Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga talk about new film, 'Passing' l GMA

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  • The upcoming drama tells a story of racial identity through the eyes of two childhood friends and it's already getting Oscar buzz.
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Komentáře • 265

  • @Susyyasmin
    @Susyyasmin Před 2 lety +327

    In love with the simplicity of the movie, it leaves so much open for interpretation

    • @trellz17
      @trellz17 Před 2 lety +14

      I agree. I was in awe after watching it. It was simple but so complex at the same time

    • @oliverv291
      @oliverv291 Před 2 lety +12

      Such a treat to watch a movie that was very quiet and mainly about the dialogue,
      They don't make films like this anymore...

  • @jalululan4731
    @jalululan4731 Před 2 lety +134

    Theresa Thompson, your acting in that scene when you (as Rene) met Claire's husband for the first time, especially your laugh, was priceless. All of you did very well in that scene. Such a masterpiece!

    • @Littlething41
      @Littlething41 Před 2 lety +14

      I was JUST thinking of that laugh! Wow! It really stood out to me and I feel like the sound of her laughter was really intentional for a man who didn't "seem to know" who he was in the presence of. The scene was uncomfortable and awesome at the same time!

  • @eden20111
    @eden20111 Před 2 lety +296

    Just finished watching. Ruth Negga is a phenomenal actress wow. She needs more recognition!

    • @siaf2398
      @siaf2398 Před 2 lety +1

      no

    • @bezajemal3415
      @bezajemal3415 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes!!

    • @JM-zm6lt
      @JM-zm6lt Před 2 lety

      @@siaf2398 Why not?

    • @siaf2398
      @siaf2398 Před 2 lety +2

      @@JM-zm6lt she's not white passing. I read the book. which was poorly written. did not see the movie, but she does not look like she can pass for white. she looks like a light-skinned black woman. there are plenty of black women that look straight-up white ie
      mariah carey, jennifer beals, phyllis diller, even meghan markle.

    • @missbstuurman
      @missbstuurman Před 2 lety +8

      @@siaf2398 the original comment was about her Acting skills, not her looks.

  • @natalie8105
    @natalie8105 Před 2 lety +86

    This was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time the cinematography was top tier

    • @Littlething41
      @Littlething41 Před 2 lety +8

      It was so dramatic, suspenseful, and uncomfortable. It was GREAT! I just finished watching it.

    • @natalie8105
      @natalie8105 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Littlething41 yes it was. I did not want it to end

    • @brooklynbred1460
      @brooklynbred1460 Před 2 lety

      You don't watch much TV do you?

    • @brooklynbred1460
      @brooklynbred1460 Před 2 lety

      You don't watch much TV do you?

    • @brooklynbred1460
      @brooklynbred1460 Před 2 lety

      You don't watch much TV do you?

  • @MrPolyalert
    @MrPolyalert Před 2 lety +32

    What a masterpiece of a movie! Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga are def top tier actresses 👍

  • @BryanScrilla
    @BryanScrilla Před 2 lety +36

    The life of a Black American in 1920's America. This is the real America that they don't want kids to know about. How will anything ever get better if we aren't allowed to discuss it TRUTHFULLY!

    • @marimar3161
      @marimar3161 Před 2 lety

      It looked like a really nice life tbh

  • @TheRozberry
    @TheRozberry Před 2 lety +21

    Speaking of “passing”, look up a man who went by the name Korla Pandit who’s real name was John Roland Redd. He was a black man passing for an East Indian Entertainer to make it in Hollywood. His specialty was playing East Indian music on a Wurlitzer organ and he even had his own tv show starting in the late 1940’s. He was highly successful and married a white woman and had children and they never knew he was black until he confessed it to them which I think was on his deathbed. He would even sneak back to his hometown in St. Louis to visit his own family but when his own family would travel to see him perform they were instructed to have no contact with him. PBS has a documentary about it and it’s very good. How hard and sad it must be to live a “secret life” in between two worlds.

    • @rebeccalaws3991
      @rebeccalaws3991 Před 2 lety +1

      I’ve head of this!! I recently saw a video of him. He was dressed in traditional Indian garb and he sang and played the piano it was interesting to see.

  • @wood5495
    @wood5495 Před 2 lety +39

    Ruth could read the phone book and you would be captivated.

  • @riseupbloom9836
    @riseupbloom9836 Před 2 lety +33

    Excellent film! The acting, cinematography, script, costuming, were stellar. The choice to tell the story in black and white, this symbolism added another layer of beauty of this work of art. If only more films of this caliber were made!

  • @galaxylucia1898
    @galaxylucia1898 Před 2 lety +20

    This movie was so amazing. Can’t wait to read the book. Tessa and Ruth were INCREDIBLE. And Rebecca knocked it out of the park! ❤️❤️❤️

    • @Littlething41
      @Littlething41 Před 2 lety +2

      I wonder besides the book, how much of this story came from Rebecca reflecting on her own family and her recent discovery of their past.......passing. Really incredible!

