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Jamie Foxx: Hollywood does have a violent influence on the culture
Jamie Foxx, one of the industry’s biggest stars, said Saturday as he promoted Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming ultra-violent spaghetti Western-style film about slavery, “Django Unchained,” that actors can’t ignore the fact that movie violence can influence people.
“We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn’t have a sort of influence,” Foxx said in an interview on Saturday. “It does.”
In true Tarantino form, buckets of blood explode from characters as they are shot or shredded to pieces by rabid dogs in “Django Unchained.”
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So does China – they’re not dummies, lambs.
Schadenfreude on December 16, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Plus, JF, go to Hades, you incredible fool and thug.
Schadenfreude on December 16, 2012 at 3:34 PM
You have no influence. Let’s just see how well this movie does at the box office. Bet it is a bomb after the comments on SNL.
CrimsonFisted on December 16, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Says the racist thug who bragged/joked about killing white people days before.
jawkneemusic on December 16, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Therefore, I must retire from this wretched industry, and return my Oscar. Just kidding–Ray Charles, beeyotches!
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 16, 2012 at 3:45 PM
Jamie Foxx: racist douchebag.
I’m trying to think of a reason to care what that worthless POS has to say but it’s just not coming to me.
single stack on December 16, 2012 at 3:49 PM
I watched The Expendables 2 last night. What a waste of film. The violence, though cartoonish, was sickening.
Fallon on December 16, 2012 at 3:50 PM
So maybe we should ban Hollywood instead of guns?
ctmom on December 16, 2012 at 4:03 PM
Hollywood certainly pushes depravity – as is the left’s main goal – but who cares what jamie Foxx’s opinion is about anything? He’s an idiot.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 16, 2012 at 4:08 PM
Seven Percent Solution on December 16, 2012 at 4:09 PM
So why does he make these movies?
Gelsomina on December 16, 2012 at 4:18 PM
Yeah, how many Mary Pickford films helped pushed Andrew Kehoe over the edge… /s
Caper29 on December 16, 2012 at 4:24 PM
You know, we talk of how the new strategy seems to be “muddying the waters” to the point of not knowing the truth (Benghazi, F&F, etc), I think this would be a fine time to turn that strategy on them.
They say we need gun control? Fine, we need to censor the violence out of movies and TV. We need to limit access to action movies and outright ban violent hip hop/metal music lyrics. We should have a “discussion” on the impact these films have on people.
Make them choke on it.
Gatsu on December 16, 2012 at 4:31 PM
If only you could. Alas, people who think like you are few and far between these days.
ernesto on December 16, 2012 at 4:41 PM
Hollywood want to show their concern? Pull that movie.
michaelo on December 16, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Here’s one: We give in on SSM and we get back the production code in Hollywood, ensuring we would never see a gay character on screen ever again.
I don’t think that word means what you think it means.
Odysseus on December 16, 2012 at 5:35 PM
Look at what has changed that past few years – guns have been around for 160 years – so that isn’t different.
What has changed?
Well we have a Media that glorifies these mass shooting suspect 24/7 as well as it’s rotting of the culture from within.
But yeah, let’s place the blame on inanimate objects so it only makes the situation worse by disarming the innocent and empowers evil.
Galt2009 on December 16, 2012 at 5:47 PM
yet another thing i disagree with Jamie Foxx with..he’s once again biting the hand that feeds him..people are responsible for their own actions!! they make decisions to other peoples lifes..just shut up and act Jamie Foxx…nevermind, just shut up
sadsushi on December 16, 2012 at 6:23 PM