Millenniumman Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Director Antoine Fuqua remaking Cat On A Hot Tin Roof with an all black cast, Not trying to start anything but the black man says no I'm interested in hearing your opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 I read about this, but was turned off by the info they'll be "adding" new plot lines...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Well, isn't all those Madea movies that Tyler Perry makes just a "Big Daddy in drag" kind'a thing already??? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Not trying to make assumptions here, but would a black cast and black audience accept the idea of Brick being on the "downlow"? Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumman Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 I can't speak for all black people but in general at least publicly black people seem more accepting, I'm also interested to see who it goes over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Sepiatone said: Not trying to make assumptions here, but would a black cast and black audience accept the idea of Brick being on the "downlow"? Sepiatone Maybe that'll be one of the plot lines changed in the film..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Millenniumman said: I can't speak for all black people but in general at least publicly black people seem more accepting, I'm also interested to see who it goes over. It goes over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Millenniumman said: Director Antoine Fuqua remaking Cat On A Hot Tin Roof with an all black cast, Not trying to start anything but the black man says no I'm interested in hearing your opinions. Is that his real name???? I'd CHANGE it!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 There was an all-Black revival of Cat on Broadway around 2008. I have an internet friend who went to that version and he said that it didn't quite come off, That said he liked seeing James Earl Jones as Big Daddy saying that when he made his first entrance, the audience went crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vautrin Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 No version could be funnier than the original movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moe Howard Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 This is one I can't wait to not see. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Cronin Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Never Mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 12 hours ago, Moe Howard said: This is one I can't wait to not see. I'll wait for the all Hispanic cast version or the all gay or Transgender remake. Can't wait to see how the latter two handle the Brick character. Sepiatone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Howard Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Sepiatone said: I'll wait for the all Hispanic cast version or the all gay or Transgender remake. Can't wait to see how the latter two handle the Brick character. Sepiatone Well as long as straight actors aren't hired to play gay/trans/etc.....that would just be so wrong.... Me, I'm holding out for the kiddy version where all the actors are preteens. Can't wait to see which little tart gets the Maggie the Cat roll! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 "dag nabbit! I've had it! I want all the freeloaders outta my house!...all except for Goober! Brick don't stop boozin' his big brother gets the whole deal!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 2:17 PM, Vautrin said: No version could be funnier than the original movie. They can try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txfilmfan Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, NipkowDisc said: "dag nabbit! I've had it! I want all the freeloaders outta my house!...all except for Goober! Brick don't stop boozin' his big brother gets the whole deal!" Beige must've been a popular color in the 1950s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vautrin Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, slaytonf said: They can try. I wish them all the luck in the world because they've got a very steep mountain to climb. How about an all cats version? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Vautrin said: I wish them all the luck in the world because they've got a very steep mountain to climb. How about an all cats version? A muppet version. Guess the cast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Apropos of all-black casts, I saw Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway in Hello, Dolly! in her roadshow. Even though I was way too young to fully appreciate it, I was still blown away by her performance. I can't imagine anyone doing as good in the role. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 5:00 PM, CinemaInternational said: There was an all-Black revival of Cat on Broadway around 2008. I have an internet friend who went to that version and he said that it didn't quite come off, That said he liked seeing James Earl Jones as Big Daddy saying that when he made his first entrance, the audience went crazy. I thought it was pretty good. Anika Noni Rose as Maggie was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, slaytonf said: Apropos of all-black casts, I saw Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway in Hello, Dolly! in her roadshow. Even though I was way too young to fully appreciate it, I was still blown away by her performance. I can't imagine anyone doing as good in the role. I saw that production and thought it was great. At the curtain call, Pearl Bailey came out and made a very odd speech. We didn't know what she was talking about. She made some reference to something happening, and the cast wasn't sure what to do. My friend and I -- we were teenagers -- went to the stage door to get her autograph, and she told us that during the show that evening, the cast found out that Martin Luther King Jr. had just been shot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 I saw a production of Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic in London a couple of years ago. The Loman family was black. It was a wonderful production, with Wendell Pierce, Sharon D. Clarke, and Arinze Kene. They added some spirituals for mood, and it totally worked. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/may/10/death-of-a-salesman-review-young-vic-wendell-pierce-sharon-d-clarke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vautrin Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 21 hours ago, slaytonf said: A muppet version. Guess the cast. I'd be stumped because I know very little about the Muppets. I was thinking more along the lines of a Beckettian cat version. Two felines who can't decide whether or not to go on the hot tin roof while waiting for a third cat to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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