I’m just here to remind you guys that Bob Johnson is the same guy that told Big Lez back in the 90s that she’s not what men want to see on TV.

@Iwant2BYRLova

4 жыл бұрын

WTF

@kaylao.3326

4 жыл бұрын

BLACK FEMININITY TV He was just mad cause she wouldn’t fuck him

@vezzttine7075

4 жыл бұрын

She's not. sorry

@Vanessa-xx3yz

4 жыл бұрын

@@vezzttine7075 I think the bigger point here is that while male actors of the 90s were considered by their appeal to all audiences, women were still only considered for the way they'd be viewed by men. Not considering the fact that not all people are straight or have other interests in people's talent other than "I would bang her".

@bbrown333

4 жыл бұрын

Great videos, but 'Cast-ed' is NOT a word. The simple past participle is "cast", i.e. she was CAST in the role. Please, please stop saying 'casted' it does not sound good.

The fact that Hollywood preferred to place Zoe in blackface with a fake nose rather than cast a talented darker skinned actress more suited for the historic role is another thing that makes me not respect Hollywood and take it seriously.

@sassygreen5024

4 жыл бұрын

U never supposed to respect, nor trust hollyweired.

@tdunn1907

4 жыл бұрын

Or the fact that someone like Tyler Perry has to put on fake women body parts and act feminine instead of finding a talented real life black woman to play the role of Madea. Yeah I get what you're saying. Hollyweird is sad.

@nora4981

4 жыл бұрын

Honey you’re a fool for even “respecting” Hollywood in the first place 😂clown

@arizonaFIREent

4 жыл бұрын

@@tdunn1907 so I guess we should have Shamed Eddie Murphy for playing the whole family in "Nutty Professor" since by your logic he should of casted some fat sistah to play his mom

@escarlit

4 жыл бұрын

it’s absolutely absurd. it’s like they took a page from the 1950s.

So she is of african descent and plays black women in movies but doesnt want to be called black and then tried to play a black american historical figure who was proud to be black............chiiiile

@justchecking2046

4 жыл бұрын

gospelevans 😂😂 the jokes write themselves

@ertfgghhhh

4 жыл бұрын

*And i want to say that the controversy started cause zoe said at one time that she was def not black. She fixed it awhile later cause of backlash **and no. This video is not about if zoe says she is black or not

@ertfgghhhh

4 жыл бұрын

@@justchecking2046 ikr

@HollywoodCharityAuctioncom

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@15daboss

4 жыл бұрын

Right! Makes zero sense.

If she “doesn’t see color” why did she let them paint her face black....? She would’ve did herself a favor if she just kept quiet lol

@mrsx7944

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. That whole interview was cringe cringe cringey! 😣

@pn6528

2 жыл бұрын

Basically..🤫🤫🤫

@al-hocprojects2655

2 жыл бұрын

once you sign a contract you have to do everything they say... I can say that in her favor.

@gemstar7286

Жыл бұрын

It's really cringe , she should never have accepted this role .

@melissaaltidor5147

Жыл бұрын

Like I said in the previous comment if y'all want to get mad over so we saw Donna and let's give the Jennifer Love cousin anybody that played on authorized biopics of singers or historical figures the same treatment like I'm getting real sick and tired of having these conversations

Zoe’s views on race AND her phenotype make her unfit for the role. Nina was a civil rights activist, her blackness controlled the way she moved through this world, it coated her songs and made them the blues. Zoe’s “i dont see race” rhetoric does not properly represent Nina at all

@seaserenity5971

Жыл бұрын

💯

@toastEDmrshmello09

Жыл бұрын

@@wisethabrain1100 ... ok so... In order to embody the actress she is playing she needs somewhere to draw from and she doesn’t have it. That was the point of the comment.

@cl5470

Жыл бұрын

Even her example made no sense. "My mother only describes the person as gay if it's relevant to the story" Um, Nina's dark skin WAS relevant to her story. I get the impression Zoe isn't very bright.

@cl5470

Жыл бұрын

​@Wise Tha Brain so you'd be fine watching Lindsay Lohan play Gandalf then? Please spare me the lie that you would be.

@wisethabrain1100

Жыл бұрын

@@cl5470 Ofcourse she isn’t bright that’s why she is a successful millionaire

But when you 're making movies about slavery you knew where the dark skin actors were

@juneroberts7935

3 жыл бұрын

THISSSSS. Your comment deserve millions of likes!

@megaoldskool76

3 жыл бұрын

Agree, agree, AGREE!!! Well said

@ericapalmore6266

3 жыл бұрын

BOOM!!!!

@ericatheempress6698

3 жыл бұрын

Or any undesirable stereotypes like crackheads, prostitutes, or thieves

@khalil7708

3 жыл бұрын

Come on👍🏾

I think India Arie would've been great as Nina.

@isaiahwinbrone

4 жыл бұрын

You damn right

@___zeke___7581

4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know she could act too, that would’ve been crazy

@tylerhackner9731

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed yesss

@empressbrianna2578

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing ♥️

@nharris2938

4 жыл бұрын

Anika nonie rose would be good as well

You do not cast someone that doesn’t believe in color or runs from words like ethnicity to portray someone that placed their color culture and her belief in those things first. That alone makes this very disrespectful. Zoe took this role to add to here portfolio, not to inform people and to take a deep dive into what Ms Simone was really about.

@queena_

2 жыл бұрын

facts

@user-sh6ou7mj5i

2 жыл бұрын

@@queena_ chill man she is an actress, a professional. Would you ask a black accountant to exempt you of an audit just because you are black? enough with the hypocrisy.

@msrain1235

Жыл бұрын

​@@user-sh6ou7mj5itrue she's an actress, but when you portray a real person it's a different story especially, with the background, of someone like Miss Nina. This isn't a role that should be seen as putting on her resume.

Flex playing Michael Jackson lmao I laughed so hard- forgot about that one

@jeannetteduette6704

3 жыл бұрын

She took the role for the money only and admitted that much in print and to the media. This is the fallout she has to live with. She should stayed in her lane where she was doing quite well.

They literally put blackface on this woman when they simply could have gotten a dark skin actress. This is just disrespectful.

