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3. abbyolabibi answered: I’ve got one word for this fuckery…BULLSHIT! Ok maybe a sentence.
4. wayoutinleftfield likes this
5. wayoutinleftfield answered: I agree that if she’s gonna be made up to look like Nina the why not find an actress who is more similar looking…they are out there! *smh*
6. badhouses answered: there are so many fantastic darker skinned actresses out there, why would they go with zoe? its frustrating to me.
7. teenboystuff said: Disappointed in Zoe for accepting the role in the first place. SHE should feel guilty.
8. escreveelianaescreve answered: I’m with you on this one.. There are plenty of black actresses with darker complexion that could play the part!
9. deafmuslimpunx answered: im not comfortable answering this but consider this: nina simone’s estate did not give permission for this film & opposed the casting of zoe.
10. tylociraptor answered: Either allow her to play the race without making her up, or choose someone that looks similar, if thats what the want is… :/
11. pepperminttealeaves answered: It is so wrong, why was she even considered to play the part? Stealing jobs from dark-skinned actresses, too. But shadeism does’t exist -_-
12. tapnashey said: Adepero Oduye should have played Nina Simone. She can sing and is a proven actor too. I love Zoe but she looks nothing like Nina Simone. But thats hollywood. 5 foot stump Tom Cruise is supposed to portray 6’5, muscled Jack Reacher. #arrrggh
13. veebar2 answered: you said the keyword…’hollywood”. where they make and turn anything realistic. Give her a chance.
14. open-pandora answered: They messes up on the casting and yes it is black face.
15. love-u-blue said: Nina Simone wasn’t dark skinned. Zoe Saldana is a latinegra just like myself. That’s pretty ridiculous to even question her playing Nina Simone.
16. lordbape answered: I agree with you. It is blackface and it is wrong. They’re using a nose prosthetic too & taking away jobs from dark skinned actresses
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20. thepastryalchemist answered: it is just all kinds of fucked up. especially since a lot of people will ‘learn’ about nina via this hot mess of a film.
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