<![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> I love that she's diva'd out and the woman behind her is wear some cords and a tank top.

shananigans

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @goodcheapfun: Who cares? She wears the hell out of it, and as someone who is broke as shit and usually wears cheap clothes, I can tell you that it doesn't matter if it's cheap, it matters if you can make it work.

redrover189

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> The dress looks cheap.

goodcheapfun

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @dandelionbrowne: What does it say about the Oscars that Angela Bassett lost but Halle Berry won? Not a good verdict, IMHO.

Bindarra

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @brendastarlet: Agreed. Both talented and beautiful.

Bindarra

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @ceejeemcbeegee (just debatin' not hatin'):
Re: Tyler Perry
age old stichyation, chica. Which came first, the minstrel or the opportunity?

And it's not like people aren't pitching better stuff, it's just the Step and Fetchit shit that gets funded.

FTR: I stopped watching the Oscars when Angela Bassett lost.



dandelionbrowne

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Look out! There's a bald, fat, too-many-bad patterns-wearin old guy leering right behind you, Angela!

Tiny-Moves

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @bess marvin, girl detective:

TP is a paradox:

On one hand, you've got a Black man making movies about Black people that are wildly successful and have crossover appeal. This paves the way for other Black writers, directors, actresses to make movies that are also wildly successful and have crossover appeal.

On the other hand, you've got a Black man making shiteous movies about stereotypical Black people that are wildly successful and have crossover appeal. This paves the way for other Black writers, directors, actresses to make shiteous movies about stereotypical Black people that are wildly successful and have crossover appeal.

ceejeemcbeegee

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Crap is she a beautiful woman.

...She deserves better than "Meet the Browns." Oh well...not every role can be that or Mrs. Malcolm X or Tina Turner...

That and both of those roles are pretty intense to experience/shoot. Notice Robert De Niro stopped with his (best) fitting roles--no more Jimmy Conways or Sam Rothsteins or Jake la Mottas...

On to "Rocky and Bullwinkle" and an endorsement for American Express.

The commercial itself was beautiful though.

marie123

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> *jaw drop*

JosephFinn

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: while i command any black man succeeding in the film industry, i just can't relate to his over the top characters. i understand they are derived from a play, but it doesn't translate well on screen in my opinion.

bess marvin, girl detective

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Love. Her.

Thank you, Jezebel, for featuring 3 strong, smart, independent women today. What a great way to end untalented-but-famous-Jersey-whore week!

SoCalGilligan

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @redrover189: He's married. And kind of a tool to be honest. He does have his hilarious moments when he's not being a sexist asshat.

His Ozzie Osbourne impression is even better.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @Macloserboy: maybe so. I've always thought she and Courtney B. Vance had the opportunity to be this generation's Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.

brendastarlet

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @PopCultureSavant: You are not alone (and I've seen one).

ceejeemcbeegee

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> You look Ferosh hunny!

BitchIsTheNewBlack

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @brendastarlet: I'd rather she have gotten the job as Holly Hunter's captain/buddy on Saving Grace than be in this shit.

Perhaps this is karma for her deplorable sour grapes after Halle won. Yes, you deserved it more, but damn.

Macloserboy

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> I say goddamn! Goddamn, goddamn...

luseygoosey

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @mllej: what a bummer.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @bess marvin, girl detective: @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: I was shocked when I saw she was cast in this Tyler Perry movie. But again, his movies are big box office draws, and it gets her in front of an audience.

brendastarlet

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: I read that and started laughing hysterically...not quite sure why. That's just so great - who prank calls their sister, pretending to be Ike Turner? That's like prank calling your sister, pretending to be Abe Lincoln, or Alex Trebek or Abigail Adams.

What I mean to say is, Is your brother single? Because he seems like my type. He'd float my crazy boat.

redrover189

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: Ha, he's from my hometown, totally moated me in our local videostore that jackass.

mllej if you're nasty

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @Her_royal_Highness: When I saw that in the theater, seemingly all the women in the room were screaming "YEAH! YEAH!" and kicking or hitting the seats in front of them. Powerful reaction and funny as shit.