@aliveandconnected

4 жыл бұрын

Saldana was executive producer on the movie. She black-faced herself. She didn't getting the true dragging she deserved. Her co-star was executive producer as well. smh

@darkcontinentschild2962

4 жыл бұрын

Kina • Viola Davis would have been the obvious choice. She would done the role justice.

@Dimechanel

4 жыл бұрын

Kina • I just said the same thing like wtf she’s cool & all, but like dawg ya coulda had me do it tf😭

@latoyagriffin1410

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Even with the Black Face, her features were not a match for Nina Simone, who had beautiful full facial features!

@pjhutchersonpoliticsads7859

4 жыл бұрын

Really!! NONE of these Talented Women are 'Darkskinned'. None of them!! PERIOD.

But India Arie is EVERYTHING for speaking out against this

@butnowamfound

4 жыл бұрын

And didn't mince words either. I loved her response.

@vhunter500ify

4 жыл бұрын

She would have been the best Nina Simone for the biopic

@jasbourne94

4 жыл бұрын

Veronica 425 I agree

@user-rb4gq2rx8n

4 жыл бұрын

India arie would’ve been perfect

@Grannysbaby81

4 жыл бұрын

Queen

"I don't see color." "I'm not Black, I'm OJ" ok

@ashburnconnecttv7860

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@annierobin2092

3 жыл бұрын

OKAY

@femf8tal

3 жыл бұрын

👊👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿👌

@kianaw.8096

3 жыл бұрын

jay z

@sayitloudblcknproud

2 жыл бұрын

She said she was Black though.

I need a REAL biopic of Miss Simone. She deserves better. She deserves the best. ❤

@kimcham9949

3 жыл бұрын

👍 Yet, we see no black people using THEIR money to make any. We've had ample time to make SEVERAL... Where we at???... Seriously... Where are we? When are we going to show up? We can make trash like Coming 2 America, though. Somehow, we have money for that. 😔 Then we can't figure out why we're never taken seriously.

Zoe Saldana thought this would win her an Oscar. This was not it and will never be it.

@Waifu_Domo

4 жыл бұрын

But she claimed the Oscars didn't matter tho...😒

@TSR228

4 жыл бұрын

Yuppppp

@bossytweed6664

4 жыл бұрын

I said the same shit when this all hit the fan years ago and people argued me down saying, "but shes been in huge blockbuster films, she didn't need this role". Lets be real, Zoe Saldana is still not a huge Hollywood name and I bet she's not getting paid anywhere near as much as her more established costars therefore getting those awards would in fact place her in better standing despite claiming she doesn't care. Bet the year she finally gets nominated she gon be up their weeping and crying accepting the award like everyone else.

@PharaohGoddess1

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@shahrzad4975

4 жыл бұрын

HERSHISKISS ,, because they don’t see darker skin women as attractive or human, I’ve been through the same thing.

I HATEEEEE when people say "I don't see color" 😷😷😷😷😷 girl stay far away from me

@liveyourbestsoftlife5705

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly..6ft away like you have corona

@macbaeboi

4 жыл бұрын

@@liveyourbestsoftlife5705 *26 feet

@iy5158

4 жыл бұрын

Omg i thought I was the only one who hated people who say that. Like you’re really not being true to yourself if you say you don’t see color and anyways that’s a white persons favorite go to phrase.

@divestednoir86

4 жыл бұрын

@@iy5158 Nope I'm sick of it

@delsgurl4133

4 жыл бұрын

@kaylah goodwin me too, it's the same as when white people say "I'm not racist, I have several black friends". 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Sheryl Lee Ralph was honest in her answer. I wish more of US could tell our own stories. So many talented black female writers and directors!

The actresses put on the spot about Zoe playing Nina, answered very eloquently.

My thing is they always know where to find darkskin actors when its a movie about slaves, being a drug addict, thug. Like why. Zoe Saldana should have known that she was taking an opportunity away from someone who deserved it, she honestly disappointed me

@rareonyxx2095

4 жыл бұрын

@Sasa Akin Your comment should have 10.5K next to it!!! Latinos I don't care what shade...have not experienced what it is like to be BLACK in America... they only pretend to identify, and relate to us out of convenience...How selfish and fake

@MsSasha0529

4 жыл бұрын

She disappointed me as well. She can't even say her struggle was the same or similar but then plays the role like it's something she can relate to. This is just sad. Her interview made me side eye her...and I like her as an actress but this role wasn't for her. The emotions isn't the same.

@15Jogador15

4 жыл бұрын

TRUTH!

@treneicewalker5434

4 жыл бұрын

you are all the way true. I said why darksin actors can't be like an leading character /just like jennifer lawrence was in hunger games. plus, I think they making to many slaves movies.- now zoe should'nt agreed to that role. period.

@itsmememe3489

4 жыл бұрын

Sasa Akin get over yourself ffs

I hate how black celebrities arent straight forward about these issues... The industry is really sad

@kenneyp.9456

4 жыл бұрын

It’s because it could affect there careers if they speak up.there already black in “white Hollywood” you think they’ll be casted for movies,shows, and events if they start speaking about there issues. It’s all about money

@kikinyte6806

4 жыл бұрын

Right ..... how come they stuttering so bad....sad....that says enough....it's in the what they ain't or are afraid to say....and I'm from THE UK 🇬🇧 I have never seen it but the make up alone is traumatizing me from this video alone....I will must up the strength during the covid to watch it

@BlackGirlLovesAnime6

4 жыл бұрын

They're ok with bein token black people

@nicoleraheem1195

4 жыл бұрын

If they do, they'll lose their endorsements only to not be financially supported by certain types of black who never helped them get to the top from the gate. Long story short- why risk losing your income over politics for people who won't help you pay your bills because you're already rich? Not them.

@Chitownhomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Gurlllll.. pathetic..

Michaela Coel could have easily played her and so many more actresses. I get SO disappointed every time people poorly cast actors specifically in a biopic

@lourdesgyan

9 ай бұрын

The first day I saw her Michaela I was like This is Miss Simone!

@1999BRIA

9 ай бұрын

Exactly! When I saw her on Chewing Gum that's when I knew she gave Nina Simone.@@lourdesgyan

She is the type of girl who will be the next Stacey Dash. FAB

Who else was like "wtf is she talking about?" during her Sway interview?