    • @davy209
      @davy209 Před 2 lety +2

      I was really impressed by Rebecca’s direction as she able to capture a delicate balance and racial themes in the movie. And also give her credit to direct 2 terrific performances from her two black women leading actresses as well.

  • @Littlething41
    @Littlething41 Před 2 lety +14

    I love the language! Both women did an exceptional job with the English language of that time.

  • @riamoreland7738
    @riamoreland7738 Před 2 lety +14

    I watched it more than one time to make I didn’t miss some important things I need to see, LOVE IT!!!❤️❤️❤️

  • @Michael-bj2wd
    @Michael-bj2wd Před 2 lety +74

    just finished watching, it requires a second viewing to catch the nuances that were missed. The black and white take a moment of adjustments. The background music seems modern but easily confused as periodic. The language and ideas in parts seem like an extract from a James Baldwin novel, effortlessly clear and clean but after all this, something seems missing.

    • @brittneyallotey2017
      @brittneyallotey2017 Před 2 lety +6

      Great analysis.
      I was thinking the same.

    • @lindawilliams429
      @lindawilliams429 Před 2 lety +6

      @@brittneyallotey2017 Me too!! I remember reading the book years ago, so I was truly excited about seeing it. It moved way too slow. It was a part in the movie where I thought maybe they were more than friends. So it definitely deserves another look, but not for me. Not any time soon.

    • @memilty
      @memilty Před 2 lety +5

      Agreed. For me we needed more of clare’s daily struggle or at least equal to Tessa’s character. I found myself being bored of her( Reenie’s) ,though just as important ,yet overdone , tale and wanted to see the daily battle Clare had to go through to live as white, what the sacrifices were, and why it seems they began to be too much. A contrast to Tessa’s character, a way to bridge the two stories of why one should choose to pass and the other not to, and the struggles of both. (Ruth did steal this movie tho, frustrating not to see more of what she could have brought to a clearly complicated and layered character. )

    • @__________________________6451
      @__________________________6451 Před 2 lety +2

      LMAO! Untalented armchair movie critics sulk it up!

  • @blakrumba
    @blakrumba Před 2 lety +13

    I really like this film. It feels like a movie commercial for the book. I can't wait to read the book. And these two women are amazing in their roles.

  • @amalia5699
    @amalia5699 Před 2 lety +14

    Irene was passing as straight.

  • @ohhthatsteeTV
    @ohhthatsteeTV Před 2 lety +25

    The people in these comments don’t understand they weren’t biracial they were PASSING back then they were ignorant and people saw light skinned people as people who could pass some of them had European features these actresses were a perfect example…in MY opinion

    • @MamaKatt
      @MamaKatt Před 2 lety +2

      Untrue. Why must this generation spread lies? They could have been biracial or they could have been black but one drop of black blood made you a black person and black people were killed for the stuff you are speaking about. Not just dark skin black people but light skin people. Need an example? Google Isadore Banks. He looked like a white man but he was black and lynched for his land. Nothing was done about it.

    • @ohhthatsteeTV
      @ohhthatsteeTV Před 2 lety +3

      @@MamaKatt YOUR old ass generation has a comprehension issue I’m not talking about whatever tf point u tryna make and I still stand on it BACK THEN they were definitely ignorant them mfs couldn’t even spell Puerto Rican correctly tf make u think they could 100% (meaning every single white person in Amerikka) tell the difference between a white person and a lightskinned black person argue w your lame ass “this generation” family member but not me idgaf enough to wanna go back and forth thanks ❤️

    • @Lightner445555555555
      @Lightner445555555555 Před 2 lety +4

      @@ohhthatsteeTV Just take what people like her say with a grain of salt. Because it's just hate and anger talking.

    • @MamaKatt
      @MamaKatt Před 2 lety +1

      @@ohhthatsteeTV And you are an example of the piss poor education system of today.

    • @MamaKatt
      @MamaKatt Před 2 lety +2

      @@Lightner445555555555 Because history should be taken with a grain of salt.

  • @kirstendessner-sweeney5823
    @kirstendessner-sweeney5823 Před 2 lety +94

    As someone said before. This is the 1920's, seeing those of mixed descent was very limited and often unusual. Could I see features that didnt seem Caucasian? Absolutely. I like to think of it this way. With transgender movie stars and so forth, there becomes more awareness, and that awareness opens up the possibility for 'looking' or 'spotting' certain features otherwise known as 'clocking.' If you look back at some transgender people in the early to mid 20th century, it was just so unheard of to change your sex, and a lot of them passed because we didnt examine them the way we do now with more awareness. I think the actresses were perfect, because it was meant to portray a sense of 'wanting' and going so far. We the viewer can see light skinned black woman and when we watch we view them, or specifically Clare as trying to mask herself, what other people in the film cannot see. So there is a parallel.

    • @melanieuises3787
      @melanieuises3787 Před 2 lety +14

      This comment deserves the Pulitzer Prize. You really put in words what many fail to see!

    • @savannahhalm
      @savannahhalm Před 2 lety +16

      People that would pass is someone like Rashida Jones or Mariah Carey. Even Zendaya would not pass, and Tessa Thompson would definitely not pass.

