WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:01.860 - This makeup! 00:00:01.860 --> 00:00:04.459 - Sorry, my titties are sweating, I'm so mad. 00:00:04.459 --> 00:00:09.459 (blues music) 00:00:12.001 --> 00:00:14.677 - I am actually a really big fan of Nina Simone. 00:00:14.677 --> 00:00:16.162 - She went through hell and back 00:00:16.162 --> 00:00:18.635 for being a darker skinned black woman. 00:00:18.635 --> 00:00:21.932 - She really channeled all that into her music. 00:00:21.932 --> 00:00:24.160 - And just her word, just listening to her words 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:26.803 outside of the music itself is poetry. 00:00:38.744 --> 00:00:40.027 - I'm super concerned. 00:00:40.027 --> 00:00:43.140 - I don't know that she has the spirit to do this. 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:45.342 - I haven't watched the trailer for that same reason, 00:00:45.342 --> 00:00:46.990 (chuckles) 'cause I knew I was gonna be upset 00:00:46.990 --> 00:00:48.017 as soon as I saw it. 00:00:48.017 --> 00:00:50.105 - Although I love Zoe and I do love Nina, 00:00:50.105 --> 00:00:53.418 I am not too keen on this matchup. 00:00:53.418 --> 00:00:55.365 - Alright, I'm gonna be optimistic. 00:00:55.365 --> 00:00:57.722 Let's just, let's see what happens. 00:00:57.722 --> 00:00:59.007 - Okay, she's singing. 00:00:59.007 --> 00:00:59.997 - Is she really singing? 00:00:59.997 --> 00:01:01.018 I didn't know she could sing. 00:01:01.018 --> 00:01:02.833 - So, basically, this is her after she's, like, 00:01:02.833 --> 00:01:04.481 fallen from glory. 00:01:04.481 --> 00:01:05.997 - I like that her hair textures 00:01:05.997 --> 00:01:07.465 look natural and all of that. 00:01:07.465 --> 00:01:09.031 - This makeup! 00:01:09.031 --> 00:01:11.900 - I think what's also really hard about this 00:01:11.900 --> 00:01:14.476 is the juxtaposition of the black guy that they have 00:01:14.476 --> 00:01:17.572 that's the lead because you can just see the richness 00:01:17.572 --> 00:01:20.257 and the realness of his tone and, in comparison to her, 00:01:20.257 --> 00:01:22.770 she just looks so fake. 00:01:22.770 --> 00:01:25.941 - I feel like if David kissed her or something, like, 00:01:25.941 --> 00:01:28.784 her whole face would come off or somethin'. 00:01:28.784 --> 00:01:31.283 - I just wonder what, what this is on her face 00:01:31.283 --> 00:01:33.286 that made it so dark? 00:01:33.286 --> 00:01:37.372 - I am so distracted by how greasy she looks. 00:01:37.372 --> 00:01:39.358 - I feel like this is just really disresectful. 00:01:39.358 --> 00:01:41.208 - I don't even think that this sounds like her, 00:01:41.208 --> 00:01:42.151 to be honest. 00:01:42.151 --> 00:01:44.138 - She sounds like Columbiana in blackface. 00:01:44.138 --> 00:01:45.871 - There's all these quotes where it's like, 00:01:45.871 --> 00:01:48.146 she fought for her music, and I'm just like, she also 00:01:48.146 --> 00:01:49.822 fought for her image. 00:01:49.822 --> 00:01:51.268 - This is making me really sad. 00:01:51.268 --> 00:01:53.700 (grooving music) 00:01:53.700 --> 00:01:55.127 - The did I just watch? 00:01:55.127 --> 00:01:58.500 - Just, no, I don't know how to say no in so many ways, 00:01:58.500 --> 00:02:00.755 but it just felt wrong and it was wrong. 00:02:00.755 --> 00:02:03.877 - A lot of the crazy that we see in the trailer, 00:02:03.877 --> 00:02:06.633 she's like throwing things, a lot of the anger. 00:02:06.633 --> 00:02:09.465 - Was because she was this darker skinned woman. 00:02:09.465 --> 00:02:11.161 - This is just a general disappointment. 00:02:11.161 --> 00:02:12.839 - I'm getting so emotional, I'm sorry. 00:02:12.839 --> 00:02:14.148 - Do not get me wrong, 00:02:14.148 --> 00:02:15.768 I think Zoe Saldana is a great actress. 00:02:15.768 --> 00:02:18.948 - But nobody's gonna be able to focus on how great 00:02:18.948 --> 00:02:22.512 of an actor she is in this movie if she's in blackface. 00:02:22.512 --> 00:02:24.363 - I'd never think that in this day and age 00:02:24.363 --> 00:02:26.098 that I would have to look at something like this. 00:02:26.098 --> 00:02:27.986 - You can get someone who's that skin tone 00:02:27.986 --> 00:02:29.681 who is a good actress! 00:02:29.681 --> 00:02:32.959 - But I also think that putting all of the blame on her 00:02:32.959 --> 00:02:34.268 is too easy. 00:02:34.268 --> 00:02:36.717 Be mad at Zoe if you want to, but I definitely think 00:02:36.717 --> 00:02:40.340 that we as a collective need to start questioning Hollywood, 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:43.423 we need to start questioning places like RLJ Entertainment. 00:02:43.423 --> 00:02:45.157 - They really should have asked someone. 00:02:45.157 --> 00:02:47.412 They should have consulted Nina Simone's family. 00:02:47.412 --> 00:02:51.325 - What does it say about my place in the world 00:02:51.325 --> 00:02:53.887 as a Black female 00:02:53.887 --> 00:02:57.068 if the roles that are made for me, 00:02:57.068 --> 00:02:59.785 the stories you want to tell are about me 00:02:59.785 --> 00:03:01.751 and I can't even play them. 00:03:06.778 --> 00:03:08.972 - Get a panel of black Twitter 00:03:08.972 --> 00:03:10.848 and they can tell you if it's okay or not.