@breaellis5827

4 жыл бұрын

Keyoka 😭😭

@MsT-xm8xz

4 жыл бұрын

🙋 meeeeee 😂😂😂

@vanitygirl80

4 жыл бұрын

...and cringing😫

@JoyLynn82

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@luvburden5743

4 жыл бұрын

She was all over the place .. Then she started talking about fat high school kids and highlights.. Tf?

They could've got Leslie Jones or Viola Davis to play as Nina Simone

@phillinsogood

4 жыл бұрын

Miguel Cervantes yes those would’ve been perfect choices

@MZPOETSKYLOVEBLACK

4 жыл бұрын

💯❗

@ricecristi

4 жыл бұрын

That actress who wrote and starred in bubblegum on Netflix. She would be perfect

@GladToBeNatural

4 жыл бұрын

Shit my Girl from Chewing Gum!!!

@GladToBeNatural

4 жыл бұрын

@@ricecristi yasss!

as a light skin person, I feel deeply sorry this kind of this situation make us light skin people look arrogant and ignorant. Most of us just want to blend in the back community, because we identify with it, and cherish black culture as every proud black person do. I hope more dark skin actresses and actors will get more roles and not only based on their skin color but also on their ability and talent. I hope one day all black and brown people can all unite to be stronger and go forward

@aunaturale1805

2 жыл бұрын

The reaction is more about how much of a stretch this was for Zoe to play this role. It is an automatic disconnect for Nina fans. It's like Missy Elliott playing Vanessa Williams. Actors playing life roles are celebrated a lot more when the viewers can connect with the players. It's so exciting to anticipate the players. A biographical real writer and conscious actress would respect and understand how to make the connection .That just did not happen here.

@kirobo8468

2 жыл бұрын

@@aunaturale1805 she made herself look ignorant because of this stretch you are talking about

@faith2xxx

2 жыл бұрын

@@aunaturale1805 Speaking of Missy Elliott, that trash Aaliyah movie had a light skinned, thin actress portraying her. That was some Wendy Williams mess.

The fact that she doesn't see color then she couldn't have possibly gotten to the core of who nina was

@mrsx7944

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. That's such a silly and oblivious stance to take. How could you NOT consider color when portraying a woman who's fought hard for racial justice?? She's a whole fool.

She says she doesn't benefit from being light skin? Girl...

@pisceanchaniece5066

4 жыл бұрын

She doesn't. She's not lighter than a Brown paper bag. To white society she isn't light if this were the 1920s she wouldn't be dancing in the Cotton Club.

@cannadybell8219

4 жыл бұрын

She's racially ambiguous so she definitely benefits

@sinickasdavis9619

4 жыл бұрын

I love Zoe she's a good actress, however they could of picked another black woman for the role, no hate on Zoe either, I'm just saying

@thandisilec835

4 жыл бұрын

Monica Logan Agree Zoe is not light skinned in Black American or Black Latina community. Shes someone id describe as light brown or caramel and I also don't think she has particularly Eurocentric features considering that she has a slightly broad nose. I think what she has is a mixed person look, that does give her privilege of society's palatable washed down Blackness. She's dishonest if she doesn't acknowledge that her black is washed down Black that white ppl who control capital for production of movies& whole film industry, find acceptable. All ambiguous Black identifying ppl should be honest as this is nit something we created but we are in it now & need to know how to not cause more harm as we navigate the world. She was wrong for taking on the role, wearing all that Black face when so many deep brown and dark skin unambiguous Black looking women who could had have portrayed Nina exist. India Arie needs to take on this role on all our lifetime

@Chitownhomestead

4 жыл бұрын

She sounded dumb af....

I don't appreciate Zoe Saldana in her interview pretending like she doesn't understand colorism. In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, she is considered dark skinned, and she is fully aware of this. They too suffer colorism. In the US, and within the African American community she is considered of lighter complection; she knows this as well. The fact that she pretends to be aloof around this topic is the exact reason she should not play Nina Simone. How can you honor, let alone relate to Nina when you publicly pretend that this injustice doesn't exist?

@macummings7818

4 жыл бұрын

Well said Thank you

@myyoniverseworld6958

4 жыл бұрын

Well said!!!!! I STAN THIS !

@jamiew.6606

4 жыл бұрын

AMEN 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

@Mookaron

4 жыл бұрын

She can play dumb all she wants. She'll never be excepted as a white person!

@soulvoices1627

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

“so if you have weak comprehension this video is not for you” I love it

You make a great point. It's not about Zoe and not about her color. It's about authentically telling Nina Simone's story.

They could have found someone who is darker toned not blacker ... those directors have some nerve

@cherrymisha4797

4 жыл бұрын

Right❤🙏

@hayleymadisonllc2180

4 жыл бұрын

Adia Darling Wow 🤦🏾‍♀️ and she showed up .... damn shame!

@sinickasdavis9619

4 жыл бұрын

Yes Hayley exactly

@cordelwhite1749

4 жыл бұрын

Blacker/Darker more melenated! They know better lol

She is Dominican and Puerto Rican and these countries have looked down on their dark skinned people for a long time. Mainly “Dominicans”

@itsnotmeitsyou717

4 жыл бұрын

Which baffles me that she acts like she doesnt know anything involving race discussions and colorism. She would have had family/relatives and even friends that shared colorist and antiblack sentiments. Idk if she grew up in any of those countries but if she did or even if she grew up in america alone and race wasnt spoken in the home, she'd definitely see it in school. She just wanted the role and found a way to play ignorant.

@santanaduncan9047

4 жыл бұрын

Yet she acts like she doesn't KNOW this!

@slchld.

4 жыл бұрын

@@itsnotmeitsyou717 That's how Dominican culture is though. Even the Dominicans that look Haitian don't like to be referred to anything else outside of Dominican. Same with a lot of Puerto Ricans.

@DavidPerez-dh8xx

4 жыл бұрын

@@slchld. y tu q eres para saber tanto de dominicano y puertorriqueño?

@yolir.u9452

4 жыл бұрын

David Perez se sabe hasta yo lo sé

She "doesn't see color" yet had to shade her skin darker to play a role, i can see why people would have a problem with this. This is more of Hollywood's fault.

