@@burgerking220woke? Bro Edit: okay so apparently a lot of people think I’m the one that said that. I’m not, and I never would reply to a comment that way because I’m black myself.
My favorite frank sinatra story is how his band wasn't allowed to stay with him in the same hotel so he left and stayed where band was allowed. He went on to boycott any place in vegas that didn't allow sammy davis jr. The rat pack essentially desegregated vegas. Moreover, no one could touch Sinatra with his mob connections.
Still amazes me how this city was made what it is today thanks to mobsters who probably had better morals than the white man back then😮 sunrise hospital was I believe donated by mobsters too
@Lionhitch like all of us, he was a complex man. While he did do a ton of good things and was super progressive and anti discrimination and made amazing music, he had the ego the size of the ocean and the anger to match with it. He had almost manic episodes and did bad things during them. But he was a product of his time. If he was born today with the same personality and attitude, he would be an idol we would aspire to become.
And those times will surely be back if Trump is reelected, because the current SCOTUS will rule in his favor, and he is racist to the bone. Remember, the mango menace refers to anyone who opposes him as vermin. Pure fascist rhetoric.
Like when Joe Louis defeated Schmeling. 70k at Yankee Stadium. 70 million listening in the radio in the US and 100 million listening around rhe world. It was US vs Hitler. Louis was fighting for everyone. The world rejoiced when he won. But the next day when he needed a bite to eat he got the "you better go round back" bullshit. So dumb.
Not just entertain them, but entertain them with classical piano. There’s probably something we are taking for granted now that people 50 years from now I think we were idiotic for accepting. On another note, both of these actors were just fantastic in their roles. What really makes them stand out for me is having seen them in Other # films playing completely different characters so successfully. Some actors have very powerful personas that end up being very attractive and lots of different roles, but they often seem like they’re basically playing the same person or themselves. I’ve seen Only in two other rows I think and they were quite different. I’ve seen Viggo in many rolls and his range is just amazing. I know a lot of people know his work, but his name doesn’t come up as as great a legend as someone like DanielDay-Lewis, but it deserves to. And he’s so hard-working and creative. Continues to appear on stages, right, direct act. Must be interesting to feel so compelled to be productive.
In the 70's an elderly black couple stood outside until the lunch crowd had cleared. Me being me I went out and asked if they were waiting for someone. That little old lady asked with her eyes looking down asked me "is our kind welcome here?". I'll never forget the lesson I learned that day. I took them to my table and gave them the best service I could muster. I was 18. Florida, USA
Loooove the way Dr Shirley had to call Tony off. The staff thought Tony controlled Shirley, but that interaction proved their dynamic wasn’t that simple
Neither controlled the other it was simply mutual respect and understanding that held the relationship and clearly the proprietor of that establishment had no understanding of that
Man i sure hope that no one named *"tentaklaus9382"* would say _"If it wasn't for the OPs comment no one would know which movie it was from. Considering the uploaders consistently fail to supply any detail it's quite common to see."_ because that is my biggest fear. Edit: AAAAAAAAAA
@@Superr72If it wasn't for the OPs comment no one would know which movie it was from. Considering the uploaders consistently fail to supply any detail it's quite common to see.
My mom had us in the best place she could afford as a single mom in the 80’s. My best friends were black, but I didn’t see it. I just saw my friends Taurette, my friend Anitra. Anitra died from Cancer shortly after we moved away. She had a wig that she took off when I spent the night once. I thought it was so cool! I remember saying that it was neat that she wouldn’t have a bad hair day because she could just take it off to brush the back. 😂 Then we laughed. Looking back, she and her parents were probably nervous about my reaction. I’m 43 and Anitra is forever 9. I’ve NEVER forgotten my first BFF’s. 😊😊 This was in Marietta, GA btw.
First friend from school I remember was a black kid I followed home and played video games with him. Granted I forgot to tell my mom where I was so she freaked out because we lived in a city lol. But when I was little I didnt see color at all. I was aware he looked different than me but none of that registered. He was simply my friend. Wish we would go back a few steps to where not everything was about someone's race. All the political divide has done is bring back racism. It was dying out and would have been dead in just another generation.
The Beatles refused to play to segregated venues. Since everyone in America wanted the Beatles, they actually significantly impacted desegregation of concert halls and other venues.
@@mach2223and it always will be because folks are still segregating today. That only happens in the US. We’re confused on race instead of things that would should be focused on. Separation has never had a good outcome. Yet, folks want it today. It makes no sense to me. Like Morgan Freeman said, “get rid of black history month and leave it as just history. When is white history month? There isn’t one. Do you want one? (White man interviewer said no.) Stop separating and talking about racism and it will go away.” Racism is a sin and it will never go away. If we stop talking about and making folks feel they’re more than someone else based on skin color it will go away. The only people who can understand what it’s like are women. We’re still looked down on as less than. How many CEO’s are women? Not many. The only reason there are women CEO’s is because of this inclusivity and not because they earned it. Let folks be who they are. You can’t change your race. It was predetermined in the womb. We didn’t get a choice in our parents, siblings, children, race, eye color, hair color, height, sex or anything else; it was predetermined before we were created in the womb. If you can’t change it, why dwell on it? I’m disabled, 4’8, missing limbs, tendons, ligaments, ginger with freckles who burns easily and walks like I was run over by a Mac truck. I assure you, if I had the choice I would’ve been 5’10, super curly hair, blue eyes, tans beautifully or has naturally tan (mixed) skin etc. telling white peoples they’re racist because they’re white is mind boggling. You can say, “black girl magic”, proud to me Latino, proud to be Mexican or Italian or Asian. But if a white person says they’re proud to be an American, they’re deemed racist. Look up any race and pride. It’s glorified to be prideful of any other race except white. Why? That was never an issue for me growing up as the only white kid in the class of 30 students. Today would probably be a totally different story. I was treated just as my peers back then. Skin color didn’t matter. We was all poor, in this hood together. Today, it’s not seen that way. Human life is no longer valued either. I could go on and on but I made my point. We have to change it if we want it to go away from the main stage.
@@mach2223”UK is so much less racist than US” show any British person a Romanian and get back to me, racism is very active in both countries, it’s just UK racism is towards other types of whites
@@matthewtaylor8058 Brits do not have a problem with ethnic Romanians who work hard. However, they do have a problem with the Romani, often called by the racist term gypsies, who originated in India and who's diaspora is immense. The Romani are often involved in petty crime and scams in large cities, you can't miss them if you visit Paris.
Betty White, too. She had black tap dancer Arthur Duncan perform on her TV show, but then when she wanted him as a regular cast member, the producers said no. So she said if he can't stay, neither will I, and suddenly Arthur Duncan was the first black entertainer who was a regular cast member on an American television variety show, in 1954. Later, he wound up being a regular on Lawrence Welk's show for damned near thirty years. He was a kind and wonderful man. I dearly miss him.
According to the late Harry Belafonte, this scenario happened to him in real life. He was booked to play at a club (in Las Vegas, if memory serves), and when he arrived, the doorman wouldn’t let him through the front door, saying that (being a black man), Belafonte had to come in through the back door (the service entrance). Belafonte did not agree to that, and simply sat down by the front door. Soon, people who had paid to see him perform started arriving, and they said, “Mr.Belafonte, what are you doing out here? It’s almost time for the show.” He told them what was going on. His fans were very displeased, and many of them took it up with the club’s management immediately. The management decided to let Harry Belafonte enter through the main door, and the club’s segregation policy was dead from then on.
