Out of Pocket: UK Removes Black Couple in Popular Movie Poster

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87 Responses to “Out of Pocket: UK Removes Black Couple in Popular Movie Poster”

no bueno

11/16/09, 11:22:am

that movie was terrible anyway.



RUSERIOUS

11/16/09, 11:24:am

NO COMMENTS BOSSIP!!!!!!! Why am I surprised! Oh and I’m first whatever that BS means.



asdf

11/16/09, 11:26:am

Maybe because those actors are absolute *****ody’s on a worldwide scale? *****ody wants to see a movie with *****ody’s in it.



Nique

11/16/09, 11:27:am

Thats what Faizon and Tasha get for getting involved with those white folks…



bococalady

11/16/09, 11:27:am

the movie bombed anyway.



resurrected

11/16/09, 11:29:am

If this is America move but just showing in Europe how do they have the right to change the cover?



MasterMK

11/16/09, 11:35:am

What an outrage… black folks should be boycotting the UK!!!



HaHaHaTooFunny

11/16/09, 11:37:am

Sh*t they was way in the back to begin with anyway SMH…



love me love me not

11/16/09, 11:38:am

Sadly this still going on here as well as other states I say since they wanna do it like that. I say that we over here in the the USA should not endorse this movie



Alrighty Then...

11/16/09, 11:39:am

First, it looks like a totally different shot, not like they “removed” them from the pic. Not to mention, movie was bull, who cares.



Smitty Black

11/16/09, 11:40:am

BOYCOTT Universal!!!!



sister

11/16/09, 11:42:am

@ MasterMK

It is an outrage but how we supposed to boycot the UK?…i’m black and i live in the UK. What am i supposed to do…leave?!!



tb (Bossip needs to Censor themselves and leave ppl to speak their minds - WTF Bossip!)

11/16/09, 11:43:am

I’m happy I never wasted my hard earned money to go see that load of dog ish!



drenk

11/16/09, 11:45:am

maybe cuz big perm isnt that big outside of the US



Octavia

11/16/09, 11:49:am

Well, damn. They are waaaayyyy back yonder in the original poster anyway. Well, the movie turned out to be an utter failure as long as their checks cleared, who cares?

Hollywood better recognize. While they are trying to keep blacks in the background of “their” movies, “our” movies are KILLING it at the box office (i.e. Precious and This is It). They better embrace all this black talent while they still can.



WhatitDO?

11/16/09, 11:50:am

@Mater MK

How is it possible for “black Folks” to boycott the UK???

Perhaps you should tell the 17 million back people in the UK to boycott their country.

Duncebreed



Mika

11/16/09, 11:51:am

Thats a shame b-4 God! I wont be going to see that movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Nique

11/16/09, 11:51:am

@MasterMK

I think the UK is more tolerant of other cultures than the U.S….

The movie poster was changed by execs working @Universal in the US…not bc the UK asked for it.



EleKtrik EccEntriK (ban censorship)

11/16/09, 11:57:am

Whack ***** movie. I saw it on bootleg and I told Tyrone to honor me a refund.



xX__FxxKinG FanTastiC__Xx

11/16/09, 12:01:pm

@ Alritey THen.
I peeped That Too.
That Is A Totally Different Flic.
They Weren’t Removed, They Just Weren’t In That Flic.



xX__FxxKinG FanTastiC__Xx

11/16/09, 12:02:pm

@ EleKtrik EccEntriK (ban censorship)

LmaOo.
It Was That Bad Huh??



Anonymous

11/16/09, 12:07:pm

Racism still alive and well everywhere!



lizzy

11/16/09, 12:09:pm

Duh! The UK is full of racism.



rose by any other name #9304026339482056536 ™

11/16/09, 12:10:pm

@Nique~!! I agree and thats actually what white folks do , most blacks realize that but sell-outs and dumb white women chasing black men! Aint no sex in the world worth my dignity~!