Dania Gurira (All Eyez on Me (2Pac’s Mother, Afeni), Black Panther, Avengers, etc.) would have been a great choice, too. Why doesn’t anyone mention her?

Hearing her interview with Sway made me lose the last bit of respect I had for her. Her "I dont see color," all lives matter attitude shows EXACTLY how privileged she is as a Latina, ethnically ambiguous, light skinned, "exotic," woman. As a dark skinned woman, I don't have the luxury of talking about how I "don't see color." I'm reminded of my color daily. She should have turned that role down, and she knows it.

@Shottamanrambo

4 жыл бұрын

Preach

@alexandria_aesthetic

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@chocolatediamonds5760

4 жыл бұрын

Ahkilalah 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 facts!!!

@pisceanchaniece5066

4 жыл бұрын

You make a point but to me Zoe isn't light skin not saying she's dark but I don't see light skin. Hell for her to be Brown skin she's hella ignorant now I see that statement coming from Rosario Dawson or Lala Anthony but I was very disappointed with Zoe Saldana as a woman who is the same skin tone as her.

@FaithPeach

4 жыл бұрын

🙏🏾

Why didn't they just cast Scarlett Johansson?

@NexhiAlibias

4 жыл бұрын

Right? Damn fools...

@sprincess-dt7kz

4 жыл бұрын

🤣😂

@mandisaotumile

4 жыл бұрын

honestly, if they had just cast Scarlett, we wouldn't be having these problems

@awesomeopossum18

4 жыл бұрын

She actually played evert other character in the film. The make up budget was so big for Zoey they couldn't afford more than 2 actors

@KSP30

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

There are so many Hollywood actors and rappers that I would NEVER dignify. Never in life ever again. They are mere people.

I believe Nina’s family should’ve taken a part of the casting process. They knew Nina the best. They know what features she had that made her special and her aura.

honestly I’m very tired of this “I don’t see color” narrative.

@luvburden5743

4 жыл бұрын

Right like is she blind? Is cataracts the new fashion trend?

@nowthatsacookie

4 жыл бұрын

RIGHT!!!

@trexgravyM91

4 жыл бұрын

@dfre$h177 nina simone was all about promoting the beauty of dark skin women. are you slow?

@actionscott8033

4 жыл бұрын

caroline simeon word

@tangemclemore8486

4 жыл бұрын

it's an excuse for self hate and racism....Period

People forget shes also Dominican, a lot of dominicans have problems with their blackness

@ToryCheww

4 жыл бұрын

CityBlue exactly which is why I’m confused about her statement pertaining to she don’t see color! Please she said in a interview years ago she’s not black she Dominican

@Kay-sc9se

4 жыл бұрын

Because by the end of the day, Dominicans are hispanic/latina so ofc there not gonna say there black because we're not considered as black.(BTW not every Dominican is black...some are white Dominicans and mixed Dominicans and ofc some are black Dominicans).

@Lostinmyhead23

4 жыл бұрын

That’s still not an excuse it’s 2020 they need to get over the fact that they have black ancestry

@LaCrownedGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I actually have met 3 Dominicans, one in high school. College, and work. All three of them were of of deep dark completions. My skin tone is usually around a cinnamon color. They constantly told me how lucky I was for being so light and how I would have been a "house slave". When asked if they considered themselves black they all scoffed, saying how they speak Spanish, that they "are dark but are not black." And how it as even offensive to be considered black or afro decent. They considered themselves to be dark Spaniards which really baffles me to this day.

@capricornlife5778

4 жыл бұрын

Coraima's Vlogss every Dominican has african blood. Some are white skinned some are browned skinned. Still have African blood

As a libertarian white man, I greatly enjoy the comment section of this channel. Love to hear all these brand new perspectives I never even could have imagined existed. God bless and good luck to everyone!

Flex 😭 I'll never understand why he did that. Why he thought that was a good idea.

Riddle me this: If skin color and physical features aren't the issue, then why was Zoe Saldana painted in make up 10 SHADES darker than her skin color, given a trash wig, given an even more trash prosthetic nose, and those bewildering buck and ugly teeth? If Nina's physical features weren't that big of a deal, then why were they slapped on Zoe with absolutely zero care? Let me help you. Y'all made Nina Simone's legacy of fighting for dark skin black women to have a seat at the buffet table of American Beauty a minstrel show. It was cringe city from start to finish. Of course a caucasian woman would be completely deaf to the tone and nuances of the black experience among dark skinned women. Of course any black woman who rarely identifies as black and is constantly celebrating the fact that she grew up identifying and continues to identify as Latina would be completely, utterly, and voluntarily blind to the devastating effects of colorism on dark skinned black women. These effects were the very issues Nina Simone dedicated much of her life to challenging and removing for African Americans. What a powerful legacy that Hollywood tried to take and make in its image. But that's all they did: tried it.

@liveyourbestsoftlife5705

4 жыл бұрын

Bingo

@milliec1208

4 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSSS.... and yes!!!

@ToryCheww

4 жыл бұрын

K Wharton exactly and to piggy back on this comment years ago if I’m not mistaken when avatar came out I remember seeing her in an interview and the interviewer referred to her as African American and she corrected the interviewer by stating I’m not African American I’m Dominican! Also aside from the black community racism pertaining to dark and light skin exist heavily within the Hispanic community! I’m in the metro area and have witnessed and experience the racism! Also for her to compare “hanging out with my gay friend as opposed to her getting heat for basically wearing black face” makes no sense! The person who is gay is not pretending unlike her, who was pretending to be a dark skinned woman and the color in the movie was still lighter than Nina’s complexion!

@butnowamfound

4 жыл бұрын

@@ToryCheww Could you be more spot on, sis?! This right here. The whole movie demonstrated that everyone involved were just fans of Simone's music but couldn't care less about her life, legacy or all she endured for the greater good. I actually was a fan of Saldana's before she did this. Any artist willing to join hands with a Hollywood pimp slap of this magnitude to the face of an African American icon can't be out here collecting my coin. Period.

@DrGaslight187

4 жыл бұрын

It was a slap in the face to the American Black experience.

