Did I ever tell you how much this business sucks for everyone?
So Viola Davis takes her Emmy speech and makes it about race. How Black women don't get the opportunities they should and so forth. I'm not disregarding this fact. Only that the field she chose is brutal for anyone who wants to get in the business. So, it seems to me very insincere when she makes these speeches to a crowd of people who've done a LOT worst to get where they are.
Also, Viola starts naming off Black writers/actresses/producers in the audience who should get recognition for "breaking down those walls." Lady, the more people you name the less we realize what you say is not true. Now you have to wonder, what if Charlize Theron, having won for "Monster" started naming off all the white women she got support from or supported women to get her award. Would she be seen as a racist? Not sure. Don't care. I find all these speeches corny and dumb and won't change anyone's mind. All it does is take up air time. Unless at the end of it, you say "Harriet Tubman...you are an inspiration...brought to you by Irish Spring...Smell the mountains of Ireland!" Then you may have a point.
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