Just when we thought it was over…
CVK
Nooooooooooooooo!!!
Los Angeles, CA (AHN) – The Oscar winning racial drama “Crash” will be adapted for the small screen and appear on nationwide television next year.
The film version starred Sandra Bullock, Terrence Howard, Matt Dillon and Don Cheadle and won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in March.
Producer Cathy Schulman says, “I hope it will air in the next year. The actors from the film will show up. Don Cheadle is a producer and will also be on at least a few episodes. We’ll see about everyone else.”
I wonder how on earth they’ll repurpose this for TV. Maybe it’ll be like Sex and the City? With Sandra Bullock’s racist character doing a voiceover with a stupid drawn-out metaphor in each episode? Like, “Mexicans are like Manolo Blahniks…”
Or maybe it’ll be crudely animated like South Park? And the same character will die in each episode, just like Kenny? “You killed Don Cheadle! Bastards!”
site admin wrote:
CVK, not sure, but we may be in the minority with our severe hatred of Crash….I just had a conversation with a friend and our moms recently…people LOVE it. everyone was saying how great it was and urging my mom to watch it. and i just kinda sat there and didn’t say anything. when someone asked, “Jen, wasn’t it great?” i said, well, i don’t think it accurately portrayed how race is lived and played out — i think it went overboard…and was unnecessarily dramatic (i didn’t even get to say what i thought about the representation of asians in the film)… the fans of the movie kinda interrupted me and said, “well yea, that’s the point! anyway, it was great.”
:| crash lives on.
but at least people are willing to talk about race?! eh? trying to find the silver lining since we can’t stop the unstoppable…
Posted 12 Apr 2006 at 1:49 pm ¶
the joy princess wrote:
Well, at least a lot of actors of color will get work?
*sheepish*
Posted 12 Apr 2006 at 6:39 pm ¶