Cast a dark woman that resembles the original artist; why is that so hard to do? 🤦🏻‍♀️

@RealiTeaV

4 жыл бұрын

Because ppl are stupid girl. They have shitty standards and treatment towards dark skinned women

@truelove2334

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. What happened to the days of, "You're not right for the part"?

@msnewsenior

4 жыл бұрын

If color didn’t matter, why did they have to darken her up for the role?

@tapped564

4 жыл бұрын

I did not like that they had to black face her. We need more dark skinned women to play more roles. Tired of all these model like women too.

@hexmaniacgabby5160

4 жыл бұрын

They rather cast someone lighter and darken them with MAKEUP than cast an actual dark skinned woman...that's sad.

I'm a mixed race woman (not black) who grew up in America and the obsession and entitlement of people asking me my ethnic background has been one of the most frustrating and objectifying things I've been through. So I understand Zoe's frustration. However, along with people trying to fit us into boxes and the confusion we face not knowing what box we belong in, on the other side of that does come privilege. Now I understand that I do not have to succumb to any stereotypes people try to put on me. I make the choice now not to fit in a box. I have cultivated my own identity because it was never handed to me. But this is exactly what separates me and anyone who is not an African American woman with African features from the experience, art and activism of Nina Simone. Especially at her time and still very much today, people are limited to a certain existence based on their physical features, skin tone and race. Zoe's privilege has robbed her of her empathy towards a reality that she has never and can never understand. And it's this exact experience that should be honored by an actress who resembles Nina Simone. And I agree with India Arie. Zoe looked weird and ugly in blackface. Such a wonderful opportunity was missed for a more fitting actress and for everyone who loves Nina and has yet to hear her story.

@almostclintnewton8478

3 жыл бұрын

I wish someone had said exactly that to her

@lourdesgyan

9 ай бұрын

"empathy" that's what she lacks. She doesn't even understand "why Oscars so black". I'm actually shocked to know her views. She doesn't understand the struggles of dark ppl, and colorism. She chooses to refuse to learn and be aware.

WOW Zoe is so privileged and she proved it with her statements. “I don’t see color...” “Run away from the word ethnic..” “Identity...” Everything she says reeks of PRIVILEGE! I bet if she didn’t look the way she did and wasn’t getting roles, she would be singing a different tune. Color exists and we have to acknowledged it first!

Zoe has this Stacy Dash thing going on, she apparently needs a script for life.

@Lisnist

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree!!!!

@15daboss

4 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo Stacy dash thing 😂😂😂😂😂

@tylerhackner9731

4 жыл бұрын

Clearly 😂😂😂

@queengreen4409

4 жыл бұрын

I like that! 💯

@mandyyve3566

4 жыл бұрын

That part I'm done😒.

it's so crazy that they just *blatantly* disrespected Nina Simone, her story, and black women like this. and did not care. wow.

@babycupid761

4 жыл бұрын

Right. They're literally treating her like the Alien Zoe is known for playing! Disgrace 😖😩

@darnellmajor9016

2 жыл бұрын

The problem with Zoe Saldana is that she hasn't done anything of substance that would even justify in casting her as Simone. Most of her stuff is grounded in shallow Forever 21 type stuff like literally 😆

I'm half black/half white BUT I recognize my privileges. I will never stop working to educate myself on issues I can never truly know because of my privileges. Zoe is embarrassing and the fact that she engaged in blackface is pitiful.

The shade of using a picture of Robert Johnson with cheeto while you were essentially reading him for filth 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

India Arie should have played Nina Simone hands down.

@yagirlkayy5060

4 жыл бұрын

rachel ramsey Periodt! And if India didn’t want to do it, then they should’ve gone for Viola just like that actress stated. India would’ve been perfect though!

@nicholeallen3605

4 жыл бұрын

HANDS DOWN!!!

@beatsdontstop305

4 жыл бұрын

Or Regina King. I love Regina King. She's amazing too

@tfarley34able

4 жыл бұрын

She would’ve been a perfect 👌🏾 fit🥰

@jenng7389

4 жыл бұрын

precisely

The fact that Zoe took the role says a lot about her. Even if she’s “color blind” 😒 she knows how hard it is for dark skinned actresses with Afro features. The fact that she decided to do it, shows that she uses her privilege! So just like she doesn’t see color, we didn’t see the movie!

@tanishakennedy4616

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏

@shoshannaabraham501

4 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@tlunceford77

4 жыл бұрын

I remember them talking about it. Didnt know they actaully release that mess

@sinickasdavis9619

4 жыл бұрын

Oops lol 😂😅

@JaSam4EverAlways

4 жыл бұрын

And don't plan on seeing it, either.

"If you have weak comprehension, this video is probably not for you.." WTF LOL

Only a light skin black woman would say she didn’t grow up thinking about light, dark, lighter etc. dark skin black women don’t have the privilege.

When people say "they don't see color", that only means they are in a position to not have to. Where as sister like Nina had to see it because, she was reminded of it daily. She didn't have, nor did she want the privilege, to run from the conversation. Zoe does not share Nina's values, because she seems to want her European culture to shine.

@michelejean2224

4 жыл бұрын

Well said, Zoe did not share Nina's values.

@skywalker6648

4 жыл бұрын

Well, that position does have a "short" shelf life. Lol, missed adding that word in!

@awba23

4 жыл бұрын

I very much agree with you with her color blindness speaks loud for light skin position, but what European culture does she have? She was born in New Jersey and her parents are Puerto Rican and Dominican, none of them are European

@lazaruserect9276

4 жыл бұрын

@@awba23 Hi Andre's. When I used the word "Culture". I don't just mean the ones we are born into, but, also the ones we embrace by choice. I don't see color to me is, 'I don't want to see MY color". The thing is every body else does. This is not unusual among our black queens. There were black female actors in the who would only work with white leading men. Black men are just a guilty. I only date these people. As a man or woman thinks in their heart. Blessings..

@lazaruserect9276

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Andre's. When I use the word "Culture", It doesn't always mean the one you are born into ,but, rather, the one you choose to embrace by choice. Female actors who only want to work with white leading men. Rich ball player who only want white women, after leaving the black girlfriend before being a draft pick. We want to be what we want to be. Born that or not...as a man or woman believes, they are. Blessings.

