Feb 7 2008Jamie Foxx, Will Smith Compete for Hobo Savant Title
The Oscar race is sure to be tight next year, with two serious actors (assuming you ignore all the stupid shit they've done) waging a war of simulated homelessness, each playing a variation of the popular "hobo with a hidden talent" archetype.
Will Smith thought he had a lock on the Best Hobo title with his booze-swigging, superpowered bum in Hancock, particularly with his famously mismatched ski-hat and Hawaiian shirt combo (the homeless can never properly dress for a single season). But now a dark horse has emerged, with Jamie Foxx playing a homeless piano prodigy--and he's schizophrenic! In this shot from The Soloist set, Foxx answers Smith's clashing seasonal attire with several layers of jackets and an outer layer of graffiti-stained day-glo vest, plus the hair of a madman.
Who will win in the end? Probably Foxx, since I just noticed he was dedicated enough to shave his eyebrows off. You know, like homeless schizophrenics do.
On Location: The Soloist [JFX]
Reader Comments
1. blah - February 7, 2008 3:35 PM
he looks like mike tyson...but classier!
2. Ikabob - February 7, 2008 7:25 PM
Wow, I bet if one of them was white you wouldn't have bashed them so hard. Of coarse not because that's you're whole story... making the two biggest black actors in Hollywood for playing a simmilar charater. Seems a bit racist to me.
And you actually poked fun at the way a schizophrenic homeless man dresses. You're on a role buddy! Nathaniel Ayers, who Jamie Fox portrays in the soloist, really is homeless, schizophrenic, and a brilliant musician. Steve Lopez, who writes for the LA times, wrote a series of editorials about Nathaniel 2 years ago. But I'm guessing you don't read much.
Keep up the good work!
3. blah - February 7, 2008 7:42 PM
what site do you think you're reading? calm the hell down guy. cinematical is thatta way
4. Chris Jones - February 7, 2008 8:04 PM
Will Smith plays an alcoholic superhero. Jamie Foxx plays a homeless, schizophrenic cellist. Yeah, those are really similar. Slow day in the celeb gossip world huh? But they are both huge celebrities who happen to be black. Then they must be competing for something. Great work, keep it up! Some day The Sun or Weekly World News will call you up to the bigs.
5. Seth - February 8, 2008 12:22 AM
What's really racist is when people think you're not "allowed" to mock shitty film characters solely because black actors are playing them.
"Of coarse not because that's you're whole story... making the two biggest black actors in Hollywood for playing a simmilar charater."
And that sentence seems a bit ridiculously retarded to me. You must be a Laotian. And before you start, no, I'm not racist against Laotians. Because Laos is a country. Of stinky, stinky bastards.
6. JerseyMike - February 8, 2008 12:39 AM
He looks like the guy who played Wanda on In Living Color. Anyone agree with me?
7. Vinkoniggma - February 9, 2008 5:25 PM
look up Samuel L. Jackson in The Caveman's Valentine