Post by Admin on May 13, 2019 12:56:31 GMT -4
'Loqueesha' Director Responds After New Film About A White Man Pretending To Be A Black Woman Is Dragged
THE FILMMAKER TRIED TO DEFEND HIS CHOICES BY COMPARING HIS WORK TO THE 2004 MOVIE "WHITE CHICKS."
BY KEYAIRA BOONE · MAY 13, 2019
The writer and director of Loqueesha, (yes, seriously) has responded after Black Twitter became enraged once discovering the existence of the new independent film where a White man pretends to be a Black woman to get a job at a radio station so that he can (get this) pay his son’s private school tuition.
Jeremy Saville, wrote, directed and stars in the controversial film, which is slated for limited release on July 12, according to IMDB, follows a White man as he uses auditory blackface to fulfill the tired stereotype of the strong, sassy, Black woman, as played by Mara Hall.
Black Twitter is not here for this movie at all, and rightfully so. Critics immediately began to point out the more obvious problematic aspects of the movie’s premise, but also the layers and layers of societal and racial issues associated with it.
Ash1a A
@ashia86
The movie #Loqueesha, it's premise & idiotic attempt to belittle blk women is the handy work of not-so passive-aggressive racists. The fact Hollywood didn't instantly burn the script & blacklist the writers says a lot. Anyone involved in this movie will be boycotted. #testusplz
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They compared the film to Soul Man, the 1986 comedy where a White man wears blackface to gain admission into Harvard.
Christopher Smith
@infinitewords14
Okay so that #Loqueesha trailer and movie is straight trash. Not RT’ing the trailer. It’s this era’s “Soul Man”. Yes THAT one, with a white dude posing as Black to get into Harvard
Critics also jabbed at the strongly coded title, and the unlikeliness that a Black woman would ever be offered a job “sight unseen” right away.
Joelle Monique ✍🏾
@joellemonique
· May 10, 2019
Dear, Everyone who ain't a Black Woman,
You do not have an inner Black woman living inside of you. Your desire to "tell it like it is" is seen as either vulgar, obnoxious, or disruptive when done by actual Black women.
Joelle Monique ✍🏾
@joellemonique
Even choosing the name Loqueesha is racist, coded to sound loud and "ghetto." Our names are beautiful and stemmed in a dream of individuality and representation. Every nameless Black female interpretation is rooted in misogynoir. pic.twitter.com/xNFr15DYh8
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Saville tried to defend his choices over the weekend by comparing his work to the 2004 movie White Chicks where the Wayans brothers go undercover as a pair of privileged white heiresses to protect them from potential kidnappers.
He even went as far as posting a picture of himself with star Marlon Wayans (as if it were some type of implied co-sign.)
“With @marlonwayans. @loqueeshamovie meet #WhiteChicks. Have a great weekend everybody,” he wrote.
Wayans immediately responded Friday night, shortly after social media erupted.
marlon wayans
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@marlonwayans
I hate when people tag me in their bullsh%t. It’s annoying as f#%k.
Like Wayans, Black Twitter was not pacified by the picture. See what else they had to say about Loqueesha below:
Porsha 🌺
@lovely_Latrece
I feel like white people are gonna eat this #Loqueesha movie up.
10:31 PM - May 10, 2019
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Sophia Chester
@sophiatheauthor
I need a drink after watching that trailer. #Loqueesha
9:18 PM - May 10, 2019
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Jeremy Saville
@jeremysaville
· May 10, 2019
With @marlonwayans, loqueeshamovie meet #WhiteChicks. Have a great weekend everybody! Thanks for all you do. Keep laughing and lovin’. ❤️✌️
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@lesliestreeter
This is gross. Black girls are magic but we get to control who uses it. How dare you use our empathy and wisdom as a joke while implying that we are handed opportunities that should belong to sad white dads who just want to pay for prep school.
DKT
@darleneturner53
Hello I need to speak with whoeva thought this #Loqueesha trailer was a good idea
Loqueesha
@loqueeshamovie
Replying to @pattonoswalt
First of all, thanks for chiming in Patton. If you are interested in the answers to your question, I'm happy to invite you to see the movie and have a conversation afterward. Let me know and we'll set it up! Have a great weekend.
Willi M.
@willieshamorris
Everyone associated with this movie needs to be fired and never get any film work ever again. This is beyond offensive. It is disgusting and degrading.
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@mizteefranklin
So. I just found out about #Loqueesha. A white man pretending to be a Black woman—what he deems as what Black, “ghetto” “hood” women sound like.
Time & again it shows how Black women are neglected, disrespected, and don’t matter.
Hollywood turns BW books/scripts to make this 💩
Rosa Sparks @daintythug podcast
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Replying to @mzyummydread
Sassy, black woman is typically fat and dark skin. That's done on purpose. How many sassy, black women characters can you name that are light skin? #Loqueesha
Rosa Sparks @daintythug podcast
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@mzyummydread
We see white people do this often; use blackfishing/blackface to disguise as minorities to occupy spaces they don't belong in. When white privilege isn't enough... #Loqueesha
NOPE NOT FEELING THIS ONE AT ALL 😡