This happened to a lot of minority entertainment. It was common for a place to book a minority star but refuse service to them because they are a minority. Tradition is usually their excuse and it's the same excuse they use to keep black face in opera
I hope people realize that the character that is The Bodyguard is the portrayal of the actor who played Carmine on sopranos. This was what he did for this musician back in the 50s drove him around South. They remained lifelong friends
I'll never understand the racist logic of letting a black man perform in their establishment but refusing to feed him. Of course if you won't give your services to the guy, he won't offer his.
I think unfortunately, its because they see someone performing as an act/entertainment. But if you were to eat with them, you'd be an equal. Its a really horrible mindset to have.
The mind set is that they're worthy of giving service but not being serviced Superiority complexes are almost mandatory to justify ones racist self world view
Keep in mind when I say this: I do not think this way, this is just how I think that kind of logic works. You wouldn't let animals that perform in a circus eat at your table, would you? Racists don't see other races as people.
Pretty easy, they can use the performer like a trained monkey to attract money from people willing to spend it. The moment they actually have to feed them, that's too far, because it treats them like a human being.
My best friend in high school was black and when I asked him over to my parents house to work with me on my car. My parents wouldn't let him in the house. He and I used to work on his car at his mommas house, and she always cooked us a great meal while I was there. And we all ate at the same table, saying grace before we ate! I was 17 at the time of this at my house. I fully expected my mom to be as kind to my buddy as his mom was to me. Once I saw them for who they really were, I moved out the next week and went half way across the country. Their prejudices were a big issue between us over the next 40 years. I alway judged a man by his heart, not the color of his skin. My younger brother confessed to me last year that his respect for me went way up after that day, decades ago!
It's not a man's job to provide her housing. It's the government's job to provide houses at reasonable price and jobs that allow you to pay for them like back then@@alal039
Now thing about the “conservative” party and all their eager to “preserve” and bring back and you realize these people never died off, they just breed and taught their children to hide better
Reminds me of how Marylin Monroe heard a nightclub wouldn’t let Ella Fitzgerald perform, so Marylin, who loved Ella’s music, said if you let her perform i’ll sit front row every night she’s there, and she kept her word. She ended up becoming one of the most famous singers of her era after the exposure of performing there.
Ella was already famous in her own right....all over the world except in the US. Marilyn didn't make her famous, she simply spotlighted the ignorance of the time.
Not only was she a great and talented singer she also had kids and one of those kids happened to have kids of there own and that kid is named Larry Fitzgerald and he’s one of the the best Wrs of all time
When you are exposed to racism as a child, you never forget..... I'm only 74 now but remember the "colored only" bathrooms and water fountains...and that was at Sears and Roebucks on the main street of my little town !!!
I am " a Yankee" and came to Texas 40 years ago...made only 2 or 3 " good friends" 😮here and " my bestie" was from Mississippi....😮we were like 2 peas in a pod, spent the day with here while kids were in school and would call & chat after kids were in bed...1 night while talking she said " n....." & it about BLEW MY MIND!😮😢 I could not think or breathe, 😮wondering what I missed, how easy the word was said, &😢 I guess she realized "oops," or, THAT was not, & IS not me😢 since she quickly apologized " now , YOU know I am a Mississippi gal " as I was groping my thoughts...😢.I finally told her it was ok...no worries YOU ARE you...but I will always be a Yankee so I forgive, it hurts & you can't change ,😮 but NEVER SAW her comment in our world...😢😢😢😢 it really did send home what my history classes said
I hate all this woke shit occurring in modern times as well. However, you can't seriously say that this kind of stuff didn't happen in an early 60s south of the Dixie line America...specially around rich socialite culture. It happens to this day in many countries, mostly underdeveloped or middle east...not so much in entertainment (oil sheeks love black American entertainers, wouldn't let them near there daughters or wives...) but that's besides the point. Don't @ me saying it doesn't happen overseas around those religions either (even in Africa/carribean) my fathers Egyptian side of the family exposed me to many horrors too young...wamp wamp tho. Although many of my family have escaped to Australia...so there's that but tldr.
Viggo was supposed to win an Oscar that year. But he didn't get it, not because Malek played brilliantly, but because everyone misses Mercury. Does anyone remember the role of Malek? No.
Yes and today black people are segregating themselves with bars, coffee, shops, barber etc. Made by black only for black but it's ok? How is this any different you could argue that it's even more racist today than it was in their time. By far.
That guy was racist as heck at 1st, but as the movie progresses it shows how actually getting to know eachother trying to understand eachother changes our perspective of eachother.
Funny thing about this scene is that the manager was kinda right... He wouldn't be in that job if he couldn't be bought. He basicaly said fuck my racist principles I need the money. He just refused to be bought again when he looked back at the person he used to be.
The manager was absolutely right.. the driver just needed the job so stuck with it, like probably 90% of workers out there that sticks to a job they don't like but need the paycheck.
@@izhamsham843 Well... while this was true at the begining of the story at this point he not only alredy respected Shirley but became friends with him. Basically he sacrificed his principles (shitty racist ones) for money and refused to do it again because he actually liked his boss and job.
@@stopkins222 Yes, I agree but if he was actually a man of principles (albeit totally misguided ones), right from the off he would have rejected the job of working under someone he considers beneath him. It's a good message though that just giving a chance to learn more about our insecurities/misgivings could shed new light on our own issues.
Thats unfortunate to think they have the power to say no African Americans to be allowed to do anything and have an aggression towards us for no reason whatsoever and try to act superior .it makes me sick 🤬😡
@@DramaMustRemainOnTheStageWell one grandma they were talking about one person specifically. Two They said amazing, they didn’t say bad, so why would they say the same thing about the “yanks”?
Back then this kind of behavior was backed up by the Supreme Court via "Separate but Equal" Plessy vs Ferguson ruling in 1890. That was the law of the land but finally changed in 1954.
He became a teacher after dealing with his kids Nicky Ricky Dicky and dawn and tried to make a new family with Lincoln Luna Lana Lucy lily lori Lola Lynn Leni Lisa and Luan then he met Sheldon and then became a bouncer
Sadly I remember segregation. I would walk to school through a part of town that I was told not to. I met a lady there that told me I shouldn't be there. I asked her why, she didn't know what to say. I walked through the area every day and talked with her often. She finally explained that I shouldn't be there because I was a different color. I asked why that mattered? We are all people and no different. She smiled and said I was right, we are no different. She was such a nice person and I was sad when we moved and I wasn't allowed to go say goodbye. 😔
We can never go back. There shouldn't be any institutions in America that cater to one race that includes HBCUs, which sends the wrong message. We are stronger united.
@@mtb095 legend has it he was in a movie with her and wasn't allowed to touch her. She didn't give a rats and took his hand for their dance. Idk how true it is tho.
@@rme1383 The drink is named after the woman. Shirley Temple was a singer, dancer, and actor who went on to become the American Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
I remember Viggo said in a interview that the director was telling him "you dont have to gain weight for the role, Well get a fat suit made for you" Viggo said Naw, I got this .
