Actor Orlando Jones says he was fired from American Gods Season 3 because his character is "wrong message for Black America"
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Is this a blink twice if you need help thing or just same publicist handling their Twitter? Lol
Maybe they're just putting an "official" statement rather than making their own comments...
For the record that's from October, but it solidifies that this idiot is in charge and apparently someone scripts everyone else involved lol
I was like 'WTF is happening in these posts' but then I saw that the guy's 68 years old and it all fell into place. He grew up in a media era where black emancipation was for Very Special Episodes. Where lessons were learned that made racism go away forever, and everything revolved around showing what a great person the white main character was.
He's also delusional and thinks he understands what it means to be a black man.
It was super creepy because they were back to back on Twitter when I was searching Eglee's name
I literally know nothing about American Gods except people send me clips of Anansi's speeches. This killed all interest I had in the show.
Isn't that just a bot account? All they're doing is parroting Neil Gaiman's account.
They already killed off two of their best characters. One being Mad Sweeney and the other was Mr. Nancy, this show has lost all the things that kept me coming back, but this BS basically has sealed its fate for me. So long.
Lmao!! This shit is beyond parody.
Chic Eglee's friends have probably explained to him seven times why he needs to stop saying "I feel like a light skinned black dude" while out in public.
I woke up to this news, basically missed it last night, and holy shit am I angry. Especially after reading this interview with TVLine. I love Orlando Jones' work and his Mr. Nancy was so damn good, I have no words for how jaw-dropping his first appearance was.
Who thought it was a good idea to get Eglee as a showrunner for this show btw? I fully understand the anger, not just from Jones, but from every fan. I hope those angry fans get shit done too, because this is pure bullshit. Not to mention the fact that when Jones returned for season 2 NONE of the characters of color were written for. Gaiman himself asked Jones to create a bible for his Mr. Nancy character, because of that.
According to Jones, he ultimately wrote for Ibis, Salim, the Jinn, Shadow Moon, and Sam Black Crow. What the F have you been doing as a production company then?
Eglee stating that Anansi doesn't show up in that portion of the book is kind of understandable, but after that whole ||Laura & Mad Sweeney|| thing in season 2, which deviated heavily from the book, it would've probably been accepted if they did the same for such a powerful character as Mr. Nancy.
I mean, during the time where Shadow
they could've just as easily have shown the machinations outside of Shadow's world during season 3. It's no like everyone just stops doing their own things. Put some more focus on that, give some more depth to certain characters. That's how I would've done it if I was the showrunner.
Who thought it was a good idea to get Eglee as a showrunner for this show btw? I fully understand the anger, not just from Jones, but from every fan. I hope those angry fans get shit done too, because this is pure bullshit. Not to mention the fact that when Jones returned for season 2 NONE of the characters of color were written for. Gaiman himself asked Jones to create a bible for his Mr. Nancy character, because of that.
According to Jones, he ultimately wrote for Ibis, Salim, the Jinn, Shadow Moon, and Sam Black Crow. What the F have you been doing as a production company then?
Eglee stating that Anansi doesn't show up in that portion of the book is kind of understandable, but after that whole ||Laura & Mad Sweeney|| thing in season 2, which deviated heavily from the book, it would've probably been accepted if they did the same for such a powerful character as Mr. Nancy.
I mean, during the time where Shadow
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Alright. I'm done. We're living in some kind of goddamn parody. We're in an onion article, or the universe is a simulation and the player just activated "everything's stupid" mode*Googles Chic Eglee*
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Dear God.
"the new showrunner writes from a Black male perspective"
That is literally impossible for him to do; he's fucking white!
Waaaaait a second he got knocked off of sleepy hollow because of some bullshit? I didn't know that, well I certainly remember being pissed he was gone but didn't realize at the time it was because of some bullshit. He was great on that show.
Never had an interest in the show, but Orlando is a damn fine character actor, and the clips posted here display some fucking phenomenal acting.
To have someone so talented in your roster and remove him for something so ridiculous is insane
To have someone so talented in your roster and remove him for something so ridiculous is insane
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Didn't watch season 2 and now I never will.
Jesus...
How is this not the Onion. Dude looks like Tom Hanks in that joke poster
Jesus...
when fuller leaves i usually do too, since this is the kind of shit that always happens to the show afterwards
He looks exactly like a white guy you'd expect claims to know what it's like to be black lmao
What a terrible mistake, the character and his message was very powerful.
I enjoyed the first season of the show but I dont think I'll be back for a third because the second was meh and shit like this kills any chance of it being good
I enjoyed the first season of the show but I dont think I'll be back for a third because the second was meh and shit like this kills any chance of it being good
I'm thankful I never tried, I never got invested. Current showrunner sounds like he's wearing his own colon.
I was talking to a friend of mine who is a HUGE Gaiman fan and is totally pissed about this. So while we were talking, they looked up what other things the new show runner did and noticed that he was responsible for the later seasons of Hemlock Grove and bugged out something fierce. Like I wished I knew it was gonna happen so I could have recorded it. That was so precious watching it lol.
Nansi was dynamite season 1, but they obviously had no direction for the character beyond his inception and season 2 Anansi was just a retread. Doesn't surprise me they'd do away with him, I feel that behind the lens the talent on this show isn't good enough to sustain him.
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Isnt Gaiman heavily involved at this point? He was reportedly unhappy with the liberties the first season took in adapting the book and then took the reins with S2, which, according to the review, already led to a way less exciting show.
Isnt Gaiman heavily involved at this point? He was reportedly unhappy with the liberties the first season took in adapting the book and then took the reins with S2, which, according to the review, already led to a way less exciting show.
If any the 2nd season took even more liberties. I don't think Gainsborough is involved at all after the start of the show.
The show was problematic from its start, losing its showrunner. But losing two main actress killed its momentum. Plus I don't think a short book like AG should be the basis os a multiple season series. Sure any Gaiman work can be expanded with more lore, but the book is a twist story, and to length it just lose the punchline, like a joke too long. Odin reveal was already late and no surprising.
Loki and the twist will only lose strength too
How is this not the Onion. Dude looks like Tom Hanks in that joke poster
There is ONE picture that he is using a cap in the right way. JUST ONE
Every other he intentionally put it on a diagonal like a bad idea of a cool person by cartoon executives
im oddly intrigued in a slow down and watch the car wreck kind of way. A white dude who's sartorial choices (lol) show that he wants to portray himself as a hip-hop esque hardcore ally decides to get rid of arguably the most militantly black character ive ever seen on television, but is 100% confident it will keep that same angle because he writes from a black male perspective
*insert 'its a bold strategy cotton, lets see how this works out for em' meme*
i expect a new god called 'hip-hop' to pop up, speaking in 70's jive, complaining about 'white god crackers' when talking to other characters