    • @WilliamsPinch
      @WilliamsPinch Před 2 lety +13

      Not true. It was not long after slavery, which bred many biracial people. Particularly obvious when considering how many light complexion slaves were in the house and most commonly had proximity to white people. Tess Thompson is certainly not passing, much like Halle berry (pre-nose job). But Rashida Jones, Paula Patton, those are white passing women. But most biracial people during those times were probably identifiably black.

    • @galaxylucia1898
      @galaxylucia1898 Před 2 lety +9

      Thank you!!! You totally get it. We are looking at a phenomenon with modern-day lenses. Ofc Tessa and Ruth could never pass as a “white American” because there’s been so much media of what that image SHOULD look like. And back then everything was practically taken at face-value, that all someone had to do was really commit to acting the part or skip town if they got “caught”

    • @rasberrybelley4954
      @rasberrybelley4954 Před 2 lety +1

      Your comment really has me divided because yes I can see the parallel between passing as white and current transgender awareness and acceptance. And I hope I said that non offensively. However passing as white is neither rare or unusual.One of the films nuances is that everybody black knew the character was passing. A white man who lived and slept with her every single day had no idea. Forget the actresses in the film and Google Adam Clayton Powell and Walter Francis white. Even though they were staunchly pro black THEY are what people who actually pass for white looked/look like. They're the reason laws defining quadroon were written. I've seen beautiful transgender women but 24/7 exposure for years and the spouse doesn't know? Maybe. Anyway Just wanted to say passing has been a part of African American history hundreds of years and it's far from limited. Your comment did add a different perspective though.

  • @truthmatters592
    @truthmatters592 Před 2 lety +26

    The movie is so good I was hoping it never end

    • @marytaite3109
      @marytaite3109 Před 2 lety

      I'm afraid to watch this movie. Movies like this are so engrossing and captivating that I know once I start watching I won't be able to leave the couch until the end, and I know the people in my house won't let me watch it in peace.

  • @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy
    @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy Před 2 lety +58

    Excellent film. Alex Haley's Queen, starring Halle Berry, is another good examination of racial passing.

    • @magzmoney
      @magzmoney Před 2 lety

      It was my favorite movie as a child seeing her struggle and overcome

  • @HerAeolianHarp
    @HerAeolianHarp Před 2 lety +14

    Well worth seeing. A sensitive and challenging but visually exquisite film that tugs at emotions and empathy from the first shot.

  • @mac609
    @mac609 Před 2 lety +12

    Judging from some of the comments on this video, most people don't have a clue what qualifies as passing. Just because someone is biracial does not mean they "pass" in society. Passing involves denying ethnicity. From my understanding people like Rashida Jones, Vin Diesel and Maya Rudolph haven't denied their African American heritage. Rachel Dolezal is a classic example of passing as an African American. I've seen Rachel in plenty of interviews struggling to admit she's 100% white. Rumour has it that Elvis Presley's mother Gladys was of mixed race heritage. There was all kinds of drama regarding the racial identity of Johnny Cash's first wife Vivian Liberto.

    • @user-bx2cg2ec8c
      @user-bx2cg2ec8c Před rokem

      Even Clark Gable passed.i watch a documentary about his life.

  • @theamazingdoubleA
    @theamazingdoubleA Před rokem +5

    The title itself is open to interpretation. It's a beautiful story.

  • @nobullzone8394
    @nobullzone8394 Před 2 lety +8

    Yeah a conversation that should have been had I grew up in a family where my grandmother and her sisters passed and when one of her sons decide to marry a black woman no two of her sons decided to marry a darker woman the colorism that we had to go through in our family was traumatizing ! Smh the self-hatred

  • @edgarcism
    @edgarcism Před 2 lety +6

    This made me so sad :( great performances from everyone involved.

  • @364anw
    @364anw Před 2 lety +8

    Such a great film! The story line and actors were amazing!

  • @Mzsherryross_fit
    @Mzsherryross_fit Před 2 měsíci +1

    Both actresses did an outstanding performance. ❤❤ 👏🏽👏🏽 Definitely a must watch!

  • @Miriam-fk9wr
    @Miriam-fk9wr Před 2 lety +6

    They were flawless in the their acting 🎭

  • @talisha5863
    @talisha5863 Před 2 lety +23

    Rebecca Hall did an outstanding job directing this movie!👏🏽👍🏽This was an amazing story that truly depicted how most people are in denial in some form of their life. In one scene specifically, Tessa’s husband in the movie told her that he preferred her (Tessa) over Ruth’s character Claire and emphasized his foolery by telling her that he likes his women dark. Talk about a WTF moment!😵‍💫 Tessa is clearly not dark skin and that is probably what attracted him to her in the first place, but in his head since she is slightly darker than Ruth he has made himself believe that she is dark. #jackass

    • @xfiler-gl7nc
      @xfiler-gl7nc Před 2 lety +2

      Hollering😂🙌🏽. The foolishness that comes out of color stroke black folks is sickening. I caught that too.

