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Thread: Paul Greengrass gets funding for his Martin Luther King Jr biopic "Memphis"

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    How is a whitewashed version more interesting?

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    A Bad Man in a Bad Land / Mr. Consistency
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    This reminds me of the Kennedy clan (allegedly) forcing that Kennedy mini-series with Katie Holmes to get dumped some years back because it portrayed the not so nice details, even though they've been public knowledge for decades.
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    The fact that the film will be a " warts-and-all" look at MLK actually is one of the most promising things about it. King was a great, great man whose accomplishments were absolutely incredible and among the most important in American history. That said, he was still a human being, and all human beings have flaws.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rage Colored Glasses View Post
    The fact that the film will be a " warts-and-all" look at MLK actually is one of the most promising things about it. King was a great, great man whose accomplishments were absolutely incredible and among the most important in American history. That said, he was still a human being, and all human beings have flaws.
    Like the stereotypical American religious figures, he fucked around. But unlike most of those assholes, MLK did actually do something positive in the grand scheme of things.
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    How is a whitewashed version more interesting?
    at one point Lee Daniels was working on a project about MLK, SELMA...but the things didn't work (it seems again for problems with King family)...but in his case I'm afraid nobody mattered if a whitewashed version was on his arrival...
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    Quote Originally Posted by DirkDiggler View Post
    Darn. I was hoping for Cuba Gooding Jr.
    or Anthony Mackie


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