African not African American

11/16/09, 12:12:pm

Again, BOSSIP is TWO DAYS LATE. SMH



Frederick

11/16/09, 12:14:pm

It was not the UK that removed the couple

It was hollywood on behalf of the UK

UK found this to be offensive because it implied that the country is not racially tolerant which is far from the truth



CF

11/16/09, 12:17:pm

this is foul!



Gimmeabreak 78

11/16/09, 12:18:pm

@MasterMK

1) The United Kingdom didn’t make the decision to change the poster–Universal pictures did, so even if a boycott is in order, with your logic, you’d be boycotting the wrong people.

2) How does a country that already have millions of black people boycott their home anyway?

3) I *****ume you are in the US, which has had it’s fair share of racist practices. What have you done to boycott your own country?



Gimmeabreak 78

11/16/09, 12:26:pm

Bossip, maybe you should consider re-wording the title of this article because it implies that the UK itself altered the poster, when the article actually states that Universal altered it. Maybe people wouldn’t be confused then.

Of course, doing that would imply that you have basic writing skills, and I’m sure you wouldn’t want to give your readers the wrong impression.



Lean (Breaking the Monotony)

11/16/09, 12:32:pm

Thats how it always is! Even with celebs like Beyonce and Kelly! They lighten them up best they can! Man it’s sad but it’s the world we live in! SMH!…some people will always despise dark skin!



Reazon

11/16/09, 12:34:pm

Thankyou @ gimmeabreak78. Bossip always tryin 2 start sutn lol.



t

11/16/09, 12:38:pm

black folks aint gone boycott nothin. blacks dont like/trust one another. each individual racist incident is just that in their minds…an individual incident to that person or in that town.



ShanSan

11/16/09, 12:39:pm

I have seen this before and it was even more blatant. I live in San Diego and attended the Womans Film festival and was treated to a special screening of the movie “Rachel Getting Married” Great film-was nominated for an Oscar-but when it finally came out-I noticed all the promo photos had all white people in it-even the wedding shot is with her father walking her down the aisle-BUT SHE MARRIES A BLACK MAN!!! His family is all over the place in the movie! There is even a straight Jamaican/Haitian throw down reception! As a black woman I was offended they edited it to sell it to some demographic that might not watch it if they knew “Rachel getting married to a Negro” SMH



MoniSings

11/16/09, 12:55:pm

Jive a@@ movie wasn’t getting my $10 anyway.



rico 9

11/16/09, 13:07:pm

Universal is known for this- mgmt does not like black people on the corporate level there as well



bullsh#t

11/16/09, 13:15:pm

this is some bullsh#t
Movie was sh#t anyways



landofthelost

11/16/09, 13:15:pm

hhhhhh



Augustus Max

11/16/09, 13:27:pm

the promos in this country typically neglect its black actors and only highlight the white actors in the tv show or movie. so, this isn’t an isolated incident.



MiMi

11/16/09, 13:35:pm

MasterMK

What an outrage… black folks should be boycotting the UK!!!
____________________________________

To all the folks that responded to this comment, ya’ll need to calm down. I believe this was SARCASM.



shamar from the m town

11/16/09, 13:36:pm

the movie is terrible but it didnt bomb and this is all hollywood they are still useing us as props to get black people to come out to the theaters they changed the poster because they know that this movue has already scored low with black folks so they are going to promote it as an all white cast with a couple black bit parts is racist to a certain extent but money is the overall reason



Never Take S!des

11/16/09, 14:00:pm

And they wounder why they not recongnized internationaly.SMDH



WhoGoneCheckMeBoo

11/16/09, 14:00:pm

I seen the movie and Fazion Love and o girl part was just as big as the other two couples behind the couple in front.



Plagueis The Wise

11/16/09, 14:19:pm

This is not the first time something like this has happened. Microsoft had a promotional ad that featured a black man in the U.S. This same photo had a white man’s face photoshopped over the black man’s face in the U.K. his hand were still black though.