In 1978 outside of Greensboro, N.C. , way out in the country, i had to go to the bathroom. I stopped at a house and a black woman answered the door. Seeing the need, without speaking, she led me to the bathroom. As i came out, she tried to feed me. Kindness is honor...to God." Whatsoever you do....."
That happened to Nat King Cole in Vegas when he was one of the most famous singers of his time. His good friend Frank said if you don't give Mr. Cole the best room in the hotel where he was performing, he and his friends will never perform here again. Needless to say, Mr Cole was given the presidential suite.
I never knew this happened in the past. What a surprise. You would think we would have seen thousands of movies and shows telling us this over and over until we’re ready to vomit.
I really miss the refined culture of African American roots. When I read and watch about historical black figures and activists, they are so much more inpiring and wise and mature thaan how black people advocate now. It really goes to show that the nonsense people blame on black communities isn't because they're black, it's because their youth were traumatized, neglected and starved by their government specifically to suppress and cripple them, and the result is gang violence and failing schools who's students don't even know what the point of it all was.. And it saddens me.
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Men with golden hearts. Who are fighting against all inequalities and injustices.❤
This made me smile. Both men handled this amazingly. The artist held his head high, showed that he deserved better. He was elegant and graceful and stood firm. He knows his worth. Then the man with him wasnt putting up with the racism. That is true strength from the artist and alliance from his friend.
U know it’s AMAZING he made this stand &without raising his voice, throwing things etc. u root FOR the change! That type dignity needs to make a comeback
@@barbaramanning2508 When you view life through the internet i guess it would seem like dignity is gone, but if you go outside and experience life you´ll realize that dignity is still a thing.
This is my favorite scene in this movie. It's the moment Tony proved (to both himself and Dr Shirley) that he was a real stand up guy and not some hustler out for a quick buck.
Fun fact: Vigo grew up in Argentina. As an Argentinean I can see he is channeling a certain type or Argentine-Italian in the manierisms and gestures. It's quite evident. :D
This isn't Frank Sinatra; this is a man by the name of Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga, and the star of the show as beautifully told is Don Shirley, a world renowned pianist. The movie is "Green Book".
"My brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day."
I am a 60yo white New Zealander, I met my best friend who was Maori, my father especially disliked him at first due to some residual racism, fast forward 25 years later my brother from another mother helped to carry (our) dad to his final rest, sometimes minds can be changed.
I stayed in New Zealand as a tourist for 3 weeks and came back to my country yesterday, I loved learning about your culture and the maoris’ culture as well! I’m not coming back tho because I can’t handle a straight 16 hour flight 😂
a person can change far easier when their bigotry is from someone else's beliefs, opinions and behaviors. If the beliefs are deep rooted in their own experiences and teachings then I think it is very is a a difficult path to achieve any enlightenment
Not only did your Father change his mind, but his heart also changed too probably because of the bond you two had. May your Dad Rest In Paradise my friend.
yeaaa your friend is a better person tan most. I think he did it for you and not out of respect for your dad but out of respect for your love of your dad. your dad seemed like a POS
@@k.b2457 he was a bit of a pos, but over the years they became good friends, especially when he realised that there are only 2 kinds of people, feral and non feral, race and colour are irrelevant
Except that the family themselves said that Tony wasn’t like this in real life and that the movie builds him up as a better person than he was in real life
My grandpa use every slur under the sun if you pissed him off. He grew up during the great depression in an all boys home and had a hard time using his right hand. Used to think he was racist and asked my mom why he was like that, my mom would just look at me and say "he's not racist, he just uses those words to get people's goat." Years later I had ask my mom if she was sure he wasn't racist and she told me why he had a hard time with his hand. Turns out when my mom was 16 watched my grandpa try to punch out a car window to try and pull a black family of 4 out of a burning car, he wasn't able to get them out in time and in the process shattered his hand it was the only time she saw him cry.
Cassius Clay came from the south and he was extremely anti-racism. So far he would give 3 options. 1st, under the laws of God it's evil to be racist. 2, under the constitution we are all equal for the same protections by the law. 3rd, if you do don't follow the rules of God or man then you can at least understand guns. He was willing to fight over it. Tradition is a funny word. There are horrible traditions. Discrimination is a weird one to have
Jack Benny & his cast all stood up for Eddie Anderson. Marilyn Monroe stood up for Ella Fitzgerald. Artie Shaw stood up for the black performers in his band (believe he was the first to have an integrated group). Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra stood up for Sammy Davis, Jr. Even then, not all whites were racist. 🌟
Of course there werent all racist, or else segregation would've never ended. You need people from the other side to agree with you to change history. Luckily, there were lots of non racists, and the 60's peace movements greatly expanded this vision too.
Mahershala Ali is one of the greatest actors who act in a way where it doesn’t FEEL at all like acting, where he’s just being himself, but in this one, he embodies really well what a assertive and brave black man during a time where the colored man was still separate from the white man, which just feels so good to see
What you said is the reason I hate seeing black foreigners playing the roles of black American icons. They don't have the experience, the history or the spirit to play the role of someone who they are not.
Today this is still the case aka 'The Country Club'. The membership fee is high but black folk got money now so the second and most important rule is you have to be invited to join. Case closed and no membership for you rich black man. 😮
This is a very POWERFUL movie!, a racist Italian man went from putting one of his glasses in the trash after a black man came to service his home and his wife offered them water, to a man that defends, protects, even feeds the very type of men he once hated. Most importantly this movie showed how much class and education the black community actually has and always has had. Dr. Shirley taught Tony how to be a gentleman and Tony learned how to love. This is one of my top favorite movies.
For me the most important thing about this movie was how it shows that the only real way to fight against prejudices (racism and all other ism) is to get to know one another... (screaming and complaining doesn't improve things and even tend to make things worst...)
honestly if someone's not worthy of being served food then they aren't also worthy of performing for an audience, if you're gonna be racist at least don't be an hypocrite
In the Bronx in 1962, Italian American bouncer Tony Lip searches for new job while the club he works at (being a bouncer) is closed for renovations. He is invited to an interview with Dr. Don Shirley, an African American pianist in need of a driver for his eight-week concert tour through the Midwest and Deep South. Tony at first declines the offer, but in need of money decides to be his driver, to provide for his family. Throughout the weeks on the road together, despite their contrasting backgrounds and personalities, lifestyle, etc they become good friends, and changing each others outlooks on life. The "Green Book," is one of the most underrated films I've watched, and is beautifully crafted. I highly recommend.
All the GREAT Black entertainers couldn't eat or stay in the places they performed, I read the history of one of my favorite singers, Billie Holiday, she was not allowed to stay or dine where she performed, they were ushered out right after oerforming. How SCREWED up these people who set these rules were along with the fans who allowed it to occur!
I mean that's not just for black people true in america they were probably treating them worse but it's common for establishments like that to treat performers badly no matter of the color
Those were the times and there is a 97% chance you would've done nothing about it. If we believed virtue signaling on the internet there isn't a single complacent person in existence anymore and every white person on the internet would've been digging the underground railroad, stand with Rosa Parks and shield MLK from stones and dogs with his own body.
Around this same era Frank Sinatra used to have a standing rule that he wouldn't play any club unless they allowed black people in as well.
@@burgerking220woke? Bro
Edit: okay so apparently a lot of people think I’m the one that said that. I’m not, and I never would reply to a comment that way because I’m black myself.
