I love how their is so much interest in him now that he is gone !!!

http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-musician-ronnie-heart-opens-up-about-playing-prince-in-docu-drama-for-reelz-channel-9946474

Heart says the miniseries isn't heavily plot-based. It will feature a mixture of interviews with people who knew Prince and re-enactments of select events.

"It’s going to address his famous romances, his early life. I think it’s going to show a lot of his personality as far as him being very controlling of his artistry and of all the musicians he played with," he says.

It sounds horrible. First of all, its only the beginning of his story, secondly, its on REELTV and thirdly, the actor playing him describes him in a way that seems focused on his flaws.

Count me out.

Tabloid Crap!

laurarichardson said:

No.

Strawberrylova123 said:

He's not even black or biracial thats not cool

what is NOT cool is excluding anyone from any role or job based solely on their race or gender or any other class-based identifier.

djThunderfunk said:

Tabloid Crap!

almost certainly

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

I wish they would leave him alone. If they got nothing good to say... I mean, focusing on his womanising and control issues... Yeah, that really sums up a person who was known for this musicianship. Let's focus on the negative and the possible dirt.

Strawberrylova123 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

what is NOT cool is excluding anyone from any role or job based solely on their race or gender or any other class-based identifier.

Oh please! This is black face! A non black person playing a black person is racist and you know it.

so was jennifer lopez a racist when she played Selena?

Edit:

to me, the overall look is more important. and as I said race should not be used as the sole exclusion for any job. Should Idris Elba be banned from playing James Bond just because he is black?

is Lin-Manuel Miranda racist for playing Hamilton?

[Edited 10/6/17 9:44am]

MMJas said:

I wish they would leave him alone. If they got nothing good to say... I mean, focusing on his womanising and control issues... Yeah, that really sums up a person who was known for this musicianship. Let's focus on the negative and the possible dirt.

yeah me too... that is what should be offensive not the issue of who is playing him.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

so was jennifer lopez a racist when she played Selena?

Edit:

to me, the overall look is more important. and as I said race should not be used as the sole exclusion for any job. Should Idris Elba be banned from playing James Bond just because he is black?

is Lin-Manuel Miranda racist for playing Hamilton?

[Edited 10/6/17 9:44am]

James bond is a fictional character anyone can play a fictional character, prince was a real man not a fictional character. And as far with Jlo playing Selena..they've should've cast a Mexican American for the role but J lo is from latin heritage, they have greek actors playing Italian roles all the time.

still the point is if an actor can pull it off they should be allowed to play a roll with being called racist.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Hasn't REELZ done a few shows on Prince already, now they need a mini-series? This is evidence that people really want something that tells them something about Prince. The interest in the man seems to be very high. I'll probably pass through it long enough to roll my eyes but don't see myself watching a full mini-series of speculation and misinformation, I've seen some of REELZ stuff, so I'm not hoping for anything worth sinking ones teeth into or that'll answer what fans really want to know.

cantstop said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

MMJas said:

I wish they would leave him alone. If they got nothing good to say... I mean, focusing on his womanising and control issues... Yeah, that really sums up a person who was known for this musicianship. Let's focus on the negative and the possible dirt.

They don't want to portray the real complex person as he was. That is not sensational enough. (?) The idiots think only dirt sells. Maybe someday they will put out a good portrayal movie, but not in these days.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

He's not even black or biracial thats not cool

what is NOT cool is excluding anyone from any role or job based solely on their race or gender or any other class-based identifier.

The next time we have a film about Malcolm X or MLK it would be good to have a blond hair guy play them. Or about we do a biopic on Brain Wilson and have Chadwick Boseman or Denzel Washington play him.

At what point is it ridculous and total whitewashing.

cantstop said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

Its not out yet

Oops! I read Reelz and assumed it was the ones they’ve been airing lately. But guess what? I bet it will suck.

No these assholes are going to do another one.

laurarichardson said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

what is NOT cool is excluding anyone from any role or job based solely on their race or gender or any other class-based identifier.

The next time we have a film about Malcolm X or MLK it would be good to have a blond hair guy play them. Or about we do a biopic on Brain Wilson and have Chadwick Boseman or Denzel Washington play him.

At what point is it ridculous and total whitewashing.

What I said was it is wrong to exclude someone for any job solely on the basis of their race (or any other group)

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said: James bond is a fictional character anyone can play a fictional character, prince was a real man not a fictional character. And as far with Jlo playing Selena..they've should've cast a Mexican American for the role but J lo is from latin heritage, they have greek actors playing Italian roles all the time.

still the point is if an actor can pull it off they should be allowed to play a roll with being called racist.

All rolls must be played by the Pillsbury dough boy.

Genesia said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

still the point is if an actor can pull it off they should be allowed to play a roll with being called racist.

All rolls must be played by the Pillsbury dough boy.

lol poor dyslexic Doughberry Pillsboy

OnlyNDaUsa said:

laurarichardson said:

The next time we have a film about Malcolm X or MLK it would be good to have a blond hair guy play them. Or about we do a biopic on Brain Wilson and have Chadwick Boseman or Denzel Washington play him.

At what point is it ridculous and total whitewashing.

What I said was it is wrong to exclude someone for any job solely on the basis of their race (or any other group)

But here we are dealing with acting. Have you ever seen a 60-years-old white-bearded guy playing a five years old girl? Why should we act differently when it comes to ethnicity? In fact, hardly any black actors portray white characters, but there are lots of white actors portraying black characters, which is completely unjust.