She didn’t even understand the struggles of the woman she played. 🤦🏾‍♀️

The real scandal here is that she played in Avatar when she’s not even blue.

@pigeon51

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! It's ridiculous 🤣

@duanerichardsii9307

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh 🤣🤣🤣

@imakitty-cattrustme1617

2 жыл бұрын

yep blue face

I agree w Zoe's statement about always acting like white ppl are the "cool kids in school" who we want to hang out with. We need to stop having them think they're the standard we aspire to. I'm done begging for a seat at their table.

@joshtondurrah8048

4 ай бұрын

Bro, she lays up with White men, though 😂 if we want to stop allowing them to think they are so cool, then we need to stop all avenues of it, not just one.

Yeah I haven’t liked zoe since the nina simone movie... she has identity issues yet tries to profit from blackness...

@hairpolitics4878

4 жыл бұрын

Kristmaz808 Facts

@demam4648

4 жыл бұрын

Well she cant play the role of a white women, she still looks non white

@shuifeng1333

4 жыл бұрын

Right

@DrGaslight187

4 жыл бұрын

Shit makes me sick

@Keithistall21

4 жыл бұрын

facts

how can the same person who finds “talking about ethnicity uncomfortable” play NINA SIMONE😭i just can’t

@senoracheapee1864

4 жыл бұрын

blessing duru and in blackface with a prosthetic nose😂

@martymarl4602

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly...Just listening to her explain her views on race showed why she was manifestly unfit for role....she grew up largely protected from the effects of being black, while Nina was abused and ostracized because of it...clearly Zoe is sensible enough to recognize that..........Zoe is no fool...there are darker forces at work here

@anaityketihw

4 жыл бұрын

@es johnson The issue is that Zoe is the producer. Not only did she help create the movie, she cast herself in the movie and chose to play a person who was all about black beauty and pride. Why the hell should someone who hates being black play her?

@theBSisreal

4 жыл бұрын

@@WomenLoveBusiness That would also be true about the production they don't understand it so it doesn't mean anything to them.

@tarabryant2141

4 жыл бұрын

@blessing duru whhewwwwww.... one mo time for the folks who came in late

I think Lupita N'yongo, would have been amazing in this.

Its easy not to see color when you’re already the right color.

Sheryl lee Ralph was soooo funny in her response. LMFAO

@niasimone1740

4 жыл бұрын

Jessica Richards lmaoooo

@hayleymadisonllc2180

4 жыл бұрын

Jessica Richards her facial expression had me busting our laughing

@tylerhackner9731

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@ShawtySoMajorrr

4 жыл бұрын

I love how she didn’t dance around it either when she answered

@checkmateforever

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah she had that “where should I start with this?” paused look on her face before she started talking.

If she "Doesn't see colour" should've refused when they put dark colour on her skin.

@tangemclemore8486

4 жыл бұрын

that part!

@isisabdullah6814

3 жыл бұрын

yes

@tammygamble8313

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!

@jasonflake8057

3 жыл бұрын

I know you ain't talking your Oliver ass.

@Catsgivemelife

3 жыл бұрын

Jason Flake, ok but y r u mad?

If her skin color and features didn’t matter, why did they give her a fake tan and a prosthetic nose??? It obviously mattered lol. You don’t see color, but you knew you needed a fake tan to play the role??? Baby, it’s not adding up😂

You know who would be PERFECT for this role Michaela Coel from 'I May Destry You', I know she is British but damn those feauture from our ancestors are there.

@mxhughes

3 жыл бұрын

Not them either foreign blacks are strangers to us they use opportunities black americans fought for and shit on us in the process and tried to hide under the we black banner

Black actors need to STOP BEING SCARED and SPEAK OUT

@bri7193

4 жыл бұрын

Ashlee Tyler bruh they was dancing around the question I was like come on tf...

@DymondCityRydaz

4 жыл бұрын

Go to your job and speak out against issues bothering you with either clients or management... see how long you last. Y do ppl say shit they know they wont do??

@AIONBERSERKER

4 жыл бұрын

Are you gonna pay their mortgage when they get black listed?

@sugarpearl9781

4 жыл бұрын

Ashlee Tyler We can’t do that at our jobs without consequence, what makes you think they can? We’ve seen actors and actresses get black balled (Monique for example), so I’m not mad at black entertainers who want to keep it cute and professional in public.

@itsthehumor95

4 жыл бұрын

Period

I don’t agree with people who say “I don’t see color.” We all do but what makes a difference is how we treat one another.

@KTY-zh2xt

3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@kevinodom2918

3 жыл бұрын

it doesn't mean they literally don't see color. Its a mindset.

@ursula8390

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinodom2918 Brotha, that mindset is flawed...we are so pressured into the illusion of inclusion, that we believe the farce. Our Father sees the difference in us from others.

@DeedeePurpose

3 жыл бұрын

Bingo

@deadchannel3610

3 жыл бұрын

everyone is different and we shouldnt need to be the same to treat each other with respect and like normal human beings.

As a white amab, I PROMISE YOU, from my privelaged perspective, colorism is ABSOLUTELY a factor in so many ways people are seen as persons or not.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE INTRO!! 💕 it gives me all the nostalgia feels!! 🥰🥰🥰

Viola Davis would have done an amazing job! They should of picked her! She’s my fav actress

@MariaFlores-ef1oz

4 жыл бұрын

The fact that she's your favorite actress doesn't mean that she wouldn't done a good job she's not a good actress I honestly can't remember one of her jobs that's actually good

@Pink_pr1ncess

4 жыл бұрын

Mari Flores Shut up and stop spamming. Since you love Zoe so much go watch the movie and support Hollyweird.

@ihateyouall7026

4 жыл бұрын

Mari Flores The Help.

@MariaFlores-ef1oz

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pink_pr1ncess no I'm not gonna shut up I'm gonna defend her because all of you attacking her like that it's not fair

@MariaFlores-ef1oz

4 жыл бұрын

@@ihateyouall7026 ok I give it to you that's a good movie

They say "i dont see color" yet they painted her darkskin

@KimontheWeb

4 жыл бұрын

Ami Amii I know right! If she doesn’t “see color” then she wouldn’t take a role that would require her to change her color.

