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hi, i'm nuri. analog + digital girl, unmainstream to the nth degree, budding creative, in the gap, audiophile, dreamer, atl native, ny transplant. this is a place where i let my fangirl flag fly a bit and decompress. a collection of the stuff i watch, read, listen to and soak in.
“Of course I had trepidations. Why do I have to play the mammy? But what do you do as an actor if one of the most multifaceted and rich roles you’ve ever been given is a maid in 1962 Mississippi? Do you not take the role because you feel like in some ways it’s not a good message to send to Black people? No. The message is the quality of the work. That is the greater message… As Black women, we’re always given these seemingly devastating experiences - experiences that could absolutely break us. But what the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly. What we do as Black women is take the worst situations and create from that point.”
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Viola Davis ; Essence magazine August 2011 cover feature. (via reroutedreams)
obligatory reblog of self in honor of tonight’s wins.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED
my heart
my soul
my body
nothing was readyyyyyyyyyy
CONGRATS VIOLA
CONGRATS CAST
THIS IS WHY I LOVE THE SAGS
“Of course I had trepidations. Why do I have to play the mammy? But what do you do as an actor if one of the most multifaceted and rich roles you’ve ever been given is a maid in 1962 Mississippi? Do you not take the role because you feel like in some ways it’s not a good message to send to Black people? No. The message is the quality of the work. That is the greater message… As Black women, we’re always given these seemingly devastating experiences - experiences that could absolutely break us. But what the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly. What we do as Black women is take the worst situations and create from that point.”
— Viola Davis ; Essence magazine August 2011 cover feature.
emma’s wig is hella distracting, but once i moved past that, goodness i can’t wait to see this. and for once, i haven’t read the book and i’m not even that pressed to get to it beforehand. another role viola will hit out of the ballpark, octavia spencer is finally getting more shine, perfect role for emma is perfect, bryce continues to impress (THAT DOESN’T EVEN LOOK LIKE HER) and dude, bonus cicely and aunjanue! i didn’t even know they were in this.