@@burgerking220brain rot
@@burgerking220 you mean based?
@@Major_Dakkathose two things are very different. What the hell are you saying? You literally contradicted yourself...are you little slow?
He had a rule where he only gave his wife one black eye sometimes too
My favorite frank sinatra story is how his band wasn't allowed to stay with him in the same hotel so he left and stayed where band was allowed. He went on to boycott any place in vegas that didn't allow sammy davis jr. The rat pack essentially desegregated vegas. Moreover, no one could touch Sinatra with his mob connections.
It’s wild how much of an impact Sinatra had throughout his life even beyond his music. He was an idol
Makes sense. The Italian (and Irish) mob weren't necessarily any less racist, but they and Sinatra certainly understood discrimination
Still amazes me how this city was made what it is today thanks to mobsters who probably had better morals than the white man back then😮 sunrise hospital was I believe donated by mobsters too
@Lionhitch like all of us, he was a complex man. While he did do a ton of good things and was super progressive and anti discrimination and made amazing music, he had the ego the size of the ocean and the anger to match with it. He had almost manic episodes and did bad things during them. But he was a product of his time. If he was born today with the same personality and attitude, he would be an idol we would aspire to become.
Mob connections.....?
Sinatra...? 😊
The fact that they expect him to entertain them but can't even allow the man to have dinner is wild. Those times were truly something horrible 😢
And those times will surely be back if Trump is reelected, because the current SCOTUS will rule in his favor, and he is racist to the bone. Remember, the mango menace refers to anyone who opposes him as vermin. Pure fascist rhetoric.
Like when Joe Louis defeated Schmeling. 70k at Yankee Stadium. 70 million listening in the radio in the US and 100 million listening around rhe world. It was US vs Hitler. Louis was fighting for everyone. The world rejoiced when he won. But the next day when he needed a bite to eat he got the "you better go round back" bullshit. So dumb.
Not just entertain them, but entertain them with classical piano. There’s probably something we are taking for granted now that people 50 years from now I think we were idiotic for accepting. On another note, both of these actors were just fantastic in their roles. What really makes them stand out for me is having seen them in Other # films playing completely different characters so successfully. Some actors have very powerful personas that end up being very attractive and lots of different roles, but they often seem like they’re basically playing the same person or themselves. I’ve seen Only in two other rows I think and they were quite different. I’ve seen Viggo in many rolls and his range is just amazing. I know a lot of people know his work, but his name doesn’t come up as as great a legend as someone like DanielDay-Lewis, but it deserves to. And he’s so hard-working and creative. Continues to appear on stages, right, direct act. Must be interesting to feel so compelled to be productive.
@@BonasticFantastic This is what "make America great again is about."
@@oolala53totally agree! I’ve always loved him!
In the 70's an elderly black couple stood outside until the lunch crowd had cleared. Me being me I went out and asked if they were waiting for someone. That little old lady asked with her eyes looking down asked me "is our kind welcome here?". I'll never forget the lesson I learned that day. I took them to my table and gave them the best service I could muster. I was 18. Florida, USA
This made me tear up. I can't even imagine all the racism and hardships they went through. I hope they had a wonderful dinner ❤
Geezus
Reading this with tears in my eyes 😢
I can't even imagine the racist trauma this poor woman lived through
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@@cherylkelly6042 I can't say this aloud or I cry like a baby 50 yrs later
Loooove the way Dr Shirley had to call Tony off. The staff thought Tony controlled Shirley, but that interaction proved their dynamic wasn’t that simple
Neither controlled the other it was simply mutual respect and understanding that held the relationship and clearly the proprietor of that establishment had no understanding of that
@@videoaddict1178the dual manage, tony manage his career and dr Shirley manage how tony act to avoid conflict
That that time of voice he said "Stop Tony" it was clear and not commanding...it had respect in it.
@@videoaddict1178they couldn’t understand that, which spoke volumes on their views toward race
His "Stop Tony" was a gentle, verbal version of "Holding your friend back before they do something stupid."
The name of the Movie is "Green Book". It came out in 2018.
Man i sure hope that no one named *"tentaklaus9382"* would say _"If it wasn't for the OPs comment no one would know which movie it was from. Considering the uploaders consistently fail to supply any detail it's quite common to see."_ because that is my biggest fear.
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It won the Best Picture Oscar, absolutely great film. Would recommend to anyone who hasn’t seen.
@@Superr72If it wasn't for the OPs comment no one would know which movie it was from. Considering the uploaders consistently fail to supply any detail it's quite common to see.
And it's bullshit
Thank You
My mom had us in the best place she could afford as a single mom in the 80’s. My best friends were black, but I didn’t see it. I just saw my friends Taurette, my friend Anitra. Anitra died from Cancer shortly after we moved away. She had a wig that she took off when I spent the night once. I thought it was so cool! I remember saying that it was neat that she wouldn’t have a bad hair day because she could just take it off to brush the back. 😂 Then we laughed. Looking back, she and her parents were probably nervous about my reaction. I’m 43 and Anitra is forever 9. I’ve NEVER forgotten my first BFF’s. 😊😊 This was in Marietta, GA btw.
you, you made me cry... may she rest in peace
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I was born and raised in Marietta!! Love your sweet story!
First friend from school I remember was a black kid I followed home and played video games with him. Granted I forgot to tell my mom where I was so she freaked out because we lived in a city lol. But when I was little I didnt see color at all. I was aware he looked different than me but none of that registered. He was simply my friend. Wish we would go back a few steps to where not everything was about someone's race. All the political divide has done is bring back racism. It was dying out and would have been dead in just another generation.
Muhammad Ali was denied service at a restaurant in his home town of Louisville Ky after he had won the Olympic gold medal.
"You can't buy me" my dudes one of the most loyal homie you can find
hey
@@EnergeticSpark63hey
let's be straight, doing that for 100$ even at that time doesnt worth that
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@@smokintunes5782 hey
The Beatles refused to play to segregated venues. Since everyone in America wanted the Beatles, they actually significantly impacted desegregation of concert halls and other venues.
Goes to show the difference between the US and the UK. Racism in the US was and is deeply rooted and the work needed to undo it is still ahead.
@@mach2223What difference? There's still very active racism in both countries
@@mach2223and it always will be because folks are still segregating today. That only happens in the US. We’re confused on race instead of things that would should be focused on. Separation has never had a good outcome. Yet, folks want it today. It makes no sense to me. Like Morgan Freeman said, “get rid of black history month and leave it as just history. When is white history month? There isn’t one. Do you want one? (White man interviewer said no.) Stop separating and talking about racism and it will go away.” Racism is a sin and it will never go away. If we stop talking about and making folks feel they’re more than someone else based on skin color it will go away. The only people who can understand what it’s like are women. We’re still looked down on as less than. How many CEO’s are women? Not many. The only reason there are women CEO’s is because of this inclusivity and not because they earned it. Let folks be who they are. You can’t change your race. It was predetermined in the womb. We didn’t get a choice in our parents, siblings, children, race, eye color, hair color, height, sex or anything else; it was predetermined before we were created in the womb. If you can’t change it, why dwell on it? I’m disabled, 4’8, missing limbs, tendons, ligaments, ginger with freckles who burns easily and walks like I was run over by a Mac truck. I assure you, if I had the choice I would’ve been 5’10, super curly hair, blue eyes, tans beautifully or has naturally tan (mixed) skin etc. telling white peoples they’re racist because they’re white is mind boggling. You can say, “black girl magic”, proud to me Latino, proud to be Mexican or Italian or Asian. But if a white person says they’re proud to be an American, they’re deemed racist. Look up any race and pride. It’s glorified to be prideful of any other race except white. Why? That was never an issue for me growing up as the only white kid in the class of 30 students. Today would probably be a totally different story. I was treated just as my peers back then. Skin color didn’t matter. We was all poor, in this hood together. Today, it’s not seen that way. Human life is no longer valued either. I could go on and on but I made my point. We have to change it if we want it to go away from the main stage.