    • @Charmedsas1
      @Charmedsas1 Před 2 lety +1

      probably was projecting as well, because it looks like deep down, during those times, he probably could not have been with someone like Ruth's character, turning heads is what i mean.

  • @Theedebtcollector
    @Theedebtcollector Před 2 lety +3

    Their mannerisms in the movie are similar in real life 😍❤️

  • @jasmines72
    @jasmines72 Před 2 lety +5

    Just finished this movie, it was absolutely beautiful I mean beautiful!!!!

  • @MC-xv3eu
    @MC-xv3eu Před 2 lety +7

    Awesome movie! Great acting… deeper than the title. Will definitely get Oscar nods!!👏🏾👏🏾

  • @emoke150
    @emoke150 Před 2 lety +25

    So weird that topic touched me on a personal level. I am half romani. One of my sisters doesn't pass. I pass in winter, two of my other sisters always pass. We all have very different experiences in society. Still relevant this topic.on some level. My father doesn't pass at all but has a wife who is blissfully ignorant and I heard her talking badly about romani in front of us all including my father. I remember my mother who was there too sending me a text message while his wife talked saying "don't say a word". I have no idea how he can live a life like that.

    • @butyourdaddylikeit573
      @butyourdaddylikeit573 Před 2 lety +2

      In this day and age people still feel like they need to pass?

    • @chrysalisamidst
      @chrysalisamidst Před 2 lety +6

      @@butyourdaddylikeit573 D U H

    • @emoke150
      @emoke150 Před 2 lety +3

      @@butyourdaddylikeit573 unfortunately yes. Romani people face alot of discrimination still.

    • @tmalone2648
      @tmalone2648 Před 2 lety +1

      I appreciate your story… Wow..

    • @galaxylucia1898
      @galaxylucia1898 Před 2 lety +5

      @@butyourdaddylikeit573 has white privilege been extinguished yet? No.
      Then yeah-obviously. 🤨

  • @lea9977
    @lea9977 Před 2 lety +8

    Loved it. Felt I had a lot of questions leaving by it. Those thought provoking films stick with you.

  • @tammygriffin5658
    @tammygriffin5658 Před 2 lety +6

    Stunning! Would love more of this style!

  • @thomaswilbornjr3128
    @thomaswilbornjr3128 Před 2 lety +8

    I think it's a work of very meaningful art

  • @candycane1383
    @candycane1383 Před 2 lety +5

    Instead of trying to suggest people who could be passing or not better than the actual person that was cast. How about appreciate the actual message that was presented.

  • @TommyLellan
    @TommyLellan Před 2 lety +21

    Gotta hand it to this movie, it’s original. I wonder if Ruth Negga will win an Oscar for this? She’s unrecognisable.

  • @sherrybrown8608
    @sherrybrown8608 Před 2 lety +5

    Great movie and it had the perfect actors!!

  • @Christinanadia
    @Christinanadia Před 2 lety +16

    I think Quincy Jones daughter could have played one of the women she looks more passing.

  • @merrytunes8697
    @merrytunes8697 Před 2 lety +11

    I always though Rebecca Hall had an ‘ethnic’ look, so I wasn’t surprised there had been passing in her lineage. Fabulous contributions from everyone involved in the movie.

  • @catboyzee
    @catboyzee Před 2 lety +4

    That was one wild movie IMHO, and I mean that in the most complimentary way. Its sad that some people feel they need to go into a kind of self-imposed 'exile' from parts of their ethnic identity in order to obtain some semblance of prosperity and/or affluence.

  • @jameycollins725
    @jameycollins725 Před 2 lety +5

    Ruth Negga looks so much like Madonna in the 1980's. Wonderful movie!

  • @islandgirl8914
    @islandgirl8914 Před 2 lety +3

    Bravo. Loved it. Passion, love, reality.

  • @absatwell8163
    @absatwell8163 Před 2 lety +9

    I’m really looking forward to this.

  • @yasarrella9603
    @yasarrella9603 Před 2 lety +4

    I just wish the movie was in color. I think it would have made it more believable with her passing as white. But it’s a good movie

  • @tye958
    @tye958 Před 2 lety +3

    The concept of this movie 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾...I was disappointed in the story it was too criptic for me🙆🏾‍♀️...but I'm glad it was told🖤

  • @MyWorldofFragrance
    @MyWorldofFragrance Před 2 lety +1

    I adore these women so much 🌹

  • @beautyan5309
    @beautyan5309 Před 2 lety +9

    Wenthworth Miller, Maria Carey, Halsey , rashida jones all look full white but each has one black parent they definitely pass you
    Can’t tell

    • @erinnab8335
      @erinnab8335 Před 2 lety +1

      Maria Carey and Rashida Jones don't look White. They look like mixed POC. Halsey looks like she has Middle Eastern or Eurasian ancestry. The only one who could 100% pass for white is Wentworth Miller.

    • @irise3665
      @irise3665 Před 2 lety +2

      It's easier to pass when your biracial. Both the main characters are biracial.

