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1st?? Eddie Murphy needs to take off those got dayum shades…. It’s night, fool!!!!!!!!

Sup with Tracee’s hair? Nappy and black at the roots and the rest is all nicely combed…

Her hair look s nice…well, kinda sort of.

Are they still together??

I didn’t know that!!!

LOL…That woman…is on a serious come-up. This is too funny.

If yall consider her roots nappy, then I don’t know what to say. Her roots are nowhere near nappy, Tracey has a very nice grade of hair. Now her hairstyle is kind of big, but nappy roots? Not by a long shot…

Ugh! I have so many things that I would love to say right bout now but…

I don’t choose to argue with folks.

Everybody wants to be an expert.

Funny though. You name drop but forget to drop yours!

While I hate some of her contributions, Who’s Your Caddy and College Hill, you have no right to degrade her by suggesting she’s slept with someone for films. She has a degree from Stanford, and has been producing television and films (hello, remember Soul Food?) for years. Get your facts straight and stop insulting Blacks who are actually educated, productive, and successful. It just brings the rest of us down, when our energies are better served enhancing our communities.

#1 Eddie needs to come out the closet

#2 Bob Johnson should be banned from anything television/film related

#3 Tracey IS bangin’ her way up the hollywood chain

Films like Who’s Your Caddy get made because many black people go see anything with black people in it. Same with BET – everybody posting complaints, but it’s one of the most viewed networks. Hollywood don’t care about you, just money, so hit them in the pocket – stop paying to see this mess!

…And here come the hateful, but purposeless responses. Okay, you guys blab until your heart’s content, while I go sleep soundly.

Eddy is outta control nowadays.. wonder where is scary spice?!?!?!?

http://www.spymac.com/details/?2256699

I agree with you Tonya…Tracey is definitely intelligent and doing her thing…I wouldn’t call her a gold digger because she would be well off regardless…(Eddie’s financial addition doesn’t hurt either though lol)

Imma stick with the positives I like her dress.

She is SUCH an OPPORTUNIST! I wish she & Eddie “I Love Johnny Gill” Murphy would sit the hell down!

Good for them. I like that she likes to keep the money in the family. She worked with Babyface on some of the productions and now ith future husband Eddie.

Tracey’s company made good films before Eddie (Soul Food) and unlike most celebrities, she’s an educated woman (Stanford graduate) and has accomplished a lot. We need to bringing down our people and focus on bigger issues. Anyways, most couples who get married work together. What’s the big deal….

Lol @ the typos

Hehehehe

ISSMH…..NOBODY’S CHECKING FOR YOUR RAGE….

GOOD MORNING 2 U & ALL

@I Stay

I’m inclined to agree with Anon. You yourself said that Who’s Your Caddy was similar to Caddyshack, so Tracy isn’t doing anything groundbreaking or original. There was a lot of hoopla over this “Our Stories Films” company being the first black owned studio,so I do think it’s ironic that Tracy and Co. aren’t doing anything to break from the status quo. All these years, black people have been saying that if we had our own setup that we could do it better, but “Our Stories” isn’t doing it better. If Caddy is any indication, They’re not doing anything but the same stereotypical “Soul Plane” type rehashed garbage that white studios have been doing all along. I Stay, you really ought to rethink your position, because Tracy’s doing “the carbon copied, cookie cutter, no variety” stuff that you just alluded to. If you’re a black man, then Tracy isn’t doing you any favors. “Who’s your Caddy” was put out because Tracy thought that the film would target people like you who thought you wouldn’t be paying to see yourself degraded on screen. Black men make legal money in a lot of ways besides the rap game and they belong to country clubs and they don’t behave that way, even if they are noveau riche. Now, I’m all for black role models and people going to college, but I think people need to stop using Tracy’s degree as a reason why she deserves respect. People keep brining up Soul Food, but what other films is she known for that were even remotely hits. Producers like Tracey aren’t writers. All she has to do is pick a script, and she can’t even seem to do that well because her work isn’t making lots of money or getting lots of respect, even hip-hop/ rapper oriented nonsense which was supposed to bait the “urban” crowd hasn’t been doing big numbers for her company. So what are we supposed to be proud of, exactly? And Clockers, Menace, Boyz n Da Hood were critically aclaimed films in the hood genre category. Was Cady a critically acclaimed comedy, or was it so bad that Tracey didn’t even bother to screen it for critics because she knew what they say? When you’re more famous for the men you’re seen out on the town with than your work, then I should I respect you?

OOOPS MY BAD, SOMEBODY IS CHECKING FOR YOUR RAGE LOL

After reading some of the comments made, I find myself wondering if we take ourselves too seriously. Why should every movie produced or directed by people of color have a strong political statement or serious content? All movies are not meant for this purpose. Some movies are merely for entertainment purposes only! Now does that mean that we are going to find the subject matter funny? No. Does this mean that some may find the subject matter offensive…maybe, but that is the beauty of free will. If you don’t like it…don’t pay to see it. It is important that producers and directors of color make as many movies as possible to open the doors for others to have the same opportunity. When this is done there is a diverse selection of movies to see and more of a selection for audiences to chose from.

Tracey Edmonds hasn’t done anything decent since Soul Food. And, she probably didn’t do anything on that film, just got her name slapped on it. Look how the rest of her stuff has turned out. From College Hill to Who’s Your Caddy–hot garbage!!!!