@@mach2223”UK is so much less racist than US” show any British person a Romanian and get back to me, racism is very active in both countries, it’s just UK racism is towards other types of whites
@@matthewtaylor8058 Brits do not have a problem with ethnic Romanians who work hard. However, they do have a problem with the Romani, often called by the racist term gypsies, who originated in India and who's diaspora is immense. The Romani are often involved in petty crime and scams in large cities, you can't miss them if you visit Paris.
Holy CRAP! That's Aragorn! Viggo Mortenson is a dang chameleon.
you should check out, History of Violence. Then watch lord of the rings, he was holding back.
He looks darker than i remembered.
@@bonogiamboni4830 lool
I totally missed it.I had to go back and rewatch 😮
Yah. And the white guy was pretty good too.
The green book is SUCH a good movie. I'm a man's man and I cried.
Seen it once, blew my mind. Such a good and pure movie.
@@wvdonkelaarI been diving through the comments tryna find what damn movie this was… thanks gentleman may yall have a blessed weekend
Is it so uncommon where you live for gay people to cry?
Ty
@@DonKuanWP real men aren't afraid to show emotions
Betty White, too.
She had black tap dancer Arthur Duncan perform on her TV show, but then when she wanted him as a regular cast member, the producers said no.
So she said if he can't stay, neither will I, and suddenly Arthur Duncan was the first black entertainer who was a regular cast member on an American television variety show, in 1954.
Later, he wound up being a regular on Lawrence Welk's show for damned near thirty years.
He was a kind and wonderful man. I dearly miss him.
I wonder how Nat King Cole had become the first to host a show, such a breakthrough!
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NAT KING COLE MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥@@VocalBear213
May they both rest peacefully
Betty white. That, sketch she did with Ryan renauls was pure class comedy from both.
According to the late Harry Belafonte, this scenario happened to him in real life. He was booked to play at a club (in Las Vegas, if memory serves), and when he arrived, the doorman wouldn’t let him through the front door, saying that (being a black man), Belafonte had to come in through the back door (the service entrance). Belafonte did not agree to that, and simply sat down by the front door. Soon, people who had paid to see him perform started arriving, and they said, “Mr.Belafonte, what are you doing out here? It’s almost time for the show.” He told them what was going on. His fans were very displeased, and many of them took it up with the club’s management immediately. The management decided to let Harry Belafonte enter through the main door, and the club’s segregation policy was dead from then on.
This happened to a lot of minority entertainment. It was common for a place to book a minority star but refuse service to them because they are a minority.
Tradition is usually their excuse and it's the same excuse they use to keep black face in opera
You literally just explained a scene in this movie
I am pretty sure this is based on an actual person
@@rj26216 What movie is it? I’ve never seen it.
@@censusgarythis is based on an actual person Dr. Don Shirley, the film is called GREEN BOOK
the reality is that there’s still places in this existence that still have these policies and they sugarcoat them as reservations
Oh really, where?
I hope people realize that the character that is The Bodyguard is the portrayal of the actor who played Carmine on sopranos. This was what he did for this musician back in the 50s drove him around South. They remained lifelong friends
I'll never understand the racist logic of letting a black man perform in their establishment but refusing to feed him. Of course if you won't give your services to the guy, he won't offer his.
I think unfortunately, its because they see someone performing as an act/entertainment. But if you were to eat with them, you'd be an equal. Its a really horrible mindset to have.
The mind set is that they're worthy of giving service but not being serviced
Superiority complexes are almost mandatory to justify ones racist self world view
What's even more illogical is letting black people prepare the food you won't share with them.
Keep in mind when I say this: I do not think this way, this is just how I think that kind of logic works.
You wouldn't let animals that perform in a circus eat at your table, would you?
Racists don't see other races as people.
Pretty easy, they can use the performer like a trained monkey to attract money from people willing to spend it. The moment they actually have to feed them, that's too far, because it treats them like a human being.
My best friend in high school was black and when I asked him over to my parents house to work with me on my car. My parents wouldn't let him in the house.
He and I used to work on his car at his mommas house, and she always cooked us a great meal while I was there. And we all ate at the same table, saying grace before we ate!
I was 17 at the time of this at my house. I fully expected my mom to be as kind to my buddy as his mom was to me.
Once I saw them for who they really were, I moved out the next week and went half way across the country. Their prejudices were a big issue between us over the next 40 years.
I alway judged a man by his heart, not the color of his skin.
My younger brother confessed to me last year that his respect for me went way up after that day, decades ago!
SUPER!
Jeez, I can't even afford a proper rent apartment 😭
(With the purpose of moving closer to a place where the pay is so much better)
Good for you! That’s some serious conviction.
@@ariel_kuznetsova_ There is nothing wrong with you, it is a man's job to provide you with housing, but the world today does not work in a normal way.
It's not a man's job to provide her housing. It's the government's job to provide houses at reasonable price and jobs that allow you to pay for them like back then@@alal039
Bigotry is so ugly!
"These are long standing traditions." "This is the way things are done down here." That says it all.
I mean the way they acted doesn’t help. The restaurant would just hire only white entertainment from then on. Would hurt the people you try to help.
Now thing about the “conservative” party and all their eager to “preserve” and bring back and you realize these people never died off, they just breed and taught their children to hide better
If I was Dr. Shirley, I wouldn't stand there listening to any further explanation how I CANNOT eat there, but I should perform there.
That's no mere valet. That's Aragorn, son of Arathorn and you owe him your allegiance.
IK IK IK IK OMG
No way that's the same person
Absolutely is him
What? For real?
I was born in California not Gondor
Reminds me of how Marylin Monroe heard a nightclub wouldn’t let Ella Fitzgerald perform, so Marylin, who loved Ella’s music, said if you let her perform i’ll sit front row every night she’s there, and she kept her word. She ended up becoming one of the most famous singers of her era after the exposure of performing there.
I was thinking the same!
Ella was already famous in her own right....all over the world except in the US. Marilyn didn't make her famous, she simply spotlighted the ignorance of the time.
Ella was already known and admired. Marilyn only highlighted the ignorance, racism, classism, and stupidity of the time.
Not only was she a great and talented singer she also had kids and one of those kids happened to have kids of there own and that kid is named Larry Fitzgerald and he’s one of the the best Wrs of all time
@@JohnFinch-ws1kvIs "Wrs" meant to be "Drs"?
When you are exposed to racism as a child, you never forget..... I'm only 74 now but remember the "colored only" bathrooms and water fountains...and that was at Sears and Roebucks on the main street of my little
town !!!
