In the latest story in a chain of embarrassing emails leaked by hackers targeting Sony, the film studio’s chair Amy Pascal is in hot water for emails exchanged with producer Scott Rudin.
The topic? Movies they assume President Obamawould like.
Buzzfeed obtained e-mails where Pascal asked what questions she should ask the president at an upcoming fundraiser. Rudin, a top film producer, had plenty of suggestions.
He replied to Pascal, wondering if the president could “finance some movies.”
“I doubt it,” Pascal replies. “Should I ask him if he liked DJANGO?”
Rudin’s response? “12 YEARS.”
The two go back and forth on other suggestions starring or featuring African-American actors and themes like The Butler and Think Like A Man.
At one point, Rudin writes, “Ride-along. I bet he likes Kevin Hart.”
Later that evening, the president talked about what he liked best about Hollywood — not the movies listed by Rudin and Pascal, but the movies that show the world what American diversity can do.
If they’re watching an old movie — Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,The Mary Tyler Moore Show, or Will and Grace and Modern Family — they’ve had a front-row seat to our march towards progress. Even if their own nations haven’t made that progress yet.
Not a good look, Sony. Not a good look.
**UPDATE** (11 a.m. ET)
Thursday morning, Rudin issued an apology for the content of the e-mails via Deadline.com:
Private emails between friends and colleagues written in haste and without much thought or sensitivity, even when the content of them is meant to be in jest, can result in offense where none was intended,” he told Deadline. “I made a series of remarks that were meant only to be funny, but in the cold light of day, they are in fact thoughtless and insensitive — and not funny at all. To anybody I’ve offended, I’m profoundly and deeply sorry, and I regret and apologize for any injury they might have caused.
Hmm, so it’s okay to make racial jokes about the President of the United States as long as its done in private? #ApologyNotAccepted
Source: The Grio.com
The worst joke of all was he was elected president. The dipshit-in-chief is more racist than the people joking about him. He is the worst chief executive that the country has ever had, yes, even including Nixon. In this world of political correctness, I’m happy to see people saying exactily what they felt. If it offends you, DONT READ IT. As far as the other racial remarks if they offend you then DONT READ IT.