500175, LOL - You miss the boat every time. Posted by Orbit_Established, Fri Jan-29-10 03:20 PM
>Denzel. > >And?
There aren't a lot of leading black men, so of course I can't name you very man. The ones that are, however, are *either* FUNNY or COMMANDING.
You don't get the in-between stuff, at all.
>Will doesn't fit the bill anymore than Matt Damon does. Will >made it as a pretty boy that people could take home to mom >just like Damon did and both have bulked up. If Will somehow >transcended his pretty boy image than so did Damon.
LOL. No, he didn't.
Sorry. Damon plays progressive rugby players who are friends with Nelson Mandela.
Smith is playing crazy virologists who shoot zombies. Or anti-heroes who blow things up.
They don't do the same type of movie, because their appeal is different. Cry all you want to. Its true.
Damon might have "bulked up" but his appeal is still more "Aww, he's so smart and thoughtful" than it is "He'll fuck a nigga up" OR "He's funny."
Hell, even in the BOURNE series, his appeal was that he didn't *look* like a badass. That's he was perfect. He looked like a lost puppy whiteboy. That's WHY the Bourne series worked. If he looked like an NFL Running back, the role wouldn't have worked as well.
>Who is the black Jason Statham? > >You can keep copping pleas but Frank's point is just wrong.
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