I am " a Yankee" and came to Texas 40 years ago...made only 2 or 3 " good friends" 😮here and " my bestie" was from Mississippi....😮we were like 2 peas in a pod, spent the day with here while kids were in school and would call & chat after kids were in bed...1 night while talking she said " n....." & it about BLEW MY MIND!😮😢 I could not think or breathe, 😮wondering what I missed, how easy the word was said, &😢 I guess she realized "oops," or, THAT was not, & IS not me😢 since she quickly apologized " now , YOU know I am a Mississippi gal " as I was groping my thoughts...😢.I finally told her it was ok...no worries YOU ARE you...but I will always be a Yankee so I forgive, it hurts & you can't change ,😮 but NEVER SAW her comment in our world...😢😢😢😢 it really did send home what my history classes said
Make him understand?
Get your boy to play? Loved this movie.
They weren't having it
😂😂😂😂😂
Bro no one told me Arwin was racist. I thought he worked as a maintenance man.
I guess he got a promotion and it went to his head.
I think of it as he got demoted to janitor, suffered a head injury and became a wholesome guy.
@@nanook6620Mr. mosbey would never!
I literally was gonna say the same thing😂😂😂
I get the reference to suite life of Zach and Cody
I really.like the fact that he got the best perspective of what it used to be like
Still is. This country is horribly racist. Half of America is MAGA. This is Trumps version of It but his involves alot more violence. Depraved people
You fell into Hollywood socialist trap. This movie is based on a book....
Not based in reality.
@@PsycoMantis79are you saying books can't be based in reality or in lived in experience?
@@PsycoMantis79I love it when ignorant people assume that people who know their history have fallen into a trap
I hate all this woke shit occurring in modern times as well. However, you can't seriously say that this kind of stuff didn't happen in an early 60s south of the Dixie line America...specially around rich socialite culture. It happens to this day in many countries, mostly underdeveloped or middle east...not so much in entertainment (oil sheeks love black American entertainers, wouldn't let them near there daughters or wives...) but that's besides the point. Don't @ me saying it doesn't happen overseas around those religions either (even in Africa/carribean) my fathers Egyptian side of the family exposed me to many horrors too young...wamp wamp tho. Although many of my family have escaped to Australia...so there's that but tldr.
Viggo is such an underrated actor, it's a shame most people only know him from LoTR
Viggo was supposed to win an Oscar that year. But he didn't get it, not because Malek played brilliantly, but because everyone misses Mercury. Does anyone remember the role of Malek? No.
Frank Sinatra,Marylin Monroe and many other famous performers refused to use locations that were segregated.
movie name?
Name: “The Green Book”
The Beatles as well.
Yes and today black people are segregating themselves with bars, coffee, shops, barber etc. Made by black only for black but it's ok? How is this any different you could argue that it's even more racist today than it was in their time. By far.
@maximecaron1969 You're thinking about the wrong thing. Be the type of person that makes the blacks feel they don't have to do that.
Looks like sheldons teacher got demoted to a bouncer💀
Rumor is that he used to be a custodian for a hotel
I recognized him as the dad from Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn
This right here, is like looking at three different generations of childhood😂.
That is ARWIN, put some respect on his name.
@@IliadicFACTS
Such a good movie, and also very sad how they treat him that way. I love that they stand up for eachother.
"You wouldn't be in a job like this if couldn't be bought."
" *And I took that personally* "
😂
“I’m about to buy you a new set of teeth if you don’t shut up”
I love Viggio's thick accent. He's like Joe Pesci's brudder.
I never realized that was Viggo until seeing your comment.
Bruddah.
Now youse can't leave
Viggo has every accent there is...
Imagine Italian Aragorn showing up to the Council of Elrond 😂🤣🤌✨✨✨
That guy was racist as heck at 1st, but as the movie progresses it shows how actually getting to know eachother trying to understand eachother changes our perspective of eachother.
Funny thing about this scene is that the manager was kinda right... He wouldn't be in that job if he couldn't be bought. He basicaly said fuck my racist principles I need the money. He just refused to be bought again when he looked back at the person he used to be.
The manager was absolutely right.. the driver just needed the job so stuck with it, like probably 90% of workers out there that sticks to a job they don't like but need the paycheck.
@@izhamsham843 Well... while this was true at the begining of the story at this point he not only alredy respected Shirley but became friends with him. Basically he sacrificed his principles (shitty racist ones) for money and refused to do it again because he actually liked his boss and job.
@@stopkins222 Yes, I agree but if he was actually a man of principles (albeit totally misguided ones), right from the off he would have rejected the job of working under someone he considers beneath him. It's a good message though that just giving a chance to learn more about our insecurities/misgivings could shed new light on our own issues.
He wasn't racist as heck😂 did you watch the same movie I watched, he aint white he Italian, there's a difference.
Mr Givens i didn't know you existed outside of young sheldon!
Thats unfortunate to think they have the power to say no African Americans to be allowed to do anything and have an aggression towards us for no reason whatsoever and try to act superior .it makes me sick 🤬😡
I was an extra in this scene and to see Mahershala Ali perform this scene over and over and over again was just an amazing sight to see.
You act like the yanks didn't do the same. They did and it was just as bad
@@DramaMustRemainOnTheStageWell one grandma they were talking about one person specifically. Two They said amazing, they didn’t say bad, so why would they say the same thing about the “yanks”?
tony a real one
I'm gonna assume the comment was meant for someone else's. If not, then it makes no sense.
You were not an extra stop lying
Back then this kind of behavior was backed up by the Supreme Court via "Separate but Equal" Plessy vs Ferguson ruling in 1890. That was the law of the land but finally changed in 1954.
That's what they mean by make America great again.
Mr.Givens got so fed up with Sheldon he became a bouncer 💀
Finally found this comment 😂😁
@@modderking579right
He became a teacher after dealing with his kids Nicky Ricky Dicky and dawn and tried to make a new family with Lincoln Luna Lana Lucy lily lori Lola Lynn Leni Lisa and Luan then he met Sheldon and then became a bouncer
lmao
@@wyattvanmeter7966he started off by doing maintenance at a hotel with two insane blonde kids
This was a great film. I grew up in Georgia in the 1950s and 1960s. The film was not exaggerating what segregation was like.
Yes, same here, I grew up in the 1930s and still nothing changed 😮💨
Sadly I remember segregation. I would walk to school through a part of town that I was told not to. I met a lady there that told me I shouldn't be there. I asked her why, she didn't know what to say. I walked through the area every day and talked with her often. She finally explained that I shouldn't be there because I was a different color. I asked why that mattered? We are all people and no different. She smiled and said I was right, we are no different. She was such a nice person and I was sad when we moved and I wasn't allowed to go say goodbye. 😔
We can never go back. There shouldn't be any institutions in America that cater to one race that includes HBCUs, which sends the wrong message. We are stronger united.
Crazy how all of that existed not that long ago. And people say it was better like that, in those old days
@@neft5449 Byron Donalds seems to think so
Tony was just about to whoop some tail before Dr. Shirley called him off. 😂
Man, Irwin went from this to becoming a hotel engineer
Shirley Temple as well. She refused to perform because Bojangles wasn't allowed to eat.
Edit: Bloody hell. Thank you for 4k+ likes!