I’m scared of the ‘comedies’ she’s working on. Maybe I should go ahead and alert the NAACP.

Anonymous, no need for name calling. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. It’s fine that you don’t agree. It’s not quite that serious. It’s all food for thought. Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

and i took my black off

@I stay

Yeah, we’re not on the same page. I don’t think you get it. Do you watch the Wire. Would you agree that it’s good? So obviously, it’s possible to make a movie about drugs and violence and still be worthwhile. People would be more inclined to forgive the stereotypes if the work was actually good. “Boyz” got Oscar nominations. “Mennace” was a critical favorite. “Clockers” was one of Spike’s good films. The Godfather is about the mafia and people love it (even though many Italians dissaprobve). Scarface is about drugs. There are comedies that involve the hood or have hood themes that black people aren’t ashamed of, like Friday or Barbershop or Do the Right Thing. When a film, by blacks, perpetuates negative sterotypes about blacks, and it’s not even good,then it has no merrit, especially if it doesn’t make goo gobs of many to even try to redeem itself. It’s just more filler and more garbage to denegrate blacks, like I said, especially black men, because these Caddy, Soul Plane movies aren’t doing anything in terms of raising the profile of you all. And sourmama, since when did Tracey produce Friday? I think you’re reaching just a bit, actually I think you’re reaching a lot!

and Gemini

If there was more diversity in how black people were portrayed in the media, people wouldn’t get upset at the “WHo’s your Caddy’s” of the world,or the mysogyny and chi-coonery in the rap vidoes that are on 24hrs a day, but the truth is that blacks are more often than not pigeonholed into certain stereotypes and put into boxes. They aren’t cast for certain roles because people see them in a narrow lite, and Tracey seems bent on keeping it that way. So it isn’t that “we’re taking ourselves too seriously.” It’s that the “Caddy’s” of the world make it that much harder for us to be taken seriously at all.

We should be supporting Tracey instead of degrading her. Only a tiny percentage of producers, writers, etc are black. The majority are white and they control everything. So her movies aren’t groundbreaking, it takes time to get to that point.

The main diff between movies like Caddyshack/Dumb And Dumber vs. Soul Plane and Whos your Caddy is that for ev’ry caddyshack u get 3 Matrixes, Spidermans, and Star Wars. What we got to balance Soul plane out with, besides the occasional token magical negro role?

That’s the diff, y’all. It’s understood that the stupid slapstick YT on screen represents just one segment of the white gen pop. 2 many think that Soul plane reps black people in totality.

Ilish,

For the record I have not stated my position on ANY of the films that have been named.

I simply stated that black folks are never satisfied…how can you call out one thing but not the next.

Furthermore, you & others NEVER made mention of whether the movie was “good” or not. (BTW It was AWFUL). You were on top of the soapbox giving another random assed soliloquy about stereotyping this and boycotting that.

You want me to rethink my position? Ilish, dear, WHAT IS MY POSITION? Better yet WHY should I rethink it? Because you don’t think I agree with you?

Give it a rest, okay? we hear you — every day. We hear you!

Just please stop saying my name, OK? I’m not here for debates. Laughs, and lets leave it at that.

Ilish…

Thanks for the feedback and I guess we are on the same page when it comes to the need for diversity in media…period! I may be mis-reading your 2nd statement but it seems that you are putting a great deal of power in the hands of one person. Tracey did not create mysogyny, racisim or the negative depiction of african americans. The media creatd that machine a long time ago and utilized its creation to their profit every chance they could and still does. Yes, you could argue that there is a limited number of diverse roles due the projects that come from Tracey production company…but there are those that could argue that if it were not for the roles created by her company many of the actors in these movies (no matter how derogatory we may find them) would not be working at all. I think that many actors/actresses have broken the glass ceiling and have proven themselves talented enough to play roles that were not written for african americans and have silently proven this simple fact…talent is talent! I still argue that it is necessary to stomach the nonsense such as “Whose Your Caddys” of the industry in order to pave the way for the eventual “Greys Anatomy” to come along.

One Love…

i believe tracy’s creative choices, along with those of other “educated” blacks in hollywood, reveal their underlying contempt for black people and culture.

these are some ignorant comments, what’s wrong with black people??? just give credit when & where it’s due, why are we constantly hating & trying to bring each other down, it’s pathetic. this is one reasons so much pessimism exist in the black community, let’s try something new & different, like building each other up for a change!

@I Stay, yes you, ISSMH

(clearing throat) Hmm, is it just me or did your response to Anon and other likeminded people come across as an angry, random soliliquy? Let’s ask “504.” If you don’t want me responding to you then stop quoting me and mentioning my name. If you don’t want to respond to me, then don’t. And the word boycott didn’t come out of my mouth. If Tracey put out something that was quality, I might go see it. Are people only their “soap boxes” when you don’t like what they have to say, or are you one of those people that likes to say whatever and not expect anyone to say boo back to you in return? Now, I’m shakin’ my damn head.

FIRST STEP IS ADMITTING THE PROBLEM…11 TO GO LOL

Eddie’s rockin’ that suit and tie, but why is he wearing more makeup than Tracey?

Well know you know, and knowing if half the battle….GI JOE!!!

I was at this premiere…Saw Eddie and Tracey together a couple of times, but didn’t see Johnny Gill until he was walking a couple of paces behind Eddie, as Eddie headed to the bathroom…

Her Weave is a mess

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