  • @Glitzdglamourous5604
    @Glitzdglamourous5604 Před 2 lety +4

    Great film loved it

  • @sophiaelayne9984
    @sophiaelayne9984 Před 2 lety +21

    So my take on this beautiful film is that both women coveted each others lives. Rene's desire to be "lively and beautiful" and Clare's to be stable and constant. So did her white husband push her out the window or did she?

    • @Rosekushhh
      @Rosekushhh Před 2 lety +9

      maybe put a spoiler alert in the beginning of ur comment yikes

  • @delrey874
    @delrey874 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow, Ruth Negga is not American. I just googled it and learned for the first time that she is Irish.

  • @lorrainem.swartzentruber3077

    I never knew that people had to reject their background like this in our country. What a sad reality. So glad these women brought this film to the screen to educate and help us empathize with the struggle of African Americans in our past. The delivery of the message was nuanced rather than clobbering. That is what we need more of. Talking TO each other rather than past each other. Not ignoring the reality but also not making it an "us" vs "them" issue.

  • @zamandash1584
    @zamandash1584 Před 2 lety +7

    Movie set on deep points gets you thinking and wanting more, Everyone pulled through both the western movie and passing deserve Oscars.

  • @TheRozberry
    @TheRozberry Před 2 lety +5

    This movie is sooo good! I call it an “onion movie”...many layers. It selves into another facet of black life.

  • @gabrielesam883
    @gabrielesam883 Před 2 lety +1

    the film was really good i recommend people watch it and rate it 😁

  • @Belle1111Earthangel
    @Belle1111Earthangel Před 6 měsíci

    One of my favorite movies 😅both women were phenomenal. I don't have Netflix anymore so i came to CZcams to see if it was for rent here

  • @LoveMafae
    @LoveMafae Před 2 lety +2

    how you people say someone is not white ? they are both races

  • @wendymacias12
    @wendymacias12 Před 2 lety +1

    loved the film🤍

  • @isla4953
    @isla4953 Před 2 lety +1

    Can I just say... Tessa's voice makes me melt. The contrast of Charlotte Hale's character and this voice... Aye. Look forward to watching Passing

  • @MamaKatt
    @MamaKatt Před 2 lety +29

    Nither of these women could pass for white today or at any time in the past. Why not pick people you truly have to question whether they are black or white? Need an example of a black actress who could have passed but didn't? Freddi Washington.

  • @espianmashias9565
    @espianmashias9565 Před 2 lety

    I loved this movie!!❤️❤️❤️

  • @sam1hg644
    @sam1hg644 Před 2 lety +1

    They are so educated

  • @tierraweatherspoon3419
    @tierraweatherspoon3419 Před 2 lety +1

    I think Imitation of Life was a better film that explored the issue of passing. I wished there would have been more dialogue in this film and more character development. I would like to have seen more adversaries in the film to present opposing sides of “passing” from an outsiders perspective. The cinematography and fashion was good but the overall movie is a no for me.

  • @adonnarowe1811
    @adonnarowe1811 Před 2 lety

    This movie was crazy good!

  • @michellebremner1507
    @michellebremner1507 Před 2 lety

    Love this movie

  • @jocieemma1978
    @jocieemma1978 Před 2 lety

    I loved seeing my life experience as a main stream film. Felt this in my soul- because our roots go so deep in America it’s painful. I really like the tea scene, that name even though she’s light and not knowing her ancestry, ect. The way Clare was happy being around her people. Being afraid if people in her life knew she was black she’d by shunned and worst. Ugh!

  • @sacha-gayblake8729
    @sacha-gayblake8729 Před 2 lety

    Bowy the movie was intense and deep.

  • @nacerayoubi5350
    @nacerayoubi5350 Před 2 lety

    Excellent

  • @nuncapasaran9374
    @nuncapasaran9374 Před 2 lety

    Wait I'm sorry is Ruth Negga fucking Irish and I am literally just learning this now? I've only ever seen her do an American accent. My mind is blown. (Also she's amazing.)

  • @melodylove2622
    @melodylove2622 Před rokem +1

    This is quite strange, she looks more white here than she actually does in the movie🤨

  • @SAM-MME
    @SAM-MME Před 2 lety +1

    Love the film Ruth's face in the thumbnail 😂

  • @lindawells9328
    @lindawells9328 Před 2 lety +1

    I have not watched Passing yet but I have seen the trailer for it . I do know what passing is . I feel like some black people that was passing was very bold , and they felt like they had to do what they had to do in order to survive . I bet it was very hard for them to do that . I bet they had alot of fear they was gone get caught. They had to give up alot of there true self as a human being , they had to leave there black family behide . If I was alot of white people today in 2021 I would go take a DNA test and I bet alot of them will find out that they have black family members somewhere. I bet alot of those racist white people got alot of black family members as a matter of fact they got black DNA in them to . I went to school with these 2 white twins brothers and come to find out they are my blood cousins . Miss . Linda ❤

  • @okayimbackwhateverjones

    Wow it really hits that he's off

  • @skyrobin4008
    @skyrobin4008 Před 2 lety +8

    But they can’t “pass” so why not cast actually mixed raced “passing” actresses?

