Was Robert Townsend blackballed for doing Hollywood Shuffle???

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Looking at some show on VH1 that did a lil piece on one of the best movies of all time. Did Townsend see any backlash for keeping it real about Hollywood??

 
Blackballed??? He went on to a MONSTER career (to piggyback on his already decent one)!!! WTF is wrong with you??? Where do people get this shit???

Why would he be blackballed, and by whom??
 
He was broke and unknown before Hollywood Shuffle. He starred, directed and wrote several movies after Hollywood Shuffle. He had a multi-season sitcom. I will suggest that he has balled since doing Hollywood Shuffle.
 
nah, not really, if anything that movie put him on the map and earned him shitloads of respect in hollywood....

He was broke and unknown before Hollywood Shuffle. He starred, directed and wrote several movies after Hollywood Shuffle. He had a multi-season sitcom. I will suggest that he has balled since doing Hollywood Shuffle.

Ahh ok... You think he & Spike would have the same type of success coming up today as opposed to back then?
 
He was broke and unknown before Hollywood Shuffle.

Hardly. He'd worked consistently as a character actor in Hollywood for over a decade before he took a shot at self-financing his writing/directing debut (inspired by Spike's breakthrough, low-budget success). Where do you think he got his insight from?
 
His career didn't take a tumble until BAPS, that shit is awful

No worse than some of Spike's more pretentious films (like She Hate Me). That didn't stop him. He just went right into his TV sitcom and then on to a number of successful TV films.
 
he probably took a hit from the racist cac/caj in the biz (caj cracka ass jews) but he probably gained more than he might have lost out on

Robert Townsend is one of the few brothas in Hollywood I respect. He aint perfect but I cant recall him doing anything that didnt have heart.

His specials on HBO were fantastic back in the day. Everyone used to tape them and laugh about them.
 
he probably took a hit from the racist cac/caj in the biz (caj cracka ass jews) but he probably gained more than he might have lost out on

Why would Jews give a shit about Townshend? I don't think he's a bigot (like you).
 
I've always respected and liked Robert Townsend....right up until he did Meteor Man :eek: :smh:


Now it's just respect. :lol:

 
He made that movie with credit cards and borrowed money. That showed a lot of brothers [me included] they didn't need bank loans or approval from the man to make it, him and Spike are trail blazers.
 
Meteor Man was for children.

I repeat. Robert Townsend was broke and unknown before Hollywood Shuffle. Appearing in a few small roles in movies or theatre does not make you paid or known.
 
off topic.. how does Blunt know EVERYTHING? i dont care what topic it is, IT comes in the thread like an EXPERT
 
:lol: Hoes got to eat, too! :lol:
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I repeat. Robert Townsend was broke and unknown before Hollywood Shuffle. Appearing in a few small roles in movies or theatre does not make you paid or known.

Not true. He'd been a steadily WORKING character actor in TV and film (including A Soldier's Story and Streets of Fire) for a decade before he then WENT BROKE making Hollywood Shuffle.
 
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