Harlepolis said:

Why'd Bette Davis hate her?..and why would Bette Davis even have known whom she was? got me curious lol. I vaguely remmeber Goldberg and Davis ..or Im trippin'

rdhull said:

Bette hated everybody who is/was overrated. She hated Madonna and she hated Whoopie after the color purple thinking that people are blowing her up.

Check this out:

Whoopi: Little droppings throughout the fabric of the history of the movies. I want to be there in lots of different ways, just like the people who left their legacies for me. Bette Davis, that's who I would like to be as good as one day.

Dick Cavett: She may well have been our best screen actress. Did you ever get to meet her?

WG: Oh, yes. And she cursed me out. [both laugh]

Dick Cavett: Had you stepped on her foot?

WG: We were at this wild gathering in the very, very beginning of my career. Elizabeth Taylor had taken a liking to me and invited me to her birthday party. I walked in and everybody you could imagine was there. And I hear this voice going, "Madonna? What the fuck is a Madonna? And what the hell is a Whoopi Goldberg? She's in the business 10 minutes and she's a star? My ass!" [Cavett laughs] And I'm walking towards the voice. As I'm getting closer, I'm starting to realize that I don't like what I'm hearing, and I'm going to give whoever it is the eye, the Whoopi eye. And then I realize it's Bette Davis.

Dick Cavett: Ohhh!

WG: And she sees me and she goes, "Hello, Whoopi." I went, "Hello, Miss Davis." It was the best.

Her latest interview from Interview magazine

Harlepolis said:

Bette Davis was a trip!

psykosoul said:

That was the shit that hooked me on Whoopi!

Fontaine the junky
The jamaican lady and "de ol' raisin"
The valley girl

NuPwrSoul said:

Thats Margo Channing 4 you brotha,,,oh how I love "All About Eve" that is my all-times FAVE movie.

Harlepolis said:

I got Eve on dvd recently..that movie is a trip..some catty brawls and wordplay fo days lol.

nobody hated her when she was funny or when she used her non-funny acting skills in good movies.


she hasn't tried either of these things in about 10 years.

rdhull said:

I do have the DVD too,,,"Fasten you seaybelt darling, its gonna be a bumpy ride" lol I've alwaysed thought its a corny line but something about it makes it pleasing 2 the ear,,If I'm making any sense lol!

Harlepolis said:

That was one hellova dinner party squawk! lol...Margo is a trip..me and her would hang if she was real..get our drink on and raisde hell to the stuffed shirts and up-and-comers-trying-to-steal-thunder types

rdhull said:

Oh hell, could you men get any more typical? lol I swear I heard the same damn thang from my brotha, my cousin, my brotha in-law and my goddamn father. You are just too typical, RD cool typical tho!

Off-topic, is it me or does Jennifer Lewis resemble the black Margo Channing? She has the same outragouse vibe.
[This message was edited Wed Oct 8 10:35:42 PDT 2003 by Harlepolis]

Harlepolis said:

I can't help it..I was reared by wolves

rdhull said:

I see, hmmm

i love me some whoopie...

It WAS bcuz she basically "does her own thing" like prince & madonna 4 example, and ppl had issues with her way of dressing as hollywood thought it was SLOPPY. She also had a few white husbands. I think she prefers white men. Anyway, shes arrogant, charges alot 4 her appearance in movies etc. She's quite intelligent. Her movies, where she is supposed 2 be funny arent that good, but in some of the "others" she was in, where the content was mainly serious, she can act quite well, IMO. I like her, and find her friendly on talk shows etc.

whoa my love, my darlin, I've hungered for your touch...

Sorry, "Ghost" was on last night

I don't hate her. She has some issues though - she's suspect

I like Whoopie she was different.. cool... and interesting

we need more artist that want to try different things! Her one-women shows are great

I didn't know she is hated - I'm tired of all the hatin - it doesn't make any sense at all - people need to come together and that means accepting everyone and loving everyone and sharing and helping and being positive and supportive toward everyone - finding our common ground - having fun in life. Give LOVE and Have Some Fun! BAM - that's it to me!

Now Whoopie - she is totally fabulous as far as I'm concerned. I love her in comedy and drama - she is a very down-to-earth for-real kinda person -- her autobiograpy is interesting, funny and real. "Jumpin Jack Flash" is one of my favorite movies - she is too totally entertaining in that film! She is gorgeous! She is a master of disguise. She can act anything and dress any way. I love her!

A lot of nonsense here. "Black" people don't hate anybody. They don't all think the same. While she's not one of my favorite actresses I respect Whoopi and have no problem with how she lives her life-- not that it matters what I think about it.

We are Americans first. The media might portray a typical American as "white" but we all know Americans are mixed with many things-- it's a melting-pot whether you like it or not. There's no law that says you have to marry somebody that looks like you do, so I say more power to her if she feels free to define her own role. Maybe she has issues, maybe she doesn't; that's her business. It sounds like she's got it more together than most of us.

Oh, and there is no "black" media. No institution is ever representative of an entire group.