Reply #83: Gee, I thought she shone in CRAZY IN ALABAMA [View All]

[MADem]

I think she has the ability, but all that plastic surgery is ruining her--she is starting to look a little scary. And I'm not sure her priorities are always with her craft. What the hell, if she saved her earnings, she doesn't have to act.

I agree with your assessment about who runs the industry. Perhaps Halle might want to talk to Penny Marshall, and Demi Moore (who made a BUNDLE producing the AUSTIN POWERS series).

I think it is more of a gender issue, not a race issue, frankly. Two black men are nominated for BEST ACTOR this year. Black is cool this season, apparently. But if women want a good part, they need to find either a wise man producer, a woman producer, or scrape up the dough, the script, the director, etc. themselves. But if they keep on at it, eventually they will prevail. It's not an easy road, but if they stay on it, they will eventually own the industry....the female producers have a pretty good track record in terms of artistry and profit--and profit is the bottom line.

I don't go to Hollywood films. I wait until they come out on the cable, if I see them at all. I really prefer the independent films. They are sometimes uneven, but they have a gritty reality that you can't find in the slick, overproduced Hollywood productions, which are usually short on plot, heavy on product placement, and formulaic.

As an aside, Halle is a nice gal. She spent a lot of time visiting the troops right before FLINTSTONES came out. Banged all over hell (with the flu, puking) to remote outposts during Black History Month. I give her a great deal of credit for that, she went, cheerfully, to some real hellholes, and you never would have known she was under the weather--a class act. She also never mentioned it, when she could have gotten a lot of mileage out of it....