I live by the Bojangles statue! I didn’t know he performed with Shirley temple, that’s cool
@@mtb095 legend has it he was in a movie with her and wasn't allowed to touch her. She didn't give a rats and took his hand for their dance. Idk how true it is tho.
I thought it was name of drink. I learnt it from scent of a woman
@@rme1383 The drink is named after the woman. Shirley Temple was a singer, dancer, and actor who went on to become the American Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
@@jeishiikanzaki that wouldn’t shock me. Bojangles caught a lot of shit back in the day :(
Love how Viggo's character had to be recalled like a guard dog there. Hes a good friend
It doesn't look like Viggo
He gained weight for the role
I remember Viggo said in a interview that the director was telling him "you dont have to gain weight for the role, Well get a fat suit made for you" Viggo said Naw, I got this .
Such an amazing actor!
In 1978 outside of Greensboro, N.C. , way out in the country, i had to go to the bathroom. I stopped at a house and a black woman answered the door. Seeing the need, without speaking, she led me to the bathroom. As i came out, she tried to feed me. Kindness is honor...to God." Whatsoever you do....."
Cant believe Arwin from Suite Life would act like this smh
Shows you never really know someone smh 😔
Exactly what I was thinking 😢
tbf he's quite brave to suggest he could buy the king of gondor with a piece of paper.
Shows you that Brian Stepanek is not just a goofball, but a really good actor
That happened to Nat King Cole in Vegas when he was one of the most famous singers of his time. His good friend Frank said if you don't give Mr. Cole the best room in the hotel where he was performing, he and his friends will never perform here again. Needless to say, Mr Cole was given the presidential suite.
A shame. Nat King Cole is still one of my favorite singers ever to this day
Which hotel was this please and what year? Thank you.
And Sammy Davis Jr. His autobiography mentions this type of ignorance.
@@reichen609 Mr. Cole was performing in the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel, I believe the year was around 1957
Omg I love his music.
I never knew this happened in the past. What a surprise. You would think we would have seen thousands of movies and shows telling us this over and over until we’re ready to vomit.
You don’t mess with Aragorn.
Yup! … aka Strider👍🏼
Mr Gibbons got a nice job at a restaurant after being traumatized by Sheldon
Lmao I was looking for this 💀💀
yes
Damn
Tom Harper had to deal with 4 kids first
I thought it was Mr. Givens?
Man mr. Mortesen's character had a wonderful evolution in that movie
Name of the movie
The Green book, fantastic movie man go watch it asap
I didn't recognize him until just now.........Dude has RANGE up the wazoo
Unfortunelly the real men werent friends.
@easterworshipper730 now that's a damn lie... search up "Dr. Don Shirley audio"
I really miss the refined culture of African American roots. When I read and watch about historical black figures and activists, they are so much more inpiring and wise and mature thaan how black people advocate now. It really goes to show that the nonsense people blame on black communities isn't because they're black, it's because their youth were traumatized, neglected and starved by their government specifically to suppress and cripple them, and the result is gang violence and failing schools who's students don't even know what the point of it all was.. And it saddens me.
Men with golden hearts. Who are fighting against all inequalities and injustices.❤
the small pause in "This.... Gentleman ...here". Awesome.
This ni-gentleman cannot eat here
Do you know what the movie is called?
@@julioortega711the green book
@@julioortega711 Green Book
Pretty sure it was a cut between scenes
This made me smile. Both men handled this amazingly. The artist held his head high, showed that he deserved better. He was elegant and graceful and stood firm. He knows his worth. Then the man with him wasnt putting up with the racism. That is true strength from the artist and alliance from his friend.
U know it’s AMAZING he made this stand &without raising his voice, throwing things etc. u root FOR the change! That type dignity needs to make a comeback
This isn't real dummy
@@barbaramanning2508 When you view life through the internet i guess it would seem like dignity is gone, but if you go outside and experience life you´ll realize that dignity is still a thing.
@@Lil_Harvardjust not in your zip code, nor mine
@@maxymorzeszko8344 Zip code?
Tony looks, sounds, acts and even his name is like a mafia boss
This is my favorite scene in this movie. It's the moment Tony proved (to both himself and Dr Shirley) that he was a real stand up guy and not some hustler out for a quick buck.
You know you have a friend when he doesn’t sell you out.
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali made such a great team. Amazing actors
To think viggo was in lord of the rings while Ali was in hunger games franchise but his character died first
HOLY SHIT THAT"S ARAGORN!
dang i didnt know that was aragorn with that accent😂
Great movie.
“Stop Tony” sounds like a father 😭
We as people have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go to be equal
What makes the film even more fantastic is that it is based on a true story.
What's the name of the movie?
@@EbiNnFlowin the movie is Green Book
@@EbiNnFlowingreen mile
@@rezamochamaddiannagara9756no it’s green mile
@@GrayAndWhitePiegonGreen book
I love that actor. Crazy to think the first time I saw him, was as "Arwin" on the Suite life of Zac and Cody
oh shit I thought he looked familiar. It's the homie arwin!!
Right when I seen him I was like is that the guy from suite life of Zack and Cody I looked for this comment lol
And Viggo Mortensens love in LotR was Arwen! Lol, little coincidences.
I thought that was him, came to the comments to make sure
What's it called please?
I'm sure the Hotel Tiptons looking for a janitor...
Fun fact: Vigo grew up in Argentina. As an Argentinean I can see he is channeling a certain type or Argentine-Italian in the manierisms and gestures. It's quite evident. :D
This isn't Frank Sinatra; this is a man by the name of Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga, and the star of the show as beautifully told is Don Shirley, a world renowned pianist. The movie is "Green Book".
Nobody said this was Sinatra. Just that Sinatra help start the trend
Just what I was looking for, the name of the movie.
Thanks for the name of the movie 😊
Thank you
Thx now I can go watch it.
"Why can't you just make an exception this one time?....What say you?"
-Aragorn
"My brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day."
@@jonathanmohr2028I learned this by heart (in french cause it's my mother tongue) and repeat it the morning when I don't want to get up
Dr. Shirley, the main event... not eating, not performing!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 400 refunds🤣🤣🤣
Good to see Aragorn stand up for his friend
The Green Book. This film is simply marvellous. I recommend it. I'm going to watch it again.
Thanks😊
Greek Book
Erwin from Suite Life of Zack & Cody is tweakin😭
I knew I recognized him from somewhere lol
Thank you lol.
Sheldons science teacher
Arwin
Oh I just noticed, his Arvin!!!
arwin went from a janitor to a bullying butler 😂
When he says, "it's just the way things are done down here" sounds like he's referring to hell.
I am a 60yo white New Zealander, I met my best friend who was Maori, my father especially disliked him at first due to some residual racism, fast forward 25 years later my brother from another mother helped to carry (our) dad to his final rest, sometimes minds can be changed.
I stayed in New Zealand as a tourist for 3 weeks and came back to my country yesterday, I loved learning about your culture and the maoris’ culture as well! I’m not coming back tho because I can’t handle a straight 16 hour flight 😂
a person can change far easier when their bigotry is from someone else's beliefs, opinions and behaviors. If the beliefs are deep rooted in their own experiences and teachings then I think it is very is a a difficult path to achieve any enlightenment
Not only did your Father change his mind, but his heart also changed too probably because of the bond you two had. May your Dad Rest In Paradise my friend.
yeaaa your friend is a better person tan most. I think he did it for you and not out of respect for your dad but out of respect for your love of your dad. your dad seemed like a POS
@@k.b2457 he was a bit of a pos, but over the years they became good friends, especially when he realised that there are only 2 kinds of people, feral and non feral, race and colour are irrelevant
Tony was that dude and Dr. Shirley was the right person to accompany him and vice versa. ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES
Except that the family themselves said that Tony wasn’t like this in real life and that the movie builds him up as a better person than he was in real life
That black looked suspicious...
