Jennifer Hudson Picked For 'Sex' Film Because She's Young, Black
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J-Hud Chosen for 'Sex' Because She's Black? Or Because She's Not Kelly Rowland?
Published 5/21/2008 by nOvaMatic at SOULBOUNCE.COM
If you watched HBO's Sex and the City for any length of time, then you probably didn't think black women lived in New York! Sarah Jessica Parker, on behalf of director Michael Patrick King, offers that a large part of SATC's audience is black women, and they needed to be represented for the film. This is partly how Jennifer Hudson won the role as Weezy "Louise." Parker says, "African-American women and women of color have been a big part of our audience for a long time (and) we really haven't been responsible to them." ...




