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Will Smith gets $35 million to portray Louisiana history
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:01 pm
Will Smith getting paid for another action role. The movie is called Emancipation and is directed by the guy who made Training Day and the Equalizer. The plot is:
It's based on the true story of a slave named Gordon who in 1863 escaped the Lyons plantation that was located along the west bank of the Atchafalaya River in St. Landry Parish. He rubbed his body with onions to evade tracking dogs and ran 40 miles until he met Union soldiers
A picture of Gordon with scars on his back from whippings went viral when it was published in Harper's Weekly in 1863 but the story accompanying it about his life was fabricated by the author.
Hollywood news from South Africa says Will is securing the $35M bag
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After being whipped nearly to death, a slave named Peter escapes from a Louisiana plantation, outwitting cold-blooded hunters led by Fassel, as he makes his way North, where he joins the Union Army.
It's based on the true story of a slave named Gordon who in 1863 escaped the Lyons plantation that was located along the west bank of the Atchafalaya River in St. Landry Parish. He rubbed his body with onions to evade tracking dogs and ran 40 miles until he met Union soldiers
A picture of Gordon with scars on his back from whippings went viral when it was published in Harper's Weekly in 1863 but the story accompanying it about his life was fabricated by the author.
Hollywood news from South Africa says Will is securing the $35M bag
This post was edited on 7/21/22 at 12:17 pm
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Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:02 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Well, he’s used to other men laying pipe to his wife, so he’s got that part down at least.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:03 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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outwitting cold-blooded hunters
Just say white people.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:03 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Wonder if he pretends to slap anyone in the movie?
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:04 pm to Diseasefreeforall
So Will Smith gets to portray a black man that had violence used against him only a short time after he used violence against a black man?
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:04 pm to Diseasefreeforall
That picture is horrible. My god.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:06 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:06 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Oh, joy, another slave fetish, black trauma film from Hollywood.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:06 pm to kciDAtaE
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That picture is horrible. My god.
Disturbing. Pretty normal at the time though, unfortunately.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:06 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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It's based on the story of a slave named Gordon who in 1863 escaped the Lyons plantation that was located along the west bank of the Atchafalaya River in St. Landry Parish.
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the story accompanying it about his life was fabricated by the author.
Then no, no it is not based on it.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:06 pm to kciDAtaE
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That picture is horrible. My god.
That’s honestly your first time seeing that photo?
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:06 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Not watching that wackjob ever again. Makes me sad because I really like ‘Legend of Bagger Vance.’ frick that mentally disturbed narcissist.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:09 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Training Day is my all time favorite movie. I kinda have to watch this one.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:09 pm to Diseasefreeforall
MORE BLACK TRAUMA FILMS
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:10 pm to Saint Alfonzo
It’s just a weapon to hammer their message, while people evil.
That’s why they make these movies.
That’s why they make these movies.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:10 pm to High C
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That’s honestly your first time seeing that photo?
Does it matter? Does it get better each time you see it?
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:10 pm to BhamBlazeDog
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Then no, no it is not based on it.
The story is true but, just like today, media 160 years ago couldn't help but fictionalize it and make it about themselves instead of the truth.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:11 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Fruit be hangin low!!!
This post was edited on 7/21/22 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:12 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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The story is true
I guess I'm confused then, so the story is true?
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media 160 years ago couldn't help but fictionalize it and make it about themselves instead of the truth.
Funny how this is still the case, unfortunately.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:12 pm to High C
Why would that surprise you? I’ve seen a few pictures over the years of slaves with whipping scars on their backs. Was I supposed to know which one was the “iconic” one?
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