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| Gabourey Sidibe in Yelling To The Sky |
Gabourey Sidibe is in a movie called Yelling To The Sky.
Written and directed by Victoria Mahoney, the description of Yelling To The Sky is this: "In a depraved New York neighborhood, the youngest of three mixed-race sisters named Sweetness O’Hara, spends the better part of being seventeen navigating an identity between the known: a violent life of crime, and the unknown: a life of purpose and meaning."
You can become a fan of the movie at Facebook here: Yelling to The Sky.
To recap, on The Howard Stern Show, Howard Stern ranted that Actress Gabourey Sidibe, who played the lead role in the award-winning movie Precious, and was a Best Actress Nominee for an Oscar at the 2010 Academy Awards, would never get another movie role. Howard Stern referred to Gabourey Sidibe as a "fat black chick" causing this blogger to ask what he skin color has to do with anything?
Again, to make sure the message is sent, Howard Stern was being racist. Period. End of story. Racism is a mental illness. It is the putting down - the rejecting - of a person because of the color of their skin. Howard Stern talked as if being black was something that made Gabourey Sidibe unattractive in his eyes. That's John Mayer-level racism. Racists are not known for thinking; if Howard Stern were thinking he would have never made the statement he did on his show.
Instead, Stern stuck his foot in his mouth.
Now Howard may say, "Oh, c'mom. That's a small independent film." So was Precious.
Stay tuned.
Stern was not putting Gabourey down because she was black, he was putting her down because she is a morbidly obese young woman that is sending the wrong message. Her weight is not healthy and she is posing a serious risk to her well being. If someone were to walk down the red carpet smoking a cigarette there would be outrage over children seeing a celebrity promote an unhealthy habit. Juliana Rancic of E! was gushing over how beautiful Sidibe looked, this comes from a woman who has publicly stated that she refuses or is unable to gain 5 lbs so that she is able to bear a child. Bottom line Gabourey is fat and she happens to be back. The media is glamorizing an unhealthy lifestyle and Sidibe is not a positive role model. Stern was telling it like it is. I never heard him once refer to her race in a negative way, only her weight.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about you guys, but I'm really looking forward to this one: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=7PEI8T7ACEI2&preview=article&linkid=7cfa85be-3adc-46da-a581-22f5d26f6780&pdaffid=ZVFwBG5jk4Kvl9OaBJc5%2bg%3d%3d
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eric, you are an asshole.
ReplyDeletejust because guiliana say's she's beautiful and she cant gain five pounds doesnt make her not beautiful.
she is beautiful.
just because she was in a couple of movies doesnt mean that every kid is going to look at her and say oh i'm going to gain twenty pounds.
you are a pig and it disgusts me that people like you disgrace this earth and to be honest i bet your not any better than gabby.
I have listened to the conversation between Stern and Quivers (his "black" sidekick) and found that he said Gabourey would not work because of her size... he is correct on that part.. she will have indy films but she will never be a "Bond" girl or a sex symbol.
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