Saisha

11/16/09, 14:20:pm

why am I not surprised.



christmas808

11/16/09, 14:24:pm

hey that’s hollyweird for yah it aint about black and white its about that green… big perm get it how u live it lol



Fiyah

11/16/09, 14:28:pm

They also removed the palm trees! Palm Trees everywhere UNITE!



Gimmeabreak 78

11/16/09, 14:46:pm

@Fiyah

They also removed the palm trees! Palm Trees everywhere UNITE!

That’s friggin’ hilarious! They replaced the palm trees with a mountain. lol



Mizz London

11/16/09, 15:19:pm

Its because there racist over here in England simple! Im a black Caribbean I have lived all my life and to this day racism is still alive and well in the UK



Red

11/16/09, 15:45:pm

Racism is everywhere. Bulletin?
For a hundred years companys have put what sells on the cover. If you notice Vince Vaughn is more prominent, he has a lei around his neck and there is a suitcase and it shows some of the beach.
They speak the King’s english and a “Retreat” is something different to them, like the “Loo” is the bathroom and the “Boot” is the trunk of the car. The UK poster actually reflects what the movie is about with american actors that are familiar to them. They went to Bali, but the US version looks like they’re in Hollywood.
All in all, they could have at least left their names in the poster. Dang!



C'mon Son!!!

11/16/09, 16:05:pm

BOSSIP! STOP THE NONSENSE!
It’s 2 different posters all together!
Your argument should be that they used the one without the black couple. Saying they removed the black couple is inflamatory!
Cut the CR@P BOSSIP!



MrTitan

11/16/09, 16:06:pm

The levels of black peoples paranoia never fails to astound me. Do you check for white people under your bed at night



MrTitan

11/16/09, 16:07:pm

@ Mizz London

It’s alive and well from all sides. Don’t play the victim.



jfizzle

11/16/09, 16:12:pm

Actually it wasn’t just in the UK. When this movie originally came out in the US, I went to the website, and the picture on the left was the same pic on the website. So they did it worldwide

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Jay the Real One

11/16/09, 16:47:pm

It’s racism pure and simple, they got caught. Don’t try to justify or excuse it. On to the next one!



London Girl

11/16/09, 17:03:pm

Their aim was “‘to simplify’ the poster to actors who are the most recognizable in international markets”? I would be quicker to recognise the black man from that couple than I would either of the white couple on the right in the poster on the left. Barack, or no Barack, racism has not gone anywhere! Don’t be fooled.



KaliHawkFan

11/16/09, 17:14:pm

KALI HAWK is the actress who stars in the movie, not Tasha Smith!!!!!!!!



Jules

11/16/09, 17:22:pm

I’m black and from the UK, and if they left the black people in the poster, more people in this country would have gone to see it….so the marketing team (I think the US marketing team made the decision) who ever it was got it all wrong…as it is that movie was f****in whack!!!!



missdunkz

11/16/09, 17:45:pm

In the words of Kanye “racism’s still alive…they just be concealing it”



rose by any other name #9304026339482056536 ™

11/16/09, 17:52:pm

i echo my prior words.. 90% of white folks are racist~~5% hide it real good and the other 5% are lying thru their teeth~!! Im still trting to fiqure out where these white women who date black men fit in there at~! ?? HOw you gonna all of a sudden have a love for black men.. where was that love years ago/??



rose by any other name #9304026339482056536 ™

11/16/09, 17:52:pm

typo.. trying !



cherokee23

11/16/09, 17:55:pm

Went to London about a year ago and will never return…they have way to many race issues. Even the blacks acted funny.



Memei

11/16/09, 18:08:pm

I line in the UK. They didn’t need to this it wouldn’t had made a difference. Silly



Ki

11/16/09, 18:19:pm

“All I wanna say is that they dont really care about US!”



Nova

11/16/09, 18:28:pm

ou needed some binoculars to see the black folks in the first place, so why boohoo now?



Jules

11/16/09, 18:41:pm

Rose by another name….My Mums Italian and my Dad’s African (Nigerian) and he was the 1st person she fell in love with, he happened to be black…I’ll tell you where she fits in..it’s called intelligence and if you’re intelligent truely intelligent and not ignorant, there’s no room for racism..so actually what you said is ironic..do you know why? because it’s ignorant and racist!!!