    • @TechFinds_9
      @TechFinds_9 Před 2 lety +16

      Having 2 white looking woman playing these roles would not give the tension this movie gives to the audience. We know they are not white, so their game at pretense feels and looks really dangerous to us.

    • @jasmines72
      @jasmines72 Před 2 lety +6

      They are mixed raced and in actuality back in those times, they really could've passed . If you ever watched the Imitation of life she passed or look at Quincy Jones daughter

    • @tanyenomichelle7021
      @tanyenomichelle7021 Před 2 lety +1

      Celebrity = funding :(

    • @cheyenneburgess9717
      @cheyenneburgess9717 Před 2 lety +2

      Ruth is literally mixed.

  • @alufmangoes6082
    @alufmangoes6082 Před 2 lety +8

    i can't tell my girlfriend that her best friend picked me up from work.

  • @eb1912
    @eb1912 Před 2 lety +17

    From the beginning of the movie, I didn't understand because Clare clearly was a woman of color. When she was sitting in the restaurant, I was waiting for someone to tell her something. Maybe they could have chosen a woman with more European features to make it believable.

    • @robertacevedo5601
      @robertacevedo5601 Před 2 lety +7

      Agree.. I saw that too. The make up was other done. If you see Ruth Negga photos she's so light skinned that she could pass as white. But the hair and makeup killed it. I couldn't suspend my disbelief during the whole film.

    • @ascent8487
      @ascent8487 Před 2 lety +4

      That’s interesting. I thought Tessa was far less believable.

    • @wvanderwahl
      @wvanderwahl Před 2 lety

      Maybe Thandi Newton? Halle Berry ? Halle would have turned the role down.

    • @blackguyofthesouth2161
      @blackguyofthesouth2161 Před 2 lety

      @@wvanderwahl Bruh, Halle is too famous

    • @rigokel
      @rigokel Před 2 lety +9

      The entire point is that black people can clearly spot another black person passing at that time but white people were often clueless.

  • @saintblades
    @saintblades Před 2 lety +3

    Mixed queens! ❤️

    • @Madenthewest
      @Madenthewest Před 2 lety +1

      Beautiful black women, you can always tell when someone is jealous because jealousy makes people start to “try” and strip blacks of their blackness.

    • @WoahhTeamJacob
      @WoahhTeamJacob Před 2 lety +4

      @@Madenthewest dude what? they are both biracial. i

    • @WoahhTeamJacob
      @WoahhTeamJacob Před 2 lety

      @@Madenthewest he’s simply stating what they are MIXED. Stop trying to force the one drop rule.

    • @Madenthewest
      @Madenthewest Před 2 lety

      @@WoahhTeamJacob Naw, that’s whites that tried to enforce the one drop rule during slavery but now its so cool to be black. Now it’s backfiring on whites lol, whites want to enforce whatever % of white a black has in them ;they hanging on to whatever they can claim. Neither one could have passed as white lol they would have been a “nigga” 🙄 just as much as me. Biracial? So what they don’t look white. Your jealous too

  • @goldengirl7625
    @goldengirl7625 Před 2 lety +18

    I'm sorry, but neither of these women would have had anyone fooled today or back in the day when "passing" was common. They both have a great level of ambiguity to their racial appearance; they look mixed without a doubt. It was kind of funny to watch not going to lie, lmao.

  • @mariarodgers5387
    @mariarodgers5387 Před 2 lety +5

    Irene doesn’t look white at all and Ruth is struggling

    • @christophercobb249
      @christophercobb249 Před 2 lety +1

      I think that was on purpose. The scene at the beginning where Irene goes into the shop seemed to signal that she is read as a person of color in white society. And that's why she was so afraid, because she knew she was barely "passing." And the Clare character is described by her racist husband as looking darker in skin tone since he married her. I honestly think Clare sought out Irene from the start because she felt her husband was very close to disowning her i think there was more to it, but on some fundamental level I think Clare saw Irene as her escape route out of white society. Ad I think Irene figured that out even when she met Clare's husband. The book is much more explicit in describing how traumatic Irene's meeting with Clare and Clare's husband is. I don"t think the movie makes this as explicit, so we are left more to wonder why two women who don't look they could pass are acting in these ways. Also, the book is much more descriptive of how much the two women pass in respective settings. I don't think Irene is described as someone who can pass that much. Ironically, neither is Clare. That her husband seems initially not to notice that she is not white, but that he later perpetrates emotional violence against her (and possibly, physical) speaks to me to how tragic the story shows racism to be.

