My Thoughts

With the opening of the movie ATL staring the Rapper T.I. and co starring the rapper Big BOI of Outkast, the likes of which I will not be going to see, I am wondering are there no young black actors left who don’t rap or sing? I mean what happened to Morris Chestnut, Mekhi Phifer, and Omar Epps? Can they not get any good acting gigs for the Fifty Cents, and LL Cool J’s? Not to knock these guys acting abilities, although I didn’t nor do I want to see ‘Get Rich or Die Trying’, but come on what about the guys who study acting and are trained as actors, why can’t they get a break?
When will Hollywood learn that just because someone can sing and look good in music video does not equate to them being able to carryout a role on the big screen in a movie. Case in point, Beyonce cannot act. She was terrible in Carmen, even worse in Fighting Temptation, and I dread to see what she will be like in Dreamgirls. No I am not a Beyonce hater, as a matter of fact, I am a fan, I absolutely loved the CD Dangerously in Love. The girl can sing but she damn shole can’t act for that matter, neither can Whitney Houston, I think she stunk in Waiting to Exhale. Although, there was no plot to Poetic Justice, Janet Jackson, was a long way away from her acting days of Penny and Charlene (yeah I’m old) where all she really had to do was be cute. Miss Jackson was even worse in the Nutty Professor II. Those roles would have been better played by the likes of Nia Long, Vanessa Williams, or Angela Bassett. These are actresses with skills. So Hollywood can we move away from the rappers and singers and get back to real actors and actresses please?