Jamie Sommers

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> she is on my list for top 10 most beautiful women ever - and that list counts insides and outsides.

rednrowdy

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @bess marvin, girl detective: yeah it sucks that the only roles they get are in fucking tyler perry movies.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> I asked my boyfriend, when I was 15, who he thought the sexiest actress was. He immediately came up with Angela Bassett because "she's gorgeous and she has the most amazing arms; she could tear me in half, and I would love it." I can't remember why I broke up with him now. God, I've been a fool.

tailfeather

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> i'm sad that we don't see enough of her and other black actresses like kerry washington. yet keira knightly, kate hudson and other lesser talented white actresses continue to abuse the film screen yearly.

bess marvin, girl detective

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: *deletes extra use of "call" in mind*

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> All I can add to this conversation is that my bro used to call me and prank call me as Ike Turner. Fucking. Hilarious.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @AllThatYaz: Actually, I think the best part is where Joe Jackson is chasing Michael to beat him for something, and he and Catherine (Angela Bassett) end up laughing hysterically because the Michael looked like a jackrabbit when he hid under the bed.

Damn that sentence was a mess. I'm sorry.

janna

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @Her_royal_Highness: I think that's actually a menu item. And if it's not, I'll suggest it should be one next time I go.

RyanB

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @suburbanstoner-corporateslave: I think the look she has in her eyes says, "I will cut that janky slut. And my manager for sending me here, come to think of it."

southernbelle

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @mllej: it's like he's the new rob schneider

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Yowza.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @RyanB: Hell, I would do the same thing.

I would go in and order: "a steak with a side of DeNiro please. Thank you" :)

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Dude. Jackons: An American Dream, that AMAZING miniseries on ABC. She was the mom. Anyone?

"Tito, get a switch! Get a switch!"

AllThatYaz

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Except for another gd Tyler Perry movie. Starring Tyler Perry.

mllej if you're nasty

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @suburbanstoner-corporateslave: but the woman in jeans is carrying a giant Louis Vuitton! Wait, does that make this red carpet more or less janky? I might vote more.

meglantine

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> i know the movie wasn't as good but she looked so bad ass in "strange days"

dcdulce

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> At a first glance it looked as if she'd munched on chocolate biscuits. And i DON'T mean it as some sort of racial remark. I really don't, it just looked like that.

sayanything

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @Her_royal_Highness: I've loved him ever since I was 10. Now whenever I visit NYC I go to the Tribeca Grille (his restaurant) just to see if he's there, you know, managing something. Creepy? Perhaps. Necessary? Absolutely.

RyanB

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Seriously great

brassinpocket

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @Archetype: Yeah, the scenes were a bit...ugh. But you have to admit that you were rooting for her when she finally beat the shit out of Ike Turner. Bastard.

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @feathernotdot: Yes, the muscle tone.

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> She is always smashing.

NoFrillsLabelWhore

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @RyanB: oh God yes DeNiro!

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Stone cold fox.

Nothing more to add.

TheUptightMidwesterner

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @Her_royal_Highness: I thought she was amazing in that as well. I just can't handle the abuse scenes.

I still remember my dad renting Mad Max and watching it with him while eating Hostess Snoballs.

Archetype

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> That's a pretty janky red carpet. The people behind her are wearing jeans and backpacks and there's a scaffolding across the bottom. Is she in a strip mall?

suburbanstoner-corporateslave

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> she really did kill it in WLGTDWI.

bananaballs

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> And THAT is how you rock a goddess gown.

BrutallyHonestBabes

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> i'm so tired of tyler perry and i've never even seen one of his movies

PopCultureSavant

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> love her; she looks amazing. loved her in "what's love got to do with it," though honestly the muscles in her arms then were borderline scary. or maybe they were scary. regardless, she is and always has been gorgeous and a great actress.

anniehall

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: Comment stealer.

The dress is gorgeous, though.

Archetype

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> I loved her romance-making with DeNiro in the Score. He's my kinda guy, she's my kinda gal

RyanB

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Is she in "Meet the Browns"?

SeventiesBush

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Dayum.

badmutha

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> I guess you could buy a ticket to the movie and then not go, right?

LoveNoelG

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> She's so gorgeous. Most toned arms I've ever seen.

RyanB

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> She'll always be Anna Mae Bullock to me.

BDizzy

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> That dress is gorgeous, snaps to Angela.

stacyinbean

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> If Angela Basset wanted to murder me, she absolutely could.

videogoddess

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> Hot!

I have to say, I loved her attitude in "Whats Love Gotta do With it"...but then again, I am a sucker for anything Tina Turner.

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> ...(except Meet the Browns)

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Dear Angela Bassett, We Will Buy Whatever You're Selling]]> I have always craved her muscle tone but am too lazy to actually work for it.

feathernotdot

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