The Green Book - a brilliant film. I had the pleasure of watching it at Britain's oldest Cinema, The Electric in Birmingham, before it closed forever.
"Either I eat in this room or I'm not performing tonight " such an amazing line👏
He knows the leverage he holds
Japan, great nation, but they still have insane rules like this still...
If Aragorn Son of Arathorn says the man is gonna eat, the man is gonna eat.
is that him!!!
@@vlad_the_Impaler666HOLY SHIT IT IS
I scrolled too far searching for a lotr reference
@@vlad_the_Impaler666plus they man is from hunger games Mockingjay 1&2 his character boggs may have died but helped saved they world
Making exceptions 'just one time' is how we got into this mess.
Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen
are both amazing actors.
The King of Gondor as ALWAYS is an honorable man.
THAT'S HIM!?!?
Hell yeah
Ain’t no way that’s Aragorn
100% fucking The King of Gondor!!!
My grandpa use every slur under the sun if you pissed him off. He grew up during the great depression in an all boys home and had a hard time using his right hand. Used to think he was racist and asked my mom why he was like that, my mom would just look at me and say "he's not racist, he just uses those words to get people's goat." Years later I had ask my mom if she was sure he wasn't racist and she told me why he had a hard time with his hand. Turns out when my mom was 16 watched my grandpa try to punch out a car window to try and pull a black family of 4 out of a burning car, he wasn't able to get them out in time and in the process shattered his hand it was the only time she saw him cry.
WoW. What a tragic story. Traumatizing for all.
I don't believe a single word in this story but nice
@@yasininn76 it's true turns out my quite grandmaw was the raciest one, she really didn't like mexicans.
@@birgip.m.1236Indeed.
Respect to your Grandpa.
Every time I hear that “ Stoooooooopp Tony “ I get chills from my past memories
Enough of promoting discrimination. Listen to Condoleezza Rice.
Cassius Clay came from the south and he was extremely anti-racism. So far he would give 3 options. 1st, under the laws of God it's evil to be racist. 2, under the constitution we are all equal for the same protections by the law. 3rd, if you do don't follow the rules of God or man then you can at least understand guns. He was willing to fight over it. Tradition is a funny word. There are horrible traditions. Discrimination is a weird one to have
Preach damn
That's... That's actually a pretty good set of ideas ngl
Only a bigot would still call Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay these day.
Bro for a hot second I thought you were talking about Cletus Kasady 😂 don't know how I got them confused
Dude your talking like you respect Mohammed Ali but you refuse to use the name by which he went by and instead use the name he abandoned ? weird
Jack Benny & his cast all stood up for Eddie Anderson. Marilyn Monroe stood up for Ella Fitzgerald. Artie Shaw stood up for the black performers in his band (believe he was the first to have an integrated group). Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra stood up for Sammy Davis, Jr. Even then, not all whites were racist. 🌟
"Even then, not all whites were racist."
lol trying to play victim
Of course there werent all racist, or else segregation would've never ended. You need people from the other side to agree with you to change history. Luckily, there were lots of non racists, and the 60's peace movements greatly expanded this vision too.
Sure, if only the country had such leadership!
The fact he gave him time to change his mind is spectacular... it would be like i was never there would vanish in thin air
"You're right, I can be bought. With food for him on one of those tables out there."
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
Are they good men if they do nothing?
Evil triumphs regardless.
@andreijohnson3953 good men can be broken, tied up or rendered incapable of doing said good so yes, they still may be
Mahershala Ali is one of the greatest actors who act in a way where it doesn’t FEEL at all like acting, where he’s just being himself, but in this one, he embodies really well what a assertive and brave black man during a time where the colored man was still separate from the white man, which just feels so good to see
What you said is the reason I hate seeing black foreigners playing the roles of black American icons. They don't have the experience, the history or the spirit to play the role of someone who they are not.
Today this is still the case aka 'The Country Club'. The membership fee is high but black folk got money now so the second and most important rule is you have to be invited to join. Case closed and no membership for you rich black man. 😮
The goal posts are always moving for Blacks to meet.
The prowler tryna get some food 💀
This is a very POWERFUL movie!, a racist Italian man went from putting one of his glasses in the trash after a black man came to service his home and his wife offered them water, to a man that defends, protects, even feeds the very type of men he once hated. Most importantly this movie showed how much class and education the black community actually has and always has had. Dr. Shirley taught Tony how to be a gentleman and Tony learned how to love. This is one of my top favorite movies.
what's the name of the movie
What this movie
@@feedthemonkeysthe green book
For me the most important thing about this movie was how it shows that the only real way to fight against prejudices (racism and all other ism) is to get to know one another... (screaming and complaining doesn't improve things and even tend to make things worst...)
You probably also like Gran Torino?
This movie was on TV one day. Decided to stop and watch it for like 5min. Was hooked immediately! Great movie!!!!
Which movie?
Movie name?
Green Book
Super solid easy to watch movie. Loved it as well
Why wouldn't you mention the name of the movie!!!!
Stop. Tony….😂😂😂😂 Tony was about to light that guy up!!!🎉🎉
honestly if someone's not worthy of being served food then they aren't also worthy of performing for an audience, if you're gonna be racist at least don't be an hypocrite
In the Bronx in 1962, Italian American bouncer Tony Lip searches for new job while the club he works at (being a bouncer) is closed for renovations. He is invited to an interview with Dr. Don Shirley, an African American pianist in need of a driver for his eight-week concert tour through the Midwest and Deep South. Tony at first declines the offer, but in need of money decides to be his driver, to provide for his family. Throughout the weeks on the road together, despite their contrasting backgrounds and personalities, lifestyle, etc they become good friends, and changing each others outlooks on life. The "Green Book," is one of the most underrated films I've watched, and is beautifully crafted. I highly recommend.
Thank you for that description because I didn't know the name of the movie and I want to watch it.. 😊
A great precis of a wonderful film, which culminates in photographs of the two main characters and details of their lifelong friendship.
Loved it so much too.
All the GREAT Black entertainers couldn't eat or stay in the places they performed, I read the history of one of my favorite singers, Billie Holiday, she was not allowed to stay or dine where she performed, they were ushered out right after oerforming. How SCREWED up these people who set these rules were along with the fans who allowed it to occur!
I mean that's not just for black people true in america they were probably treating them worse but it's common for establishments like that to treat performers badly no matter of the color
@@nemajabakic4546 yeah no it was definitely worse for black performers wtf
@@Idle1996 usa isn't whole world kid grow up
Those were the times and there is a 97% chance you would've done nothing about it. If we believed virtue signaling on the internet there isn't a single complacent person in existence anymore and every white person on the internet would've been digging the underground railroad, stand with Rosa Parks and shield MLK from stones and dogs with his own body.
@@Idle1996no it wasn’t, hope this helps