If you ever doubted celebs have handlers - Jamie Foxx admitted Oprah was his

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[–]bananahammock 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

She, Quincy Jones and Sidney Poitier obviously helped him significantly, and it's impressive to hear Foxx admit the importance of that support. Oprah's not really a 'handler' in this context. One would expect the studio and producers to appropriately advise their nominees, which it seems was not appropriately forthcoming for Foxx.

[–]jet199[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Coming into a person's life and telling them how they should and shouldn't behave is exactly what a Hollywood handler does. He has no way of knowing if that helped him get the Oscar, he was just told, by those same people, that it did.

The fact the studio wouldn't see fit to interfer on that level and didn't believe they needed to get awards doesn't really support the idea it's a good or necessary action.

[–]bananahammock 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've been in a room as the only white person among a dozen famous African Americans while they supported one of their own in preparation for an important occasion. Foxx is telling fellow blacks in that video that a community of famous black actors (and 2 or 3 Oscar winners) helped him understand the socio-political process because they wanted a black person to get the Oscar, for a worthy performance. This is an old network, evidence of which is especially in the largest number of blacks nominated for Oscars in 2016, when Jada Pinkett Smith protested the lack of "diversity" in the nominations (I think it was one of the worst years for the Oscars).

Studios enter their movies for possible nomination (as you know) and substantially improve their profits when one of their own gets an Oscar. They'd certainly want to offer advice, though Foxx doesn't mention it.

Perhaps I'm merely arguing about semantics, and I could be wrong, but the word 'handler' seems to me somewhat cynical in this context.

[–]William_World 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

yeah black people stick together, not a big shocker, but if white actors did this they'd be crucified.