Welcome to Part III...or is it IV? I can't the hell remember anymore.. Well, it don't matter none... Not as long as our allegedly "sophisticated, enlightened, & open-minded society" is gonna INSIST on being fucked up like...... Well, this is REALLY a burr under my blanket....as *I* was (am?) the one that is the main character in THIS incident! I was at an indie studio earlier to-day - an acquaintance of mine works there part-time - and I heard that one of the senior directors was looking for a director for an upcoming production gig...a rather violent thriller...and I was told it might interest me.. Apparently, said senior director got wind of at least *one* of my live-action works....it was a cutaway massacre scene for a sci-fi programme that a pal directed & supervised. And said senior director opined that *II was "the likely and appropriate candidate" for his production project...In *his* words (in conversation with one of his colleagues...inside their office...whilst *I* sat oustide...and *heard* them)... "Yeah, That Dood Looks Like He'd Be Right For Doing The Part.... ..ESPECIALLY Since He And His People Are Like....*THAT!!!!*" "Yeah......You Know That Black Guys Are All About Being Predominantly And Inherently Violent..It's All About *Power*...." Those sons of bitches didn't even have the courtesy keep the door shut during their..."business meeting"... And their philosophy towards how a person pursues their artistry...was just as HATEFUL as the OTHER ASSHOLE - A cabbie in 1998, Omaha - who told me: "You're Into Computers? YOU?!? But You're A *BLACK GUY!*" Needless to say, that asshole didn't get a tip from ME! Anyway, after those studio assholes finished their talk....I was approached by the studio supervisor fella...and was offered the position...and offered an advance for my upcoming work... I told the fella : "Well, I don't hafta tell ya what you can *DO* with it!" ....and walked outta the studio... ....even though I *did* turn my back on a HEFTY paycheque.. A paycheque that woulda MORE than helped us out for the Yuletide Season & BEYOND! I *refuse* to compromise my artistic integrity....and my dignity.. Period. I'd rather be a starving artist...I mean a skin-and-bones RAT....than to sell out for a few measly bucks....and to appease/satisfy the WARPED MORALS of a few morbidly misguided assholes.... 'Nuff Said!!!!
heard something similar around 2000, when I was in a group for a military fighter sim called MiG-29. We used to have weekly meetings, where we would all come online and update or become updated on squadron related activities. Just so have it, I decided to come out of the anonymous closet and tell everyone I was black, because one of the guys was acting 'hood' and making jokes. Most of them didn't give a shit about skin color, as long as you could hold your own, in matches against other squads. The guy who was crackin the jokes, however, did say that 'I couldn't be black, because black people aren't any good in flight sims.' As if we have some genetic background, that prevents us from learning the ins and outs of high-fidelity flight simulators. I wonder if actual African-American fighter pilots put up with the same scrutiny, in the armed forces. :smt102 I would like to turn back the clock and own his ass in a 1-on-1 tho.
In: http://www.whitewomenblackmen.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14738 I *did* make the statement...(paraphrasing/condensing here).. I *refuse* to prostitute myself to the point of artistioc blasphemy... And *this* is a *prime example* thereof.. It's the CHIEF reason why Yours Truly opted to expatriate....rather than lwet my artistic & personal integrity & self-respect be compromised in *any* way by the ridiculous directives of the U.S. entertainment industry... 'Nuff Said!!!! OpinionsCartoonStudios@Yahoo.Co.UK
I respect & admire your refusal to sell your soul to the devil for what ultimately boils down to nothing gained. More people need to have the same gumption & determination to be true to themselves. This, imo, is what makes someone successful in life. I always think of what the bible asks 'what is the point of gaining the world but losing your soul?' (paraphrased of course). IMO it's never worth it.
Yeah, sounds like something an ignorant fuck would say. Fuck those fools. We are expected to dominate sports but use a computer or be civil and level-headed and we somehow broke the mold. God damn shame. People are a damn trip.
truth how many brothas you know keeping it real with one of these tho I personally just love the things. PCs are the only platform which really accommodates aviation enthusiasts, in hardware and software.
Hell, I don't know anybody with that setup, although my boy has a sick Alienware laptop....but he ain't black. Shit, last time I saw a mufucka with a joysitck setup was in the old Mech Assault days. I'm gonna eventually cop an Alienware, though. I wanna play the upcoming Star Wars MMO that comes out next year and I'm gonna need a sick gaming computer. I hella wanna fuck with a flight-sim, though. I had one years ago, but my comp was laggy as fuck and I didn't know what the fuck I was doing.