And I will NEVER forgive flex for pulling that 😭😂

@chocolaterini17

2 жыл бұрын

Call the lawyers😭

People gotta understand that Nina Simones whole message was about black women embracing their distinct features no matter what the societal standard for “beauty” is. This movie just ignores that completely and casted a women who did not have those features nor skin tone. This reinforces those beauty standards that hollywood perpetuates and basically belittles everything simone stood for.

Why did she think it was ok to black up her skin like that and put in false teeth and fake nose? She made a mockery out of Nina Simone.

@chasep1310

4 жыл бұрын

And that is not on at all. One Nina song alone will out way all this nonsense

@syber7824

4 жыл бұрын

this is wild

@jimcampbell9566

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't Will Smith wear a fake nose for his role as Muhammad Ali - that didn't seem disrespectful ?

@Madame_Alexis

4 жыл бұрын

Because she is not black American and can never understand our plight. Horribly casted movie

@ctucker7002

4 жыл бұрын

@@Madame_Alexis Oh Boy!

The lead actress of Chewing Gum literally looks like Nina Simone reincarnated!! I liked Zoe Saldana but her attitude regarding the conversation makes me side eye her.

@mrsbigmamayas3765

4 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Yes! You are correct!

@ilovechips1327

4 жыл бұрын

And she has an amazing voice as well.

@ReadyorNot811

4 жыл бұрын

Facts..she does

@niiece2273

4 жыл бұрын

ummmm yeah its a no for me

@mamatosh05

4 жыл бұрын

I had to look the show up cause I never heard of it; & you are absolutely correct. The perfect image if Nina Simon. Michaela Coel

One has to wonder the inner struggle Saldana is going through as they put a prosthetic nose on her and then spray her with a darker tone in order to play a renowned black woman in US culture. She can't be so obtuse to that irony that she doesn't see that Avatar and Nina are different genres, right?

I heard Zoe say that word " I" alot and "how I was raised" and all that. But this ISN'T about You it's about representing someone accurately, it's about the all the people who are offended by it, and putting on blackface for a movie is a terrible reminder historically of unspeakable racism. That we still see signs of today still.

She said she doesn't "believe in people of color" then in the next breath "I'm okay with my blackness"...how does that work? 🤔

@NM-xr9pi

4 жыл бұрын

Right, also do folks that are just fine with being black need to even make it known that they are okay with their blackness, like it's a scar and not a source of pride...

@phi4liphe944

4 жыл бұрын

@@NM-xr9pi When other people tend to assume that other people aren't comfortable with it. YOu think she would be in interviews just off the cuff making those kind of statements had it not been something mentioned by others? I am just curious...do you people even think before you get to typing some of these comments...lol

@phi4liphe944

4 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure thats not what she said...but feel free to drop the time stamp for me so I can be convinced.

@vohnmartez9820

4 жыл бұрын

I know what she meant. Maybe just maybe..she doesn't believe in color but she knows everyone else does.

@prettypetals5201

4 жыл бұрын

Stacy dash got a new best friend

She pretends that she can profit of her black heritage while dismissing it like a white person. At the end of the day, when she was cool with blackface, that was all that need to be said

@ashleyvazquez9402

4 жыл бұрын

Daaaamn 👌

@the_emmasculator

4 жыл бұрын

BIG FACTS 💯

Flex in dat MJ movie tho 😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀

If you have to put on black face and a prosthetic nose, THEN YOU ARE NOT RIGHT FOR THE PART 🤦🏿‍♂️. I don't understand wht it was hard for them to understand. It's not about being her being black. It's about casting someone who looks like Nina and creating another chance for a dark skinned actress to play Nina since being dark skinned was a huge part of her legacy

If Zoe feels that color doesn’t matter why star in a movie about Nina whose music was about her very experience of being a dark skinned black woman with African features in America. So much cognitive dissonance.

@TheCarnivoreSoprano

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Nina was proud of our identity as dark women.

@Theodore_ML

4 жыл бұрын

Money

@Comeonyoutubeseriously

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! And especially after listening to those songs, wouldn’t you then feel uncomfortable to lay such a role?!

@b.mckaybyam1794

4 жыл бұрын

It’s called acting.....you don’t need to play a role that you literally are in real life....ACTING

@inactiveandsavedforarchive9312

3 жыл бұрын

@@b.mckaybyam1794 that makes no sense.

Indie Arie, Lauren Hill, or Viola Davis 100% should be the choices for a real movie about Ms. Simone.

@mrsx7944

3 жыл бұрын

*India

@MauricioSierraM.

3 жыл бұрын

India.Arie was perfect

@seanmcquinn9603

3 жыл бұрын

Viola Davis would have been perfect

@travisallens242

3 жыл бұрын

Black is black read that again ......The Bahamas loves all black people!!!!

@mrsx7944

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanmcquinn9603 too old

The question to ask specifically is , who made the decision to cast Ms. Saldana?? What is the name /s of the person or group of people who made that decision??? Names..names,,names.... how do we acquire that information. Who took the power away from the writer to cast this role??

I LOVE Amandala. She was offered the role of Shuri initially and turned it down because she recognized her own light-skinned privilege. Shuri is NOT light skinned. Storm is NOT light skinned. I was so happy when she did that.

@SyvesterMali

15 сағат бұрын

Me too

The fact that the other BLACK ACTRESSES were AFRAID to speak up about it and danced around the question speaks VOLUME

@roneishasanders7782

3 жыл бұрын

Yea they faces was like let me figure out how to say this the nicest I know how. They wanted to go off

@kiki1573

3 жыл бұрын

I think they kept it real.

@tianafreeman9388

3 жыл бұрын

@EZE THE GREAT garbage commentary and complete and utter ignorance 🗑

@aprilh8022

3 жыл бұрын

@EZE THE GREAT That might be true if Nina Simone was a fictional person, but shes was not and if they thought Zoe was black enough to play the part why the hell did they need to put her in black face?

@elle7981

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. Probably because of Zoe's popularity at the time they didn't want to get hate for speaking out.

The fact that she doesn’t understand. And says “I’ve never benefited from being light skin”, she is so detached from a real Black woman’s reality. So how could she even relate to the character?

