well ladies , it's official...
*for a bit of levity in these troubling times , we took something called "The Billy Dee Williams Smoothness" test.
though not sponsored or endorsed by the painter , turned actor , turned painter , it is an indicator of the man's enduring public persona , when his name and image are used , even humorously , as an icon for being "smooth" and a ladies man ...
And the official results were :
your total was 36 out of a possible 36 , or 100% Smoothness
You're 5 Bottle Smooth!
since about the time of our late twenties, we no longer imbibe in "liquid spirits" because , to be honest , we find alcohol boring , as well as the fact that it eventually ages the body and destroys the mind .
ALSO , colt 45 malt liquor is simply-- 4 proof piss --in terms of quality, but thanks anyway bruh williams...
from viewing some of his film work we had to say the brother has acting talent , yet we always wondered why he did those ads for rotgut like colt 45 ? especially since the image he worked hard over the years to cultivate in films and in the african american community was that of a classy , and well -- a smooth type guy.
just on the surface , you'd think he'd have more class than to be the face-man seen and heard in ads for that swill.
but then , doing a little reading , we found , from cursory examination , that he never took a film role that could be called degrading to black people-- he didn't , as far as we know , stoop to playing a triffling coon--though we know that the demand for those roles seems to never die as far as hollywood is concerned.
we also found that williams got screwed out of what could have possibly been big money and future work by the producers of the "starwars" series of movies , when his "lando calrissian" character never got the "han solo" treatment he was promised in the later starwars flicks AND williams was again screwed over by the producers of the "batman" series of flicks when tommy lee jones got the "two-face /harvey dent" starring role as villian-- a role promised to williams when williams introduced the "harvey dent" character in the previous batman flick .
"Well , that's showbiz" , some might say --others might observe that such is show biz FOR THOSE ETHNIC GROUPS WHO DON'T CONTROL EITHER THE BIZ , OR THE SHOW ...
...at soon to be 70 years of age , we know that hollywood may not have much use for male black elders in film who refuse to play accepted roles as uncle remus , or uncle tom , or servants who drive around "miss daisy".
at a starwars public fanshow / media event , it was revealed that sadly, only one reporter bothered to interview african american community long-time icon billy dee williams --and the interviewer was merely a journalism STUDENT covering the event
...we hope the "artist/painter " thing continues to work out for brother williams and that african americans get their collective act together in hollywood and elsewhere so that our talent gets the opportunities to showcase their abilities as well as receive the financial rewards that they deserve while playing the dignified roles that our children and our people badly need to see...if this happens, then our talented artists won't have to hawk pisswater and snake-oil to keep food on the table
self portrait
though not sponsored or endorsed by the painter , turned actor , turned painter , it is an indicator of the man's enduring public persona , when his name and image are used , even humorously , as an icon for being "smooth" and a ladies man ...
And the official results were :
your total was 36 out of a possible 36 , or 100% Smoothness
You're 5 Bottle Smooth!since about the time of our late twenties, we no longer imbibe in "liquid spirits" because , to be honest , we find alcohol boring , as well as the fact that it eventually ages the body and destroys the mind .
ALSO , colt 45 malt liquor is simply-- 4 proof piss --in terms of quality, but thanks anyway bruh williams...
from viewing some of his film work we had to say the brother has acting talent , yet we always wondered why he did those ads for rotgut like colt 45 ? especially since the image he worked hard over the years to cultivate in films and in the african american community was that of a classy , and well -- a smooth type guy.
just on the surface , you'd think he'd have more class than to be the face-man seen and heard in ads for that swill.
but then , doing a little reading , we found , from cursory examination , that he never took a film role that could be called degrading to black people-- he didn't , as far as we know , stoop to playing a triffling coon--though we know that the demand for those roles seems to never die as far as hollywood is concerned.
we also found that williams got screwed out of what could have possibly been big money and future work by the producers of the "starwars" series of movies , when his "lando calrissian" character never got the "han solo" treatment he was promised in the later starwars flicks AND williams was again screwed over by the producers of the "batman" series of flicks when tommy lee jones got the "two-face /harvey dent" starring role as villian-- a role promised to williams when williams introduced the "harvey dent" character in the previous batman flick .
"Well , that's showbiz" , some might say --others might observe that such is show biz FOR THOSE ETHNIC GROUPS WHO DON'T CONTROL EITHER THE BIZ , OR THE SHOW ...
...at soon to be 70 years of age , we know that hollywood may not have much use for male black elders in film who refuse to play accepted roles as uncle remus , or uncle tom , or servants who drive around "miss daisy".
at a starwars public fanshow / media event , it was revealed that sadly, only one reporter bothered to interview african american community long-time icon billy dee williams --and the interviewer was merely a journalism STUDENT covering the event
...we hope the "artist/painter " thing continues to work out for brother williams and that african americans get their collective act together in hollywood and elsewhere so that our talent gets the opportunities to showcase their abilities as well as receive the financial rewards that they deserve while playing the dignified roles that our children and our people badly need to see...if this happens, then our talented artists won't have to hawk pisswater and snake-oil to keep food on the table
self portrait
the groove
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