24: new star is black no Jack Bauer: some flack people won't watch it without Kiefer

I'll watch it. At least give it a chance. I want brothas to keep getting leading man roles that don't hinge on him being black. The only way that happens is if the ratings are there. The more we watch the better.

Same thing with Rosewood.
 
samson1701 said:
I'll watch it. At least give it a chance. I want brothas to keep getting leading man roles that don't hinge on him being black. The only way that happens is if the ratings are there. The more we watch the better.

Same thing with Rosewood.
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I think that 24 was a show about the CTU more than Jack Bauer. Jack Bauer was an active and more visible cog in a big machine. A machine that has many operatives that are specialists in many fields in the service to the country. Now I think it is time for others to step in. I recall watching the film The Seige. Densely Washington's character could have been portrayed by a white actor. His performance as Anthony Hubbard was excellent and realistic. So we're the rest of the cast that included Annette Benning, Bruce Willis and Tony Shalhoub.

I think if viewers were more interested in the activities of the CTU, any operative would be supported regardless of race. But Keifer Sutherland was the star of the show and the majority audience was white.

The film Rosewood had an inaccuracy because there was no black soldier fighting in the film. The KKK showed up and both sides lost people in the massacre. The only survivors of Rosewood were children and they had no idea of how or why it started in the first place
John Singleton stated that if he made a docudrama, no one would see the film.
 
Gorath said:
I think that 24 was a show about the CTU more than Jack Bauer. Jack Bauer was an active and more visible cog in a big machine. A machine that has many operatives that are specialists in many fields in the service to the country. Now I think it is time for others to step in. I recall watching the film The Seige. Densely Washington's character could have been portrayed by a white actor. His performance as Anthony Hubbard was excellent and realistic. So we're the rest of the cast that included Annette Benning, Bruce Willis and Tony Shalhoub.

I think if viewers were more interested in the activities of the CTU, any operative would be supported regardless of race. But Keifer Sutherland was the star of the show and the majority audience was white.

The film Rosewood had an inaccuracy because there was no black soldier fighting in the film. The KKK showed up and both sides lost people in the massacre. The only survivors of Rosewood were children and they had no idea of how or why it started in the first place
John Singleton stated that if he made a docudrama, no one would see the film.
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My bad. I should have been more specific. I was talking about the new TV show, "Rosewood' on Fox. It stars Morris Chestnut as a crime solving pathologist. It started out rocky, but it's gotten to be a pretty good light hearted crime show in the vien of Bones or Castle.

Everything else you said is right on, though.
 
Black folk watch more television hours than any other ethnic group, on average.

'24' IMO indirectly got Barack Obama elected.lol

Why the hell wouldn't I watch it???

I still believe '24' had a unique story telling narrative that drove the show more than just its characters.

Chloe was the real star of that show anyway.
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andreboba said:
Black folk watch more television hours than any other ethnic group, on average.

'24' IMO indirectly got Barack Obama elected.lol

Why the hell wouldn't I watch it???

I still believe '24' had a unique story telling narrative that drove the show more than just its characters.

Chloe was the real star of that show anyway.
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Been saying that for years lol
Rip President Palmer
 
I used to get the verbal beat down about this all the time. But, Chloe was annoying as hell to me. My 24 clique wasn't trying to hear that. ...lol
 
andreboba said:
Black folk watch more television hours than any other ethnic group, on average.

'24' IMO indirectly got Barack Obama elected.lol

Why the hell wouldn't I watch it???

I still believe '24' had a unique story telling narrative that drove the show more than just its characters.

Chloe was the real star of that show anyway.
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I think Morgan Freeman in the movie Deep Impact also contributed to getting Obama elected.
 
samson1701 said:
I used to get the verbal beat down about this all the time. But, Chloe was annoying as hell to me. My 24 clique wasn't trying to hear that. ...lol
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LOL

I thought it was just me! lol I hate her whiny character. Painful.

The actor who plays her was on Craig Ferguson some time back and she seems funny as hell and nothing like the charter she plays.
 
Thump said:
I think Morgan Freeman in the movie Deep Impact also contributed to getting Obama elected.
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No, I don't think so. Morgan Freeman showed the world how a black president would act in times of major crises. Not in getting Obama elected.
 
Gorath said:
No, I don't think so. Morgan Freeman showed the world how a black president would act in times of major crises. Not in getting Obama elected.
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As far as I remember, Deep Impact was the first time A black man had been cast as the duly elected president on film.

In my opinion, seeing a black man in that roll may have helped to open up the idea in the general public's mind about a black commander-in-chief.
 
Thump said:
As far as I remember, Deep Impact was the first time A black man had been cast as the duly elected president on film.

In my opinion, seeing a black man in that roll may have helped to open up the idea in the general public's mind about a black commander-in-chief.
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Both portrayals helped open up the American psyche to the idea of a BM as POTUS.
 
BrianJ said:
LOL

I thought it was just me! lol I hate her whiny character. Painful.

The actor who plays her was on Craig Ferguson some time back and she seems funny as hell and nothing like the charter she plays.
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Yeah, she is cool as hell. She actually does stand up and she's not bad. Not outrageously funny, but worth checking out.
 
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