  • @handsome-brute2666
    @handsome-brute2666 Před 2 lety +3

    When he SAID negga...it makes u pause😒

  • @taribowest6000
    @taribowest6000 Před 2 lety

    The interviewer looks like his passing. It's all in his nose

  • @K_patts8370
    @K_patts8370 Před 2 lety +11

    troian bellisario is white presenting but these two ladies?😳

    • @ilovelife3328
      @ilovelife3328 Před 2 lety +7

      She is white (really European American). Her mom is mixed race and has distant African Ancestry as a Creole woman and her dad is fully European which would make her 75%+ European genetically. If mixed people keep procreating with mixed or white people, they are no longer African American. A mixed person (50% African/50% European) is no longer African American, they are biracial/mixed race - just like a Liger is neither a lion nor a tiger.

    • @janenepayne4001
      @janenepayne4001 Před 2 lety +10

      The director got two ladies who white people would see as white. Black people we know are own kind

    • @wiltisdabest
      @wiltisdabest Před 2 lety +6

      Sure they look black to us, but Ruth could probably pass in 1929, they had almost no exposure to mixed people. We can tell because we see them all the time.

    • @diouranke
      @diouranke Před 2 lety +4

      they do not look white passing to me either , and that isn't always about being light but about features as well.. But it depends on where in the world you are

    • @daisyb4614
      @daisyb4614 Před 2 lety +2

      They are not white passing at all. Ruth can pass for Latin, Mediterranean or Italian with straight hair.

  • @fairestofthemall4421
    @fairestofthemall4421 Před 2 lety +1

    My last name is as funny as Negga my last name is White.And I did a millionaire he was a Republican and White and we could’ve been together but it would’ve meant that I had to give up my blackness even in my profile picture that you see on this I can get even lighter I can pass for something but I just couldn’t do it I did not want it not be in a black world I would die not being in a black world with my people because I just would’ve died it’s not worth the money it’s not worth it at. I was with my boyfriend for five years and that means going to expensive hotels the Ritz Carlton I’m always being the black woman there and it feels different when you have to be in white spaces and you’re black and you’re proud of your blackness I would always tipped employees the black employees better so it was very lonely I can identify with that movie so well it was the most loneliest time in my life I was sad money can only do so much ,I felt so lonely not being able to talk to someone who looks looked like me. Being in white spaces is so isolating and lonely you’re surrounded by luxury you’re surrounded by money and is the loneliest place to be . All you see is a white world. I did end the relationship because of that,But I didn’t the part with some wonderful departing gift screech and I did love this man absolutely he was good to me but I’m not white I’m black even if I can pass provocation at the end of the day I’m black, it’s me being black is a beautiful thing there’s something about us unless you’re black you wouldn’t understand it I can’t give that up I won’t give up that.

    • @victoriarichardson-zl5zn
      @victoriarichardson-zl5zn Před rokem

      Shit. You shouldn't have given that up being around ignorant angry abusive divisive black people is a whole alot of oppression hatred and enslavement of it's own

  • @michaelgerard2
    @michaelgerard2 Před 2 lety +13

    Neither of these 2 women would have been able to pass back then. They should have chosen different actresses.

  • @justinmckinney5713
    @justinmckinney5713 Před 2 lety

    The only way they were able to past in those days and today. I's because for that particular culture it's only skin deep. it goes no further than that

  • @fairestofthemall4421
    @fairestofthemall4421 Před 2 lety

    My

  • @924MUSIC
    @924MUSIC Před 2 lety +5

    Honestly Tessa could never pass bad casting

  • @Xslices
    @Xslices Před 2 lety

    I think my gf black

  • @hummerwisdom
    @hummerwisdom Před 2 lety +2

    MY KINDA PEOPLE 👱🏻‍♂️👩🏻‍🦰
My kinda people
    Are my kinda people
    Sharing the same culture, traditions and way of life
    My kinda people
    Will always be my kinda people
    And every kinda of people has that inherent right
    And it’s hard living among so many kinds ‘a people
    Speaking different languages, worshipping different deities
    It’s like waking up in a strange dreamland everyday
    Like somebody has stolen your natural-born identity
    My kinda people
    Are my kinda people
    Sharing the same culture, traditions and way of life
    My kinda people
    Will always be my kinda people
    And every kinda of people has that inherent right
    Now, the Melting Pot has become one giant incinerator
    For those of us with fair colored skin, European features
    And I often wonder how God in Heaven might be feeling
    His people dwelling among a plethora of godless creatures
    My kinda people
    Are my kinda people
    Sharing the same culture, traditions and way of life
    My kinda people
    Will always be my kinda people
    And every kinda of people has that inherent right
    My kinda people
    Are my kinda people
    Sharing the same culture, traditions and way of life
    My kinda people
    Will always be my kinda people
    And every kinda of people has that inherent right-
    Including those the skin color of wh?te!
    Copyright 2021, Renee La Chapelle

  • @mon2863Hamilton
    @mon2863Hamilton Před 2 lety +13

    Completely disagree without Tessa and Ruth!! Passing was about one thing economics and disowning Your blackness and the struggles and atrocities that happens to Black People…On top of Systematic Racism. In addition, white was always deemed better…NOT!! These two biracial women SO NOT SPEAK FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY!! PERIOD!!

