lol this is funny, when did she start claiming that's what it stood for?
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Awkwafina addresses controversy of her using a ‘blaccent’ in films. (UP: Internet "apologizes")
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lol this is funny, when did she start claiming that's what it stood for?
when non Black people speak in a way they imagine that Black people speak. it's cringe at the very least.
Are there videos of her doing it? I just watched Nora from Queens and I enjoyed it but I'm not sure if she was doing it in the show. I don't think I know enough about this.
her reason for gaining fame in the first place was as a rapper. at that first stage of her career she used a blaccent.
She does it in Crazy Rich Asians and that Ocean's movie she was in. She doesn't do it her show.
Yeah. Eilish was another disappointment because while she was quick to throw hip-hop under the bus when she had a chance after her first album glow-up while riding her wave up on a shitload of trap influenced pop beats.
I mean, its like, talk about stereotypes (and the fact that while yeah lots of artists...across the board...lie in their songs (really poetic license TBH) looking at hip-hop's unfortunately long list of deaths kind of hard to say it's posturing. But yes, as a white woman from upper class parents we needed her take on realness and how some rappers are just throwing out cliche's
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Calling Forest Hills a super white or affluent is horseshit. The neighborhood is segregated and only if you carve out the white ass area does it become an affluent neighborhood in Queens, and even then it's barely a blip on the radar for the whole city. Is it possible she came from the rich part? Absolutely. But let's not pretend people here on the internet have a fucking clue. You can rightfully call her out for all the wrong she's done without making up BS.
That having been said she needs to apologize and kill this whole "I'm listening" bullshit. If she's going to be a public figure, she needs to address her mistakes and just come clean with the culture pirating she's done in the past.
The talk about other kids doing this shit is all of the following: true, not a good enough reason/excuse, and a double edged sword. That last parts refers to bigger picture of how acceptable it is to trying to adopt Black culture, and at what point does it become appropriation. A lot of which has already been addressed and she's absolutely crossed it at this point.
This was a good video, thanks. I understand it better now. It's sad because this is something that Awkwafina can apologize for and learn from the same way Ellie Kemper did with that debutante ball for example. Hopefully she does.
Oldest excerpt I can find was before Oceans 8/Crazy Rich Asians, so right before she blew up. She claimed that she used Aquafina at first around 15 and then got told by some producer that she can't use it due to Pepsi, and then at 16 changed it to what it is right now, citing the above reason for what it stood for.
The Ocean's 8 one is the best example of her putting on a minstrel show.
Furthermore, the context thus reveals the complexity of the symbolism displayed in the figurative language.
...no I didn't.
I don't think she has. She's always claimed it was a "funny" "stupid" name that was a take off Aquafina.
She wanted a "stupid hip hop name". Stop questioning her intent when she herself tells you all you need to know.
Unless she ad libbed all her lines, I'm going to blame the writers for that shit. Her issue is she does it on her own outside of movies and did it to get famous enough that those writers thought she was perfect for that questionable role.
yep
also welp, I just assumed her name was supposed to be awkward + aquafina. guess not lol
during that moment, she probably wished she was at a completely different address. Does that count?
In the phone call to her agent immediately following this interview
It really is the worst possible answer, more I think about it. It's not even an answer, good or bad. It's not even a non-answer. It's nothing. Her reaction betrays that not only did she not anticipate the question but the question was nowhere in her perceivable universe.
And that really says it all, doesn't it. Actions speak louder than words, as they say, and 10 seconds of her staring completely lost to a question that has been continuously raised throughout her career speaks volumes.
And that really says it all, doesn't it. Actions speak louder than words, as they say, and 10 seconds of her staring completely lost to a question that has been continuously raised throughout her career speaks volumes.
You mean D'ass'awny which she suggested to Kimmel was a choice.
I might have remembered wrongly but I don't remember her character talking like this in the books. I'll have to check on this. I suspect they let her speak the way she wanted, or got her to tap on her persona for the role.
Nothing. He was an active Reddit user.
I imagine if it gets enough coverage they will but I doubt they replace her unless she starts digging herself deeper and deeper like Carano.
Thank you for posting this. When people do hot takes, it always bothers me.
Nah where's the pleas being copped? A lot of y'all were acting very UNUSUAL when niggas first brought this up. I'll never forget what clowns thought this shit was ok and people "shouldn't boycott"
"If you boycott the movie, they'll never make a film like it ever again!"
Shit was dumb af
Putting the blame on black people for white racism was such bullshit.
It seems they don't really care or don't react for the most part. Gina Carano had to go full stupid on multiple occasions before getting fired and Letishia wright might be the new BP (at the very least she's still in the movie). TI stayed in the spotlight as well for things he was doing, but maybe in his case his Ant-Man involvement was at its natural end anyway. James Gunn is probably the most high profile case of them firing someone, but he was brought back.
I don't like mentioning his case in the same breath because of the circumstances behind his firing are not the same but just to as all inclusive as possible, why not?
This is a really good video, thanks for posting it.
Why is it so difficult for people like this to just admit fault? "Yes, I messed up. It was wrong and I am going to make amends." It's really not that hard. But I suppose even that minimal level of self-awareness is too much to ask.
The name "Awkwafina" always bothered me, but I wasn't able to really put my finger on why (probably because I'm not black.) I'd say dropping that name would be a first step toward making amends.
Holy shit. That's like Foghorn Leghorn thick. She can't deny that at all.
Until this thread, I assumed that was the only way she speaks. This is like somebody putting on a fake foreign accent, but worse.