Oct 6 2009Oprah Producing Hilarious Racial Film
Oprah thinks the struggle for a white person to form a relationship with a black person is hysterical! (She can't fathom it, because all races and species love Oprah equally.) The talk show host's Harpo Films has acquired the movie rights to Will You Be My Black Friend, a year-old GQ article about a white guy trying to make a black friend, and is somehow making it a "star vehicle" for Chris Rock even though it's about a white person. The Daily Variety says:
The article, a humorous account by senior correspondent Devin Friedman about his clumsy attempt to make friends with people of color, will be developed as a star vehicle for Chris Rock.Following a cocktail party epiphany that his entire social circle is the same color as he, the white writer made an unabashed attempt to make black friends, down to soliciting prospective pals in a Craigslist ad. The journo discovers that race aside, it is very difficult to make meaningful friends later in life.
Come on. We already have last season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Black People Love Us, that episode of Seinfeld where George takes a black exterminator out to dinner, and Hitch. Can't we move on to white people befriending other races? Inuits? How about Inuits? No one is touching Inuits. Let's see a white person try to befriend an Inuit. As a whitey, I wouldn't even know where to start. Alaska?
Reader Comments
1. Matthew - October 6, 2009 11:38 AM
Ah yes, black people love us is one of the greatest sites ever....I can't believe it's still up. It's been over ten years since I first saw tat site. Awesomeness is what it is.
2. AtomicCoffee - October 6, 2009 12:07 PM
I've been feeling guilty lately about my circle of friends, and this movie got me to thinking more about it.
I feel terrible that I don't have any billionaire friends. I really wish I did though.
I also don't have any friends who are astronauts, crack-whores, kindergartners, supreme court justices, Yanomami, Shaolin Monks, 5-time Tour de France winners, Mafiosi and/or Yakuza, or Academy Award winners.
I'm a filthy bigot. Sigh.
3. Mike-El - October 6, 2009 12:21 PM
Shouldn't it be called "I Love You, (Black) Man"?
4. Rod-Man - October 6, 2009 1:05 PM
Who says we black people want to be your friends anyway?
5. che-che - October 6, 2009 2:26 PM
isnt that cleveland spinoff show from family guy the greatest gift a white man can bestow to the black folk!
6. Dr. Thrasher - October 6, 2009 6:06 PM
"Shouldn't it be called "I Love You, (Black) Man"?"
I was thinking "I love ya, Brah"
7. Peter Brekker - October 6, 2009 6:52 PM
Man, everywhere I turn, it's Oprah Oprah Oprah. I wouldn't say I hate her (that's a strong word), but I will say I dislike her very much. And I even found a blog that put my thoughts into words. Kudos to that writer :
http://www.whythisblogsucks.com/2009/10/05/why-oprah-sucks-part-1/
8. Jeezy - October 7, 2009 10:43 AM
This is the most racist thing I've ever heard. Get off your high horse, Oprah!
9. Cece - October 8, 2009 7:10 AM
the other race combos just aren't as funny.
10. stickykeys - October 9, 2009 11:19 AM
The Snow Walker:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337721/
Actually, a pretty good flick.
11. stickykeys - October 9, 2009 11:23 AM
and dude, the Inuit are all over the top of North America: Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Quebec, Labrador, and their own new territory Nunavut.
12. Hilarious Joker - November 6, 2009 12:26 AM
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