    • @dreamingofintensedinosaurs3320
      @dreamingofintensedinosaurs3320 Před 2 lety +8

      I think it was about surviving. I myself have family members who told stories about how they had to become something they didn’t want to survive and get places in life

    • @amcra1
      @amcra1 Před 2 lety +3

      Sthu

    • @chicarobertson4706
      @chicarobertson4706 Před 2 lety +4

      @@dreamingofintensedinosaurs3320 I've worked with a woman whose parents were light enough to pass, so when they had children they put white on their birth certificates. The children inherited the melanin and could not really pass but would always say they were French, Indian, Italian to explain their dark skin....Can you imagine those parents passing and having to listen to racist whites all the time and not be able to say anything....and probably joined in on the racist comments...

    • @MC-xv3eu
      @MC-xv3eu Před 2 lety

      You sound ignorant!

    • @mon2863Hamilton
      @mon2863Hamilton Před 2 lety +3

      @@MC-xv3eu 😂😂😂...the truth always sounds ignorant to those who despise the Truth...and I'm more than okay thou calling me names vs having an intelligent conversation..😎

  • @patriciac2384
    @patriciac2384 Před 2 lety +8

    So let me get this straight last week we get a great all black cast (well somewhat) western now we have to “suffer” through this ridiculous film with two obvious black actresses
    Please Hollywood stop insulting our intelligence!!!

    • @eden20111
      @eden20111 Před 2 lety +6

      I loved the film
      Ruth Negga is a phenomenal actress she did so amazing in this film. She is so underrated and deserves more screen time

    • @SexyButCurious
      @SexyButCurious Před 2 lety +1

      @@eden20111 I agree she is awesome I remember her from from the show preacher and she's definitely underrated.. I understand people's criticisms purpose systems but it was still a good movie

  • @dw1617
    @dw1617 Před 2 lety +6

    I didn’t like the movie at all. It was slow and boring. All the actors are really good actors but the director was not. Could have been better.

    • @chicarobertson4706
      @chicarobertson4706 Před 2 lety +6

      The movie didn't really seem to be about anything....I kept waiting for something interesting to happen...

    • @rebeccalaws3991
      @rebeccalaws3991 Před 2 lety +1

      Really? You didn’t find the death scene to be interesting? or the fact that Clare and irene’s husband could have possibly had an affair? It wasn’t really that boring.

    • @chicarobertson4706
      @chicarobertson4706 Před 2 lety

      @@rebeccalaws3991 The death scene was weird, the story not about anything. Very poorly written.

    • @qologytheproducer244
      @qologytheproducer244 Před 2 lety

      "slow and boring" this ain't a action movie

    • @qologytheproducer244
      @qologytheproducer244 Před 2 lety

      @@chicarobertson4706 nah, you're just an idiot 🤣
      "Weird" bro your mind couldn't even comprehend it

  • @sophiaelayne9984
    @sophiaelayne9984 Před 2 lety +3

    The director, Rebecca Hall, I believe her Grandmother is black. But she’s ‘’white’’.

    • @haroldbrown893
      @haroldbrown893 Před 2 lety +5

      Her mom is black

    • @WilliamsPinch
      @WilliamsPinch Před 2 lety +3

      @@haroldbrown893 no, her grandfather was passing. (Biracial). And yes, Rebecca is white… clearly.

    • @chrysalisamidst
      @chrysalisamidst Před 2 lety

      @@haroldbrown893 the mom is a biracial opera singer.

    • @haroldbrown893
      @haroldbrown893 Před 2 lety

      @@WilliamsPinch her mother is biracial

    • @galaxylucia1898
      @galaxylucia1898 Před 2 lety

      Her MOM is a black woman from Detroit who moved to the UK in the 60s to pursue a career in entertainment when she couldn’t get a start here in the States. Rebecca very much has the phenotype of her dad, but whatever gene expressions skipped her will surface in a generation or two in her children and/or grandkids. Like Ruth said, it hide forever 🤣🤣

  • @laurieb.9555
    @laurieb.9555 Před 2 lety

    Come on now

  • @ddavis4730
    @ddavis4730 Před 2 lety +1

    I have a relative who's passed as black for decades

  • @susang3394
    @susang3394 Před 2 lety +11

    Very disappointed not worth Oscar buzz But I'm sure it will recieve the token door prize

  • @patriciac2384
    @patriciac2384 Před 2 lety +6

    Not interested in this film or topic
    What’s the point
    And yes I agree the two women could/would never pass for Caucasian not then or now

    • @lindawilliams429
      @lindawilliams429 Před 2 lety +3

      I read the book years ago. This movie was a total letdown. It moved (IMO) really slow. I too don't understand how anyone even in today's world could possibly think that these women were Caucasian!! But I guess that's Hollywood.

  • @monicaguti1
    @monicaguti1 Před 2 lety +5

    Bad movie, losen scenes. Not a thing I will remember

  • @PotterPossum1989
    @PotterPossum1989 Před 2 lety +1

    I'll stick to the novel

  • @mylipringissliver
    @mylipringissliver Před 2 lety +2

    The film sucked