Nick Cannon has had enough of those “damn slave movies,” it seems, if the number of exclamation points in his tweet is any indication. Of course there was Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” last year, followed by the current “12 Years a Slave.”
Two movies doesn’t seem to be a glut certainly, so what’s the problem?
They don't want us to get to comfortable!
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) November 10, 2013
Yeah we know about Obama…But don't forget about Toby!
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) November 10, 2013
@NickCannon toby….who
— Princess Eva (@Bleu_Vyper) November 10, 2013
Toby? That would likely be the slave name of Kunta Kinte from the 1977 miniseries “Roots.”
I think they keep making them because they want to keep Black Folks on edge!
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) November 10, 2013
That doesn’t really seem to hold too true for “Django,” whose over-the-top violence made some viewers sick and inspired anti-gun zealot Michael Moore to declare the gun violence “hilarious” — as well as reignited some viewers’ desire to “kill white people.”
https://twitter.com/DodyTennell/status/399363946227834882
@NickCannon preach it Nick!! #RealTalk #Truth
— ✨Me. I Am..Cj✨ (@BuBuCj) November 10, 2013
https://twitter.com/AlphaBadGurl/status/399366845947736064
https://twitter.com/Fvnhaile/status/399366106428624897
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@NickCannon It's to educate the young people and to remind people as a whole of history. Stop making yourself look ignorant and prejudice
— Master Splinter ♌ (@TheRiddler109) November 10, 2013
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Update:
Cannon’s getting to work on his vision— #NoDisrespectToElizabethTaylor.
Why don't they make movies about our African Kings & Queens? #OurHistory
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) November 10, 2013
I would love to see a film about Akhenaton and his beautiful wife Queen Nefertiti! Or Cetewayo, a King who was a war hero
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) November 10, 2013
Im about to drive to my office RIGHT NOW and start the development!
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) November 10, 2013
New Hollywood Trend, Black King and Queen films! Starring Black People!! #NoDisrespectToElizabethTaylor
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) November 10, 2013
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