OT- Sidney Poitiers 1967

[Suicane75]

Im watching a documentary on PBS on Sidney Poitier and they just mentioned that Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In The Heat Of The Night and To Sir, with Love all came out in 1967. I'd never realized all 3 of these films came out in the same year. It makes me wonder, has any actor ever had a year like that? It would be like Tom Hanks starring in Forest Gump, Philadelphia and Big all in the same year. Stunning.

[Bubba Wheels]

There was a time, a few years ago, that everything that came out had Michael Cain in it. It became the big joke about the movies.

[Suicane75]

umm............

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Im watching a documentary on PBS on Sidney Poitier and they just mentioned that Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In The Heat Of The Night and To Sir, with Love all came out in 1967. I'd never realized all 3 of these films came out in the same year. It makes me wonder, has any actor ever had a year like that? It would be like Tom Hanks starring in Forest Gump, Philadelphia and Big all in the same year. Stunning.

That is a pretty amazing trifecta to come out in the same year. He is one of my favorite actors of all time, and two of those movies would be in my top twenty best movies of all time, with one in the top ten.

[Young Drachma]

Now that we've settled that, name a black actor in today's era that rivals him.

Sure, Denzel does. But, I'm thinking more along the leading man type of roles. There are none unless its an all-black cast. When will Hollywood get past the stigma of casting meaningful interracial casts in non-buddy flicks?

I mean, its obvious that people are okay when certain women (Thandie Newton, Halle Berry, et. al.) are cast in roles opposite white men. But you'd be hard pressed to find a non-teen flick (e.g. Save the Last Dance) where a serious black actor was in a dramatic role opposite a white female lead.

Just seems a little pecuilar to me. But then, a lot of things do.

Thoughts?

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Now that we've settled that, name a black actor in today's era that rivals him.

Sure, Denzel does. But, I'm thinking more along the leading man type of roles. There are none unless its an all-black cast. When will Hollywood get past the stigma of casting meaningful interracial casts in non-buddy flicks?

I mean, its obvious that people are okay when certain women (Thandie Newton, Halle Berry, et. al.) are cast in roles opposite white men. But you'd be hard pressed to find a non-teen flick (e.g. Save the Last Dance) where a serious black actor was in a dramatic role opposite a white female lead.

Just seems a little pecuilar to me. But then, a lot of things do.

Thoughts?

Completely agreed. The fear of casting a black male/white female love story seems rediculous in this day and age, but...

Eric La Salle on ER several years ago had a relationship with a white female doctor (Dr. Corday). He demanded the writers end that relationship not because of the white protest, but because of the black female protest. Many black women are offended by seeing a black man with a white woman, and feel threatened by it.

[hukarez]

Not meant to be taken the wrong way or anything, but did he pass away recently, or is still going strong?

[Young Drachma]

No, he's still alive. I think he was on the Oscars two years ago, when Denzel won they showed him.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Completely agreed. The fear of casting a black male/white female love story seems rediculous in this day and age, but...

Eric La Salle on ER several years ago had a relationship with a white female doctor (Dr. Corday). He demanded the writers end that relationship not because of the white protest, but because of the black female protest. Many black women are offended by seeing a black man with a white woman, and feel threatened by it.

Well, that's not the whole story. He was saying that they depicted his interracial relationship as stable, while all his ones with black women were unstable.

He thought that sent the wrong message, but that he didn't have a problem with interracial relationships. I think he makes a valid point. I think there is a dearth of non-comedic, depiction of black couples on television. But I only pointed to the IR thing, because Hollywood isn't so much to blame on that one, since the "Black" movies that do get made are just as guilty of this as the other ones.