Dark Warrior

11/16/09, 18:42:pm

Hey bossip!!!!!
Kali Hawk is the girl in the movie!Tasha Smith comes toward the end of the film.
Do your research!!!Give credit where credit is due!!!!!!!!



tony B.

11/16/09, 18:49:pm

*uckin’ BULLSH*T!



lindy

11/16/09, 19:12:pm

WTF cherokee23…i think u americans have more race issues than us brits especially the african americans.



deez

11/16/09, 19:21:pm

The movie business is a BUSINESS. Companies spend their own money on advertising to make MONEY. If black actors don’t make money overseas, why would they put them on the poster?

Movie studios aren’t in the AFFIRMATIVE ACTION business, they are in the MONEY MAKING business. Anyone who is offended by the decision to redo poster doesn’t understand business and is an immature IDIOT who is probably broke.



Amanda

11/16/09, 20:23:pm

@ deez

you’re white lmao



Please Believe

11/16/09, 21:49:pm

SMH indeed!!



Shawamar

11/16/09, 21:53:pm

The movie itself was very racist and stereotypical. Oh and by the way, the movie sucked.



Cali Luv

11/17/09, 00:20:am

The UK loves Beyonce, Rihanna, Kelly Rowland and loved Michael Jackson. However, Universal Marketing thinks the UK will not watch a film if they know black people are in it!!!!!! I used to work for Universal, there are a lot of incompetent and racist people working there. I don’t think this is a reflection of the UK.



Jean Beo

11/17/09, 02:25:am

Well in Vietnam they’re also using the UK poster design to promote the movie.



chichi

11/17/09, 03:28:am

racism sucks….



London Girl

11/17/09, 06:18:am

Damn right @ Mizz London & missdunkz
@ Mr Titan
I take it that you are Caucasian and live in the US. How many young White men do you know, that are killed due to the colour of their skin, or the fact that they date Black women? Not many I imagine. Well, just so you know, MANY MANY young Black men have to put up with that so . . . . your point?
@ cherokee23
Sorry to hear about your experience with Black people in London. We are not all like that; I *****ure you!



OMGMOVE

11/17/09, 08:29:am

SHAME ON UNIVERSAL!!! DEM BISHES KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING!



wifey06

11/17/09, 10:00:am

They do not care.. why

Because black folks will always pay to go see white movies. We are slave to their world.



Pookie

11/17/09, 12:00:pm

OK BOSSIP, you should be more ashamed of yourselves for getting the girl’s name wrong, its KALI HAWK, not Tasha Smith. Check the poster at least. smh

But yeah, the UK should be fined and make them apologise for the stupidity. This ish has gone on long enough



Kimerly Laquisha

11/17/09, 13:05:pm

BOYCOTT!!! NEVER SAW IT ANYWAY AND AT THIS POINT NEVER WILL.



Rrrrroe Ski Love- A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

11/17/09, 14:30:pm

I have never personally met anyone born and raised in the UK, but have found many people who hail from there providing insightful commentary and a good understanding of racial matters.



DarkSkinnedBlackBrit

11/17/09, 14:34:pm

I don’t know why they would do this because I live in London and I’ve never faced racism or anything like that.



Brandon

11/17/09, 18:59:pm

Good.. I hate black people.



way to pay attention

11/17/09, 22:08:pm

Actually They used both posters when it was being promoted in the US. Not to take up for Universal but the Poster does look better. And if you have seen the movie then you know it doesn’t focus much on the black couple.



ajontae

11/18/09, 04:36:am

it’s not tasha smith, it’s a beautiful new chic named Kali Hawk.



Zulubeat

12/28/09, 16:17:pm

This has been done to Blacks in ads for years. Whites don’t like to use Black people in their ads because most whites don’t like Black people. This is a bi-product of the indoctrination of the false notion of white supremacy upon whites and Blacks.