@Maki-00

4 жыл бұрын

She benefited, she just doesn't recognize it!

@Maki-00

4 жыл бұрын

She benefited, she just doesn't recognize it!

@justme-ew3ri

4 жыл бұрын

Actually truly like to act you have to do your homework and when they are a real person that is work and work and more work so if she did any I’m like you would have come out of that with a new attitude towards being black

This has definitely become one of my favorite KZread pages. Keep putting out this dope content!

Robert Johnson's statement is very problematic that he actually founded the Black Entertainment Channel (BET).

She should have been logical and respectful enough to turn down the Nina Simone role.

@liveyourbestsoftlife5705

4 жыл бұрын

She wanted that check at all cost

@Chitownhomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Too easy... she's cancelled

@taz9234

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly turn the role down and educate the director. I now cannot stand Zoey.

They are acting like casting an actor with Nina Simone’s skin complexion isn’t important but still put dark make up on Zoe Saldana face ⁉️😩

@macummings7818

4 жыл бұрын

Please say it LOUDERRR I'm like - um - I thought color didn't matter? 'n stuff?

@THEGREEDYCOUPLE

4 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!!!

@mskeke6337

4 жыл бұрын

A complete contradiction

@glw5166

4 жыл бұрын

You better say it again!

@health_is_wealth333

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

There were plenty of actresses who was the same complextion as Nina Simone who would have done a better fit for the role.

She don’t realize that her putting on a fake nose and black phishing was ok? 😂😂😂

I haven't seen that film about Nina Simone with Zoe as her, & never will, looks like a minstrel show.

@MZPOETSKYLOVEBLACK

4 жыл бұрын

Mi either this shit is ridiculous

@butnowamfound

4 жыл бұрын

cause that's what it is.

@rosalyn7762

4 жыл бұрын

When she said she don't see color🙄😒I'm like "Oh Zoe, you're not that good of an actress😌

@toidean633

4 жыл бұрын

Rosalyn it was horrible and I couldn't finish watching it!!!

@godsheals90

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed I refuse to watch it.

She looked horrible as Nina so disrespectful to such a great legend

@parrishharris3008

4 жыл бұрын

That's the absolute truth

@NM-xr9pi

4 жыл бұрын

did you see the lighter skin peeking out from underneath the blackface makeup though... around the eyes especially...

@millions2nette

4 жыл бұрын

IKR! Looked like bad funeral makeup, or something. (Like, maybe the person was in a car-crash and had to be repaired). This is the first time I ever heard her say that she' black...Usually she plays up the "latina". I know Latino is not a race an that there are black latinas, but sometimes it hard to tell.

@MzTarshaB

4 жыл бұрын

Mo's World Agreed.

@ChiefJayBinns

4 жыл бұрын

Did anyone see the movie? Exactly Malcom X's street name was literally big red and you ain't say shytt about Denzel chocolate azz playing a light brown man with reddish hair

The fact that she willingly did that and refuses to see anything wrong is so fucked up. My respect for her is in the gutter.

Zoe was soooooo awful in that Sway interview. I cant believe she said such crazy stuff the whole time!

I also hate it when people who obviously benefit from colourism sit there and tell us they do not benefit from it. They painted her dark , made her wear an afro & made her wear a prosthetic nose.

@mrsoshadabaadman

3 жыл бұрын

@Brazilian Goddess White privilege is owning a smart phone and drinking coffee?? Shiiit then I'm half way there but I hate coffee.

@psomichelle2758

3 жыл бұрын

Cuz I don't. you don't know every light skinned life, how the fuck you gonna tell me about MY life? Gag. Kiki. Ya'll complain about colorist and be colorist against people who aren't dark, even going as far as to even say we aren't black. I didn't even agree with the mess zoe pulled but go awwwwf. Outside of Holloywood doing this shit right here, the only time I see pRivlIaGe, is in the dating world. The niggas that says only lighskinned women are cute, shouldn't even be on ANYONE's radar, I shot down a dude for clowning dark skinned women in front of me thinking I'd go for that, and he was dark his damn self. Attack people like Zoe who accepted the role, attack these "men" that perpetuate the problem. Light skinned people are here....and they aren't going anywhere so you gotta toughen up. Sorry, not sorry.

@diamondblack19

3 жыл бұрын

@@psomichelle2758 You really felt attacked huh? I highly doubt if she meant every light skinned person. There is light skinned privilege, and it's more of how the person responds to it. Like taking a role that you have to darken your skin to even play. You said you didn't agree with Zoe taking the role, and talked about how men perpetuate the problem, so obviously you're not part of the problem

@carlyletom301

3 жыл бұрын

@@psomichelle2758 I appreciate your comment. People are complaining about Hollywood but still do not understand what the word means. Hollywood comes from the wood/stick from the Holly shrub. Magicians used this stick as a wand. Meaning that Hollywood creates magic on the screen. Alike, dressing up Zoe to become whatever they interpret. Hollywood passed over hundreds of choices, but the main issue, is that it was THEIR choice. Black people have do not have that power in Hollywood, hence the reason why Tyler Perry created his own. If "black" people have a problem with Hollywood, then boycott Hollywood. Create your own, or continue as a beggar to whites, complaining in the THEIR house.

@johnnydept4082

3 жыл бұрын

Dark women try to portray lightskin women everyday

I felt like I was losing brain cells while listening to Zoe Saldana speak

@FUNNYMANERICWHITE

4 жыл бұрын

lol 😂 same

@unhingedskrunkly8512

4 жыл бұрын

Ugh same she sounded so ignorant! What little braincells I had left evaporated when I heard her interview 🤢

@barryemanuel48

4 жыл бұрын

True, she made it worse. She shouldn't have taken the role.

@moeshamitchell185

4 жыл бұрын

I fast forward after a while and was disappointed in Sway for not questioning her unauthentic statements.

@KeneishaFreckleton

4 жыл бұрын

noooooooooooooooooo saaaaaaammmeee! I literally skipped her part .

Reminds me a lot of the Celia Cruz biopic drama series. Same old story. They casted a Afro Latina actress with a thin nose and slim face features when Celia Cruz had a wide nose and was really curvy in her younger years and so forth.