3D Urban Noir Tale “The Mortician” Starring Method Man Gets Official USA Trailer (On DVD February 14)

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• Steven | January 19, 2012 12:01 PMReply

  I feel silly for saying this but I thought Method Man was Kimbo Slice before I expanded the poster. lol

• Duncan Manutz | January 19, 2012 11:54 AMReply

  I one maybe two questions, How does a Black Actor get a lead role like this ? Are Real Actors pissed off ? if so, Where is the Outcry ?

• Nadell | January 19, 2012 4:44 PM

  @ Jug - that was the other movie I was thinking about "Walk The Line".
  Now Jamie Foxx started out doing comedy first...or was it acting? Either way of which came first, his secondary profession is singing.

• Jug | January 19, 2012 3:59 PM

  @Nadell-Oh, forgot WALK THE LINE with Joaquin Phoenix & Reece Witherspoon as Johnny Cash & his wife. Jamie Foxx in RAY splits the difference LOL

• Jug | January 19, 2012 3:07 PM

  Troy...I have to say that was one of the more confusing & stupid comments I've read in a while. Thanks for the laugh! @ Nadell- Indeed. Remember COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER? Ever see LA BAMBA? SELENA? GREAT BALLS OF FIRE? THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY? Every one of 'em with actors (in order-Sissy Spacek, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Quaid, Gary Busey). Proof is in the pudding. Troy is just a moron, because I'm guessing, he thinks I WANT to see this craptastic flick with Meth, trying to get his acting cred, Reading comprehension is a must ya heard. If he wants to see movies with this sort of "celebrity acting" than so be it, A Fool & his Money are Soon Parted. LOL

• Nadell | January 19, 2012 3:00 PM

  @ Duncan - I have been thinking this since "Waiting to Exhale", "Set if Off", "The Preacher's Wife", "Takers", "Raisin in the Sun", "Baby Boy", "Cadillac Records" (to only name a few). Its pretty ridiculous and degrading to those actors and downright an injustice. But as Jug said , its all about $$$! Plaster a famous, high-profile face to a movie and the face & name alone brings in big bucks.
  @ Jug - couldn't have said it any better. I have yet to see a movie or bio about a famous artist who is white being portrayed by a singer. They understand the importance of aiming to showcase talent rather than fame -- they know the quality of acting and they make it their mission to give their beloved icon superior justice in being portrayed in film.

• Troy | January 19, 2012 2:54 PM

  The movie was terrible. So we should want to see an actor who was a bad waiter instead of a viable celebrity. Every sorted and lowest common denominator that has box office success is successful because of white people. Whatever Jug.
  
  Movies are for celebrities and extras. Actors and Master Thespians belong on stage.

• Jug | January 19, 2012 12:44 PM

  How do you get a lead role like this? Cut an album..maybe make a sex tape. Seriously, the outcry has since ceased because, unfortunately, people just want to be entertained. And to be even more specific, those who LOOK like us really don't care either. Actors, in general, we're told to "stop b*tchin'" & "get your game tight". For minorities, especially Black people, it's the business model. We go see movies with rappers, singers & athletes as leads, but white people do not. They go see Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Will Smith, Robert DeNiro, Colin Firth, Sam Worthington, etc (and the occasional Paris Hilton LOL) Trust me, the actors here are pissed off (see Omar Epps response to Puffy playing Walter Lee, Sam Jackson & his view on working with rappers-tho he does it A LOT :-/ ), but business is business and until we vote with our wallets, those types of creative/business decisions will continue.