't remember an explicit calling out of race.
It's possible that he's in the land of perpetual Wednesday, or the crazy melty land, or you know, the world without shrimp.
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§ ita § - Mar 28, 2011 6:10:50 pm PDT #13815 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Fiona - Mar 28, 2011 7:53:43 pm PDT #13816 of 30000
Is there a cinematographer-turned-director who's won multiple Oscars for the former?
There's Steven Soderbergh, who has won an Oscar for directing and does all of his cinematography under the pseudonym Peter Andrews.
Barry Sonnenfeld would also fit the bill if he had won some Oscars.
They are all who spring to mind just now.
DavidS - Mar 28, 2011 7:54:49 pm PDT #13817 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Soderbergh, eh? I like it. But I thought he retired.
Fiona - Mar 28, 2011 8:01:26 pm PDT #13818 of 30000
But I thought he retired.
First I've heard of it. But I don't ususally trust these guys when they say they've retired. Something interesting comes along and they're right back in the saddle.
-t - Mar 28, 2011 8:11:53 pm PDT #13819 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Nice one, Fiona! Soderbergh is an interesting possibility.
DavidS - Mar 28, 2011 8:22:27 pm PDT #13820 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But I don't ususally trust these guys when they say they've retired.
Yeah, me neither. But he did make a statement recently about retiring in the near future.
Polter-Cow - Mar 28, 2011 9:17:40 pm PDT #13821 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I missed it too; it came up in later discussions on the book. It's more subtle than in Anansi Boys.
I thought it was pretty clear in Anansi Boys that the main character was black, and though I normally have white bias, it was one book where if race wasn't specified I assumed the character was black instead of white.
le nubian - Mar 29, 2011 1:14:56 am PDT #13822 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Soderbergh (he was just on Studio 360) said that he has 2-3 more projects and then he plans to retire. It isn't fun for him anymore. I believe him, but this is a SLOW rollout to retirement.
He seemed to have convinced Matt Damon, but 2-3 more projects is a good 5 years or so for him. He claims he has been saying no to things.
sumi - Mar 29, 2011 4:50:12 am PDT #13823 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
I just read a tweet from Little, Brown that said that Jennifer Garner is going to play Miss Marple in a Disney reboot of the series. .. . . what??
sumi - Mar 29, 2011 4:51:36 am PDT #13824